Center for Professional Development Book Award Program
We are pleased to announce the annual Center for Professional Development Book Award for the 2009-10 academic year. The book award will be presented to an outstanding 11th or 12th grade student with an interest in the field of technology.
Information about this program has been included in this letter (PDF), which was emailed to teachers.
This year, the faculty of Center for Professional Development has picked the classic, Bricklin on Technology by Dan Bricklin:
| In a world that divides us, technology creates connection. Cell phones, e-mail, digital cameras, personal Web sites — they all join us, however tenuously, to what we value. Is connectivity what we're willing to pay for? Should technology be our servant or a tool that helps us do other things? What can we really learn from Napster? What would intelligent standards for touch-screen user interface look like? How does technology evolve, and what drives that evolution? For Dan Bricklin, technology cannot exist independently of the lives and needs of those who use it. For more than a decade he has shared his thoughts on this essential interdependence in blogs, podcasts, and essays. This volume compiles those observations, putting together case histories and new reflections for a fascinating study of how people and technology affect one another. Whether you're a software developer or a student of human nature, you'll find yourself drawn into this most intriguing discourse — because you are its subject. |
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Once you have selected a recipient of the book award, please fully complete and submit the form below.
