Publications (listing)

Books / Book Chapters / Monographs

Eagen, T. & Becker, J.D. (2010) (under review). Parent and adolescent internet use, perception, and regulation:  A Dyadic analysis. Research in Middle Level Education Online.

Bathon, J. & Becker, J.D. (2010 – in press). Educational Technology: Legal and Ethical Issues. In S. McLeod & J. Hancock (Eds.), What School Leaders Need to Know About Technology Leadership. Washington, D.C.: International Society for Technology in Education.

Becker, J.D., & Bathon, J.. Online School Law Guide.  Web-based, multimedia resource for the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP).  Currently available at http://www.principals.org/lawguide

Mann, D., Shakeshaft, C., Becker, J. & Kottkamp, R. (1999).  West Virginia Story:  Achievement Gains from a Statewide Comprehensive Instructional Technology Program. Santa Monica, CA: A Milken Family Foundation Monograph. (ED429575) http://www.mff.org/publications/publications.taf?page=155

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Becker, J.D., Stewart, M., & Green, J. (2010). Here, there & everywhere: A Review of DIYU. in education [On-line serial], 16 (1). URL http://www.ineducation.ca/article/here-there-everywhere-review-diy-u

Becker, J.D.  (2008). The Digital Horserace:  An Analysis of differences in student computer use across the states and across the years.  Journal of Educational Computing Research, 39(3), pp. 285-312.

Becker, J.D. (2007).  Mind the gaps:  Exploring the use of technology to facilitate parental involvement, particularly for historically underserved populations. Journal of School Public Relations, 28(2), pp. 57-82.

Becker, J. D. (2006). Digital equity in education: A Multilevel examination of differences in and relationships between computer access, computer use and state-level technology policies. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 15(3). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v15n3/.

Becker, J.D. (2004).  Thinking outside the (bricks-and-mortar) box(es):  Using cyberspace technology to reconceptualize schooling and community in the face of resegregation.  Journal of School Public Relations, 25(2), pp. 177-202.

Invited Papers

Becker, JThe Cyberspace Regionalization Project: Simultaneously Bridging the Digital and Racial Divide. Paper submitted for the Secretary’s Conference on Educational Technology, July 12-13, 1999.

Practitioner Journals

Shakeshaft, C., Mann, D., Becker, J. & Sweeney, K.  Choosing the Right Technology. The School Administrator, Vol. 59, n. 1, p34-37 (January 2002)

Mann D., Shakeshaft C., Kottkamp R., & Becker, J.  Playing to Learn. American School Board Journal, Vol. 187, n. 9, p34-36 Supp. September 2000.

Op-Ed Articles / Letters to the Editor

Becker, J.D. (2006).  Mission Impossible.  Newsday, May 21, 2006.

Becker, J.D. (2005).  Misplaced credit for Cleveland’s grad-rate boost.  Cleveland Plain Dealer, Letter to the Editor, April 12, 2005.

Becker, J.D. (2004).  The lesson to learn in this corruption.  Newsday, 64(302), p. A49.

Blogs

Educational Insanity (http://edinsanity.com)

My own personal blog started on January 9, 2008

I use this blog as a space to be a public intellectual; a place for me to share my thoughts and ideas on issues that lie at the intersection of at least three areas: educational policy/aw, educational leadership, and especially educational technology.

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