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Expand classroom experiences and spark student excitement with learning adventures powered by technology!
Written by an internationally recognized expert in the field, this second edition of the bestseller provides educators with practical strategies for using technology to "break down" classroom walls and prepare all students to succeed in a digital world.
Making the case for technology's capacity to improve school performance and create communities of best practice, the book demonstrates how appropriate use of computer and Internet technologies enhances students' critical thinking, research, and problem-solving skills. Equally important, informed use of technology can level the learning field for disadvantaged students and allow children who are disabled to participate more fully in mainstream education.
Offering more than 50 Web sites, as well as new resources, realistic lesson ideas, sample activities, more information about online learning, and real-world examples, this timely revision examines:
- Information literacy
- Learning in a globally connected community
- Increased access to information
- Applications for digital cameras, fax machines, cell phones, and more
- The relationship between technology expenditures and student achievement
Complete with a section on navigating government archives online, this updated edition of Empowering Students With Technology helps students connect instructional content to real life and facilitates their development as independent and collaborative learners.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction
- 1. Teaching and Learning the Structure of Information
- Information Literacy: A New Basic Skill
- MAPping the Internet: Meta-Web Information, Author, and Purpose
- Confusing Technical Mastery With Critical Thinking
- Blocking Versus Access
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 1
- 2. Empowering Learning by Expanding Relationships
- Planning for Learning (Instead of Technology)
- Revisiting the Role of the Family
- E-mail in a Cultural Context
- Teacher-Created Web Sites
- Publishing Student Work on the Web
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 2
- 3. Emerging Roles Within the Knowledge Community
- Teachers as Digital Immigrants
- Help and Support in Your Own Backyard
- Benchmarking Educational Practice to the Knowledge Community
- Shifting Control
- Raising Expectations: Students as Knowledge Producers
- Managing Fear
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 3
- 4. Accessing Primary Sources to Enhance Critical Thinking
- Using Primary Sources
- Teaching the Skills to Assess Primary Sources
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 4
- 5. Online Learning
- Pioneers on the Digital Frontier
- Changing Roles and Interactions
- Students Involved in Online Learning
- Teachers Involved in Online Learning
- Individual Courses: Supporting Learning
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 5
Appendix
Appendix
Bibliography
Bibliography
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Expand classroom experiences and spark student excitement with learning adventures powered by technology!
Written by an internationally recognized expert in the field, this second edition of the bestseller provides educators with practical strategies for using technology to "break down" classroom walls and prepare all students to succeed in a digital world.
Making the case for technology's capacity to improve school performance and create communities of best practice, the book demonstrates how appropriate use of computer and Internet technologies enhances students' critical thinking, research, and problem-solving skills. Equally important, informed use of technology can level the learning field for disadvantaged students and allow children who are disabled to participate more fully in mainstream education.
Offering more than 50 Web sites, as well as new resources, realistic lesson ideas, sample activities, more information about online learning, and real-world examples, this timely revision examines:
- Information literacy
- Learning in a globally connected community
- Increased access to information
- Applications for digital cameras, fax machines, cell phones, and more
- The relationship between technology expenditures and student achievement
Complete with a section on navigating government archives online, this updated edition of Empowering Students With Technology helps students connect instructional content to real life and facilitates their development as independent and collaborative learners.
Contents
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Introduction
- 1. Teaching and Learning the Structure of Information
- Information Literacy: A New Basic Skill
- MAPping the Internet: Meta-Web Information, Author, and Purpose
- Confusing Technical Mastery With Critical Thinking
- Blocking Versus Access
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 1
- 2. Empowering Learning by Expanding Relationships
- Planning for Learning (Instead of Technology)
- Revisiting the Role of the Family
- E-mail in a Cultural Context
- Teacher-Created Web Sites
- Publishing Student Work on the Web
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 2
- 3. Emerging Roles Within the Knowledge Community
- Teachers as Digital Immigrants
- Help and Support in Your Own Backyard
- Benchmarking Educational Practice to the Knowledge Community
- Shifting Control
- Raising Expectations: Students as Knowledge Producers
- Managing Fear
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 3
- 4. Accessing Primary Sources to Enhance Critical Thinking
- Using Primary Sources
- Teaching the Skills to Assess Primary Sources
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 4
- 5. Online Learning
- Pioneers on the Digital Frontier
- Changing Roles and Interactions
- Students Involved in Online Learning
- Teachers Involved in Online Learning
- Individual Courses: Supporting Learning
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 5
Appendix
Appendix
Bibliography
Bibliography
Index
Index
Additional materials
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November 2009 | 136 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412974257 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781452272375 | $35.00 |
Expand classroom experiences and spark student excitement with learning adventures powered by technology!
Written by an internationally recognized expert in the field, this second edition of the bestseller provides educators with practical strategies for using technology to "break down" classroom walls and prepare all students to succeed in a digital world.
Making the case for technology's capacity to improve school performance and create communities of best practice, the book demonstrates how appropriate use of computer and Internet technologies enhances students' critical thinking, research, and problem-solving skills. Equally important, informed use of technology can level the learning field for disadvantaged students and allow children who are disabled to participate more fully in mainstream education.
Offering more than 50 Web sites, as well as new resources, realistic lesson ideas, sample activities, more information about online learning, and real-world examples, this timely revision examines:
- Information literacy
- Learning in a globally connected community
- Increased access to information
- Applications for digital cameras, fax machines, cell phones, and more
- The relationship between technology expenditures and student achievement
Complete with a section on navigating government archives online, this updated edition of Empowering Students With Technology helps students connect instructional content to real life and facilitates their development as independent and collaborative learners.
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- 1. Teaching and Learning the Structure of Information
- Information Literacy: A New Basic Skill
- MAPping the Internet: Meta-Web Information, Author, and Purpose
- Confusing Technical Mastery With Critical Thinking
- Blocking Versus Access
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 1
- 2. Empowering Learning by Expanding Relationships
- Planning for Learning (Instead of Technology)
- Revisiting the Role of the Family
- E-mail in a Cultural Context
- Teacher-Created Web Sites
- Publishing Student Work on the Web
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 2
- 3. Emerging Roles Within the Knowledge Community
- Teachers as Digital Immigrants
- Help and Support in Your Own Backyard
- Benchmarking Educational Practice to the Knowledge Community
- Shifting Control
- Raising Expectations: Students as Knowledge Producers
- Managing Fear
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 3
- 4. Accessing Primary Sources to Enhance Critical Thinking
- Using Primary Sources
- Teaching the Skills to Assess Primary Sources
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 4
- 5. Online Learning
- Pioneers on the Digital Frontier
- Changing Roles and Interactions
- Students Involved in Online Learning
- Teachers Involved in Online Learning
- Individual Courses: Supporting Learning
- Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 5
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index