The Center also draws on staff from many specialties across SRI, including research engineers and scientists. Community activities include a uniquely interactive annual conference, funded seed grants, and a knowledge network designed as an active repository of information and collaboration supports. Linda is also a researcher and consultant, focusing primarily on the effective use of Internet technologies to support learning. She is currently working with Classroom Connect to help measure and maximize the learning outcomes of their Internet-based products.
Research also focuses on urban school environments and technology in bilingual education.
In a prior life, Linda was a technology consultant and executive educator with Price Waterhouse and with Lotus, with a primary focus on the business and organizational aspects of information technologies. Linda has an MA in Cognition and Development from UC Berkeley, with a focus on Education in Math, Science, and Technology. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 13-17, 1998. University of California at Berkeley. Tips from an Internet project in a bilingual classroom.