International Society For Technology In Education: 50 books

What is Web 2.0? Once upon a time, Web sites were isolated information silosall content and no functionality. Today, the next generation of Web sites gives power to the end-user, providing visitors with a new level of customization, interaction, and participation. Many Web sites now allow users to upload,...

It started with a simple observation: Students need their teachers present to answer questions or to provide help if they get stuck on an assignment; they dont need their teachers present to listen to a lecture or review content.From there, Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams began the flipped classroom:...

Todays classrooms should support multiple learning styles while incorporating technology use in an authentic, real-world manner. To help you grow this digital age learning environment, Walter McKenzie brings together ideas from multiple intelligences and project-based learning to develop a new instructional...

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...

With books, your students can travel the worldexploring faraway places and meeting people from different cultures. With bookmapping, they can use technology to virtually expand their understanding of the locations they visit and connect literature with geography, social studies, and more. Bookmapping...

We all strive to measure school or district success, but too often we rely simply on end-of-year test scores or report cards. These indicators provide some information, but not enough. With data-driven decision makingcontinuously having rich conversations, asking deeper questions, and examining formative...

Some students find writing to be a chore. Others write to get an assignment done but dont put in any extra effort. Theres nothing like blogging to change those attitudes! Students will experience a whole new level of engagement when they are writing for an audience, writing about topics they are interested...

Bring student cell phones out of pockets and backpacks and into the learning environment. Students are walking around with incredible computing power. Their cell phones are calculators, internet browsers, video cameras, calendars, social media devices, and so much more. Why then are educators not taking...