Published Writing on Educational Technology

Welcome to Miguel's Published Writings! Please note that articles are organized according to 4 broad categories, including

  1. handheld computers
  2. how-to articles
  3. transforming teaching, learning and leadership through the use of technology, and 
  4. technology use in the classroom.
    (you can also view them chronologically
Also, note that new articles are added to the TOP of each list, rather than at the bottom.  All articles are copyrighted and you must request their use for reprinting or other purposes.
Preview Articles Pending Publication
Personal Learning Networks: Blogs as Webs of Connected Learning - Preview
Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls: Technology Assessment in Texas Schools - Preview
3 Tips on How To Best Launch Your Digital Video Distribution System, Preview
Finding Answers to TechApps Questions, Preview
The Emperor's New Clothes: 4 Steps to Successful ILS Implementation, Preview
4 Tips to Lessen Job Interview Fears, Preview

Handheld Computers

  1. National Education Technology Plan Success Story: Palm Handheld Computers, Published in the National Education Technology Plan as a Success Story (Spring, 2005). Available online | Local Version
  2. Handheld Technology Tip of the Month: Tracking Adequate Yearly Progress Data, Published in Technology Pathfinder for Administrators, v9,n12 (September, 2004).
  3. Handheld Technology Tip of the Month: Beam Multiple Documents, Published in Technology Pathfinder for Teachers, v9, n1 (September, 2004).
  4. 8 Tips for Administrators Using Handheld Computers, Available Online (Spring, 2003)
  5. 6 Wishes for Palm Handheld-Wielding Campus Administrators, Available Online (Portions published by Technology Pathfinder for Administrators (December, 2003).
  6. 5 Tools for Your Palm to Help You Maximize Student Success, Available Online, (Spring, 2004)
  7. 4 Steps to TPRI Handheld Implementation: Keeping Success in Hand, Available: tprihandheld.htm, (Summer, 2003)
  8. Not Published - Tapping into the TEKS: K-12 Palm Handheld Conference, Preview

How-To articles, Software and/or Online Resources Reviews

  1. Download a la Mode: Part 3, TechEdge 2006). Available online
  2. Download a la Mode: Part 2a, (TechEdge 2005). Available online.
  3. Facilitating Equitable Access to Campus Technology Data, (TechEdge 2005)Available online
  4. Minimizing TCO: Making the Move to Linux. Available online.
  5. Download a la Mode: Part 2, (TechEdge 2005). Available online.
  6. Download a la Mode: Part 1, (TechEdge 2004-2005).  Available online
  7. Download a la Mode (March, 2005) via Technology & Learning. Available Online
  8. Open Source Educational Solutions (2004), Available online.
  9. Staying in Touch: "How To Use Bulk Emailers," Available Online.
  10. Crossing the Digital Divide: Video use that engages, not supplements, Published in Technology and Learning's web site (December, 2004), Available online.
  11. Communication and Assessment for Higher Education Professionals, Available: focusedbs.htm (Spring, 2002)
  12. Streaming Video: Beyond Our Grasp?, Available: streamingvideo.htm (November, 2001)
  13. Simulated Publishing on the LAN, Available: simulated.html (November, 2001)
  14. Publishing Your Web Site to the World Wide Web, Available: pubweb/ (2000)
  15. (1999). Freeware Internet Survival Tools
    Available: utilities/
  16. (1999) Placing Filemaker Pro Databases on The Web
    Available: online    [9/30/98].
  17. Hit It Every Time: Selecting Hit Counters for Your Web Pages. . Available: hitcounters/index.html   [9/30/98].
  18. (June, 1996) Success Hangs by a Peripheral. Technology Connections, Letters to the Editor.

Transforming Teaching, Learning and Leadership

  1. National Education Technology Plan Success Story: Technology Assessment Literacy Institute (TALI), Published in the National Education Technology Plan as a Success Story (Spring, 2005). Available online | Local version
  2. 5 Actions to Big6-Enhanced Professional Development, Available online (Published by the Big6.com eNewsletter)
  3. 5 Steps to Problem-based Learning Enhanced Professional Development, Available: 5steps.htm, (Winter, 2003)
  4. A Good Window: 3 Ways to Wipe IT Clean, Available: window.htm (Spring, 2003)
  5. Managing Your District's Staff Development: Learning Management Systems, Available: lms.html (Spring, 2003)
  6. Fishing for IT, Available: fish.html (Fall, 2002)
  7. Through the Keyhole: Insights into Classroom Technology Integration Practices in K-12 Schools, Available: insight.html (Summer, 2002)
  8. Wrongly Switched: Administrators Aren't Train Conductors, Available: switched.html (September, 2001)
  9. The Teacher is the Innovation (2001)
  10. Editorial: The Balance of Power: Does it really matter?, Available: doesitreally (2001) - Under consideration for publication.
  11. Curriculum Using Technology (CUT) Institute, Available:
    cut.html (2000)
  12. Earn as You Learn, Available:
    earnlearn.html
  13. Guacamole & Technology: A Fulfilling Combination. .
    Available: Guacamole6.html   [9/30/98].
  14. (October, 1998) Surviving the Educational Technology Gauntlet. , volume 18(2), 18-20. Available: gauntlet6.html   [9/30/98].
  15. (September, 1998) The Texas TIFTECH Adventure.
    Available: tiftech.html   [9/30/98].
  16. (March, 1998) Dancing with Change: Should You Lead or Follow?
    Available: dance.html   [9/30/98].
  17. (March, 1998) The EETNET Institute: Building Technology Planning Endurance. Intercultural Development Research Association Newsletter, volume 25(1), 17-19. Available: http://www.idra.org/Newslttr/1998/Jan/Miguel.htm   [9/30/98]
  18. (November, 1997) Make Your Training Sizzle: Live Wires, Wet Blankets, and Technology
    Available sizzle.html
  19. (November, 1997) The EETNET Institute: Building Technology Planning Endurance. , volume 17(3), 14-15, 30. Available:
    Eetnet.html   [9/30/98].
  20. (September, 1997) The Principal Questions
    Available http://www.mguhlin.net/principal.html
  21. (September, 1997) Anyone There?
    Available: delusionrebuffed.html [9/30/98].
  22. (May, 1997) The Bridges of Technology Leadership.
    Available: bridges.html    [9/30/98].
  23. (1997) The Bilingual Technologist.
    Available: http://www.gsh.org/wce/archives/guhlin1.htm
  24. (September, 1998) One Worksheet at a Time
    Available:  one.html   [9/30/98].
  25. (1997) Technology Tempest. , volume 16(3), 12-13. Available: tempest.html    [9/30/98].
  26. (1996) Seven is Your Lucky Number. , volume 16(2), 10-12. Available: seven.html    [9/30/98].
  27. (1996) Integrating Technology into the Curriculum. . Available: teacher.html     [9/30/98].
  28. (August, 1996) Technology Tidal Wave. , volume 16(1), 27-29, 33. Available:
    tempest.html
  29. (May, 1996) Stage a Well-Designed Saturday Session and They will Come!. Technology Connection, volume 3(3), 13-14. Available: key.html    [9/30/98].
  30. (Spring,1996) The Internet without a Direct Connect. Education Service Center, Region 8's TechTalk, 1-3. Available: internet.html    [9/30/98].
  31. The Writing-Technology ConnectionAvailable: writtech.html    [9/30/98].
  32. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum Electronic Book. Available: removed from archives.
  33. Internet Lessons Electronic Book. Available: http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/archives/info-mac/game/_Young/00yng-abstracts.txt [9/30/98].

Technology Use in the Classroom

  1. In the Driver's Seat: Modelling Inquiry Learning with Robotics, Available: robotics.htm, (Summer/Spring, 2005)
  2. 5 Steps to Fostering Technology Applications:TEKS in Grades 6-8, Available: fostertateks.htm, (Fall, 2003)
  3. Make the Connections: TAKS, Technology and Problem-based Learning, Available: takspbl.htm, (Spring, 2003)
  4. Facilitating Language and Technology Acquisition: New Patterns of Discourse in the Bilingual/ESL Classroom, Available: bilingual.html (Spring, 2002)
  5. Choices & Decisions: Big6 Enhanced Lessons, Available: big6es.htm (2000)
  6. 5 Actions to Big6 Problem-based Lessons Using Graphic Organizers, Available: http://www.big6.com/enewsletter/archives/spring00/guhlin.html, 10/25/00
  7. Graphically Organizing the Big6
    htttp://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/guhlin3.htm, 10/25/00
  8. Electronic Portfolios, Available:
    portfolios.html
  9. (1999) The Quest for Project-based Learning: Internet WebQuests, Available: projectquest/
  10. (January, 1997) Integrating Technology from the Classroom Up. Technology Connection, volume 3(9), 25-26.
  11. (1997) Spending that Internet Gold. The Well-Connected Educator. Available: http://www.gsh.org/wce/archives/guhlin2.htm     [9/30/98].
  12. (September, 1997) Spending that Internet Gold: Beyond Evaluating Internet-based Curriculum Resources.
    Available gold.html   [9/30/98].
  13. (January, 1997) Integrating Technology from the Classroom Up. Technology Connections.
  14. (January, 1996) The Writing Technology Connection. Technology Connections. Volume 2(9), 12-13.
  15. (November, 1995) The Bilingual Technologist. Technology Connections, volume 2(7), 10.
  16. Kids' Summer Computer Camp. Education Service Center, Region 8's TechTalk.
Finally, note that Technology and Learning publishes several of the articles appearing above on their web site.

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