Empowering Students With Technology

by Alan November

• ISBN13: 9781412974257
• ISBN10: 1412974259
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-24
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

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

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

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

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

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

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