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Swanson, Kristen – Eye on Education, 2013
Discover how to transform your professional development and become a truly connected educator with user-generated learning! This book shows educators how to enhance their professional learning using practical tools, strategies, and online resources. With beginner-friendly, real-world examples and simple steps to get started, the author shows how…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Novices, Guidelines, Internet
McCall, Jeremiah – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Despite the growing number of books designed to radically reconsider the educational value of video games as powerful learning tools, there are very few practical guidelines conveniently available for prospective history and social studies teachers who actually want to use these teaching and learning tools in their classes. As the games and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Video Games, Educational Games, Computer Simulation
Sandifer, Stephanie D. – Eye on Education, 2011
Maximize the effectiveness of your professional activities through the use of wikis, and raise student achievement in turn! With strategies from online educator and technology expert Stephanie Sandifer, this book provides how-to advice on the way in which wikis result in a more efficient use of time, better communication, and increased adult…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Adult Learning, Educational Change, School Administration
Thompson, Robin; Kitchie, Laurie; Gagnon, Robert – Corwin, 2011
What if your professional learning community was available 24 hours a day, every day of the year? Would you like to have a place to share lesson plans, student work, a new curriculum, and to provide a discussion forum for all stakeholders? You can, even with only a basic understanding of technology. The authors explain how they created an online…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Core Curriculum, Educational Technology, Communities of Practice
Mooney, Nancy J.; Mausbach, Ann T. – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008
Regardless of where you are in your school improvement process, here's a book that helps you make sure you have all the right elements working for you in the right way. The authors take you through the core processes that are essential for all school improvement efforts--from establishing your mission to differentiating your supervision based on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Data Analysis, Alignment (Education)
Junion-Metz, Gail – 2000
This book provides guidance in how to help children use the Internet for learning and fun. The book is divided into three sections. The first section, "Get Ready: The Internet and Its Tools," includes basic information and practice exercises related to the Internet's many tools. Also included is a large subsection on the World Wide Web, which…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs
McCain, Charles H. – 1996
This practitioner-oriented guide provides nontechnnical, straightforward advice on how to stay on top of technological changes and innovation and how to design, implement, and run a computer lab and/or computer-assisted classroom. It addresses the fundamental overhead of the educational infrastructure that is necessary for classroom technology to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Administration, Educational Equipment
Heide, Ann; Stilborne, Linda – 1996
This book explains how to use the Internet and provides practical tips and project ideas that will help teachers turn the Internet into a useful tool for the classroom. The introduction presents 10 approaches that teachers and students can use to avoid common pitfalls. Project ideas are included for all grade levels and for varying levels of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Fair Use (Copyrights)
Hackbarth, Steven – 1996
The purpose of this book is to assist pre-service and in-service K-12 teachers in selecting instructional strategies and media that will ensure that students achieve desired learning objectives and to illustrate how teachers can develop more effective curriculums by engaging in applied research. The first five chapters comprise Part 1, an overview…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education
Urquhart, Vicki – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2005
Most educators intuitively understand the critical relationship between thinking and writing: writing allows us to express what we think, but the very act of writing spurs a process of exploration that changes our thinking and helps us learn. "Teaching Writing in the Content Areas" examines nearly 30 years of research to identify how teachers can…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Writing Processes, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition)
Simonson, Michael; Smaldino, Sharon; Albright, Michael; Zvacek, Susan – 2000
This book, which is an introductory-level textbook for preservice or inservice teachers, examines the foundations and practice of distance education (DE) and explains how to determine when DE is appropriate. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 12 chapters: (1) foundations of DE (DE today and tomorrow, media in education,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Alternative Assessment, Computer Uses in Education
Meeker, Darin J.; Stankovich, Christopher E.; Kays, Todd M. – 2000
This book provides concrete information and step-by-step exercises to help student athletes succeed in college and make a successful transition to the world beyond college. The book is divided into 14 units containing some or all the following elements: goals; reading materials accompanying review questions; exercises; a unit recap; unit review…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletics, Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice
Rylatt, Alastair – 2001
This book is intended to provide managers, trainers, and others responsible for improving learning within their workplace with the tools, perspectives, and strategies to transform their workplace into a learning organization. Throughout the book, key principles underpinning recent thinking on positive workplace transformation are combined with…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Attitude Change
Barer-Stein, Thelma, Ed.; Kompf, Michael, Ed. – 2001
This book, which is intended as a text for future and experienced adult educators, examines current theories and best practices in adult education. The book consists of 20 chapters written by prominent practitioners in the field of adult education. The chapter titles and authors are as follows: "Teachers Sharing Experiences" (James A. Draper);…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Simpson, Ormond – 2000
This book, which is intended for individuals involved in recruiting and teaching students in open and distance learning (ODL) situations, examines academic and nonacademic student support issues in ODL. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 14 chapters: (1) models and definitions of ODL systems; (2) rationale for student…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, Check Lists, Classroom Techniques