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Fred Kunze and Jesse Johnson

Director of MAGE
Dr. David Lanegran

Welcome to "Mindtools"

This page contains articles related to the use of technology in geography classrooms as "mindtools". These articles are from or are based on the work of David Jonssen, of Pennsylvania State University, in his book

Computers as Mindtools for Schools. Engaging Critical Thinking (Prentice Hall, 2000)

Please note: some of the files require Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf files) to be installed on your computer before you will be able to read the files.

Computers as Mindtools for Engaging Learners in Critical Thinking-read the article here, or go to the "Africa Downloads" and download the PDF file to your computer--MindTools.pdf

If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can still read the article above in html on your web browser. Simply search for the address below. In the list you get, one will be an offer by Google to translate the pdf file into html so you can read it on screen. http://www.moe.edu.sg/iteducation/edtech/papers/keynote_1.pdf.
G o o g l e automatically generates html versions of documents as we crawl the web.

Web resources for Jonassen's Mindtools