International Society For Technology In Education: 50 books

As educators seek out new ways to energize and engage their students and prepare them for the future, they need to know how to employ the latest technologies in creative and innovative ways. Learning Supercharged looks at emerging approaches and tools, and incorporates professional educators’ stories...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework for designing instruction that meets the needs of every learner. This book provides an overview of UDL, showing how to offer flexibility in methods of presentation, student participation and expression to support high achievement for all students,...

The modern school library supports education in a variety of ways. One essential role librarians play is that of a leader who works collaboratively to build relationships, mold culture and climate, and advocate for the needs of students and the community. In this book, a librarian and an education...

Increased accessibility to technology has resulted in increased educational use; however despite its positive impact, technology has not facilitated the wholesale educational reform that so many of us have hoped for. Journal of Research on Technology in Education ( JRTE) editor Lynne Schrum suggests...

Preservice and prospective teachers need to be ready to use technology when they enter the classroom. V. N. Morphew has written A Constructivist Approach to the NETST to help these future educators be able to effectively integrate technology in learning and teaching. Each chapter addresses one of ISTEs...

As a parent, do you ever wonder how you can possibly keep up with all the new technologies your children take for granted? Cell phones, online games, instant messaging, social networking, and other technologies have all become so important in the daily lives of young people, and they seem to take them...

NETSS: English Language Arts Units for Grades 912 offers a holistic and reflective approach to using technology in the high school English class. Author Christopher Shamburg presents 12 language arts units that integrate technology into compelling, standards-based lessons. Examples of these units include...

Many technology directors are initially tapped for the role because of their expertise in technology or instruction. However, they seldom receive training in how to be leaders and agents of change at the organizational level. Yet technology directors are increasingly being called upon to assume this...

Many jobs of the future will involve science, technology, engineering, and math, but how can we expect our students to go into careers as mechanical engineers, environmental scientists, or computer programmers when theyve never met the people who have these jobs? Students might not even realize that...

Web 2.0, the second generation of the World Wide Web, allows us to connect, create, collaborate, and share information. When we bring Web 2.0 tools into the classroom, we transform learning. By applying these tools thoughtfully, we see a shift in student engagement, creativity, and higher order learning...

Reinventing Project-Based Learning offers educators an accessible guide for maximizing the benefits of project-based learning in todays technology-rich learning environment. This reader-friendly book speaks directly to educators, administrators, and professional development specialists who want to transform...

This new edition offers practical advice to help middle and high school students stay safe online by making better choices and minimizing their risks. Updated to reflect todays advances in technology, this invaluable resource contains dozens of classroom-tested exercises and hundreds of links to websites, documents, and resources.

Best-selling author Susan Brooks-Young offers busy principals another update to her guide to the most relevant and useful Web-based resources. 101 Best Websites for Principals, Third Edition, includes new sites, revised descriptions, resources for Web 2.0 tools, and a section on Internet security concerns...