Hubble's view of a black hole. The Web Office of
Bob Houghton		 .satellite in space
Children's Issues and Resources
Douglas Nelson "It may well be that the nation cannot survive - as a decent place to live, as a world class power or even as a democracy - with such high rates of children growing into adulthood unprepared...." Gerald Bracey "The fact is that schools have done a fabulous job on the supply side - providing business and industry with greater numbers of highly productive workers than they can use."
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    Buenos Dias, Bonjour and Welcome to the Web site of:
  • Dr. Robert S. Houghton, Associate Professor
  • Live: Chat     Schedule: Hours   Office View: WebCam   Blog: eCROP & other blogs ; DigitalDC
  • Internet email: Houghton@email.wcu.edu Voice: (828) 227-7108, Fax: (828) 227-7388, Postal Service: Rm. 246 Killian Bldg., Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723, USA. Professional Details. Webbed since October 31, 1994.

    Table of Contents

  1. Research
  2. Teaching
  3. Service
    4. Sections

    Research

    science beaker as metaphor for research

    Commercial Books:

    Western Teacher Network (WTN)

    Nonlinear Educational Theory

    Web Bibliography. Titles, last updates, web links and citation count are provided.

    International Consortium for Alternative Academic Publication ; Association of Research Libraries call for alternative publishing 

    Community of Science development. 

    Curriculum Research - Emergent Questions

    Databases for research, teaching and service.

    Selected Educational Technology Publications

    Teaching

    whiteboard as metaphor for teaching

    eBooks

    • eThink: Computers in Education, learning (linking, organizing, integrating), using telecomputer technology: Fall and Spring semesters, day and evening sections, Cullowhee, Asheville campuses and distance education options. (EDEL466/566)
    • Multimedia Education, developing your imagination in the context of curriculum and the full sweep of composition and communication in cyberspace; advanced Web design projects. (EDEL 666)
    • Educational Technology Grantsmanship (EDPY693-special topics).
    • Distance Education, participants study distance education systems in general and in particular develop appropriate curriculum in planning teams and learn to start up and maintain a web server to support the Internet based delivery of their curriculum (EDEL610).

    Other

    • eC.R.O.P.  an all-subjects, web based, performance enhancement, problem processing application using SUP, THINK, LEAP and other problem solving models
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    • Special Topics: Technology for Learning (1 CEU or credit) Graduate student version and Classroom teacher and administrator version. Introduction to the integration of educational activities and computer technologies. Includes: project, self-assessment of NC technology skills, use of outline processors, and Internet tools for learning and communication, as requested.

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    • Instructional Technology Specialist - Computers (077) Program
      • Director of Technology - School District Central Office position
      • Technology Coordinator - School Building position

    Service

    school bus as metaphor for service    		 Connecting & Building Communities Growing A Campus
    Web Page Address: http://www.ceap.wcu.edu/Houghton/home.html
    Details
    a family genealogical crest Roots
    Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, emphasis on educational computing: Curriculum integration of computer mediated technologies; Internet; Multimedia. University of Wisconsin-Madison (great bookstore , great band , great fight song; FountainCam; Lake Mendota Cam; You've said it all!),  Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA).
    Server
    I began our college web server on a laptop in 1994 and expanded the following year to a 9150 PowerMac with 4 gig. of storage using WebStar server software in 1995. In comparison, today's college server has over 150 GB.

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