Teaching for Understanding with TechnologyISBN: 978-0-7879-7230-1
Paperback
180 pages
December 2004, Jossey-Bass
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--Robert B. Reich, Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy, Brandeis University
"Teaching for Understanding with Technology is an
important owner’s manual for educators, as well as
policymakers and the larger public, on the most effective uses for
technology in the classroom. The authors combine their perspective
from the university and the school classroom to show how powerful
ideas in learning can be realized in the work of teachers and
students."
--Milton Chen, executive director, The George Lucas Educational
Foundation
"This book supports innovative pedagogical theory with
classroom-based examples of how to teach with Internet-based and
other technology tools. The Teaching for Understanding framework
provides a roadmap for educators seeking to use and assess the full
potential of technology in the classroom, whether they are poised
on the on-ramp or already cruising the information superhighway. It
is required reading for both teachers, education policymakers and
global educators."
--Dr. Edwin Gragert, executive director, iEARN-USA (International
Education and Resource Network)
"At last, a book written with the practitioner in mind.
Teaching for Understanding with Technology will serve
as an invaluable guide for educators everywhere. The authors speak
in real terms, through the eyes of real students and teachers. The
vignettes show how technology can empower and motivate both student
and teacher. As a principal and instructional manager, I see this
book as a must-have blueprint for all educators. I intend to
purchase a copy for every staff member in my building."
--Mary Skipper, headmaster, TechBoston Academy, Dorchester,
Massachusetts
"If you have any doubts about the way in which technology can
enrich the learning of all students, you are holding the book you
need to read. Stone details the ways in which Kristi is reinventing
learning in the age of technology and explains why this approach is
so essential. What is remarkable is that when you treat first
graders like graduate students they end up acting like them."
--Margaret Riel, senior researcher, Center for Technology in
Learning SRI, and visiting professor, Pepperdine University
"This book is about translation and transformation, using the
new technologies to improve teaching and learning. It demonstrates
how these new technologies, essential ingredients in education in
the twenty-first century, can support teachers as they refine their
practice, and make learning a deeper and more lasting
experience---students learn to understand. The book makes an
elegant case for the appropriate and informed use of technology in
our schools."
--Isa Kaftal Zimmerman, director, Technology in Education Program,
Lesley University
"This book is needed so that all educators will understand how
to use the power of technology to propel teaching and student
learning. Teachers need to understand how to create classroom
projects with technology that build on the students’
interests and extend those interests by having students
communicating and collaborating with peers around the globe. This
book can help teachers break through the barriers of integrating
technology into their curriculum. Classrooms can then become
learning environments where students reach out to their world and
find their place in it."
--Katherine Law, Seattle public school teacher and lead educational
technologist