Mark Gura: 11 books
Make, Learn, Succeed
Building a Culture of Creativity in Your School
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
To adequately prepare students for success, our schools must encourage students to evolve and develop as creative individuals. Today's educators are challenged to establish an instructional practice that will support the development of student creativity, as well as meet curricular goals and assessments....
Podcasting for Teachers
Using a New Technology to Revolutionize Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Podcasting for Teachers is the first volume of a new series from Dr. Kathleen P. King and Mark Gura Emerging Technologies for Evolving Learners and is based on their successful educational technology podcast, Podcast for Teachers, Techpod (sm). Their podcast work has reached over 600,000 people as...
by Mark Gura
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
What the education field is facing now is nothing less than the complete digital transformation of classrooms and schools. Thus, the focus of edtech coaches and other tech leaders in schools must shift from simply bringing technology into schools and tracking resources to identifying how the elements...
Project Based Literacy
Fun Literacy Projects for Powerful Common Core Learning
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Project?Based Learning; it’s a term that most educators have heard and probably have heard good things about, Often, though, they aren’t quite sure precisely what its defining characteristics are other than involving students in projects that are supposed to somehow result in their learning things...
Getting Started with LEGO Robotics
A Guide for K-12 Educators
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Chapters covering each aspect of technology leadership, including planning; curriculum and instruction; assessment; staff development; and legal and social issues.
Teaching Literacy in the Digital Age
Inspiration for All Levels and Literacies
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
by Mark Gura
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2008
A well-chosen image has always been an important tool for instruction. While rooted in the most basic and ancient of human needs and behaviors, art is as relevant today in the information age as it was in the print and pre-print eras, perhaps even more so. NETSS: Visual Arts Units collects 20 classroom...
Podcasting for Teachers Revised 2nd Edition
Using a New Technology to Revolutionize Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
This book introduces and explains this important new technology from the perspective of educators. It also provides new insights into the ways that technology can provide solutions to instructional needs that have not been sufficiently addressed until now. Not only does it provide concrete explanations,...
by Mark W Gura
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Finally, a book about meditation and meaning in life that is based on reason, not religious or supernatural explanations... Provocative and truly inspirational! One of the best books I've ever read.-Rachel Patel
We think we perceive reality, but we live in our minds, in self-created realities,...
Exploring Your Life
Mindfulness Meditation and Secular Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
How to practice spirituality without religion? Neuroscience finds that spontaneous acts of mindfulness decrease stress, depression and anxiety, increasing overall well-being. But studies also show that purposeful mindfulness techniques, such as vipassana or mindfulness meditation, are even more powerful....
Atheist Meditation Atheist Spirituality
Summary Version
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Finally, a book about meditation and meaning in life that is based on reason, not religious or supernatural explanations... Provocative and truly inspirational! One of the best books I've ever read.-Rachel Patel
We think we perceive reality, but we live in our minds, in self-created realities,...