This engaging text takes an evenhanded approach to major theoretical paradigms in evaluation and builds a bridge from them to evaluation practice. Featuring helpful checklists, procedural steps, provocative questions that invite readers to explore their own theoretical assumptions, and practical exercises, the book provides concrete guidance for…

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…

Web 2.0 applications and mobile Internet devices have added new issues to the safety/access situation for schools. The purpose of this guide is to assist school districts in developing, rethinking, or revising Internet policies as a consequence of the emergence of Web 2.0, and the growing pervasiveness of smart phone use. The Consortium for School…

Today, millions of school-age children are learning outside of a traditional classroom and using cutting edge educational options. Policy experts predict that in a decade half of all education will be delivered virtually. In "Virtual Schooling" three top authorities help you navigate the fastest growing movement in education--regardless of whether…

A new book in the Knowledge Essential series, "School Success for Children with Special Needs" offers parents a guide for understanding and navigating the often-confusing special education system to ensure that their children get the best education possible. It tells them: (1) How to know if a child has physical, learning, or emotional…

This book provides beginning teachers and educational leaders with a series of articles that can help them build their curriculum knowledge base. Features include: (1) Provides a historical context of the curriculum field, giving educators a solid foundation for curriculum knowledge; (2) Describes the political nature of curriculum and how we must…

Suggests that teachers can help students to use the Internet wisely by using what they already know as reading teachers: help them to read with a purpose. Notes that students should have a purpose for their searches of the Internet. Lists "plusses" for teachers and learners (as well as cautions) regarding using the Internet in the…

This book is organized as a practical guide for educators and parents who want to reduce cheating and plagiarizing. Ideas and strategies to counter other high-tech and more traditional "low-tech" cheating and plagiarism in K-12 schools come from dozens of authors and educators. References to online and print resources can be useful at…

Provides an overview of relevant Web sites for parents who have children with disabilities that can be used by teachers as a resource to help parents get started on the World Wide Web. Sixteen Web sites are identified along with descriptions of the type of information offered. (CR)

The Internet is a large and growing resource for those interested in educational assessment issues. Internet resources of particular interest to the assessment community are identified and discussed. These include gopher sites, Web sites, and listservs. (SLD)

Use of the Internet in foreign language education, as a means of accessing authentic texts and current cultural information, is discussed. First, requirements for accessing the Internet are outlined, including obtaining an account, assessing software needs, and learning to navigate the network. General uses of the network are then examined, with…

This guide is written for the K-12 teacher or librarian who cannot afford the time or expenses to attend workshops or does not have the patience to read through densely worded treatises about the Internet. Organized into three modules, "Learning the Internet,""Teaching the Internet," and "Acquiring the Internet," this book makes a complex subject…

Argues that educators must develop new ways of thinking about literacy that integrate the Internet with their work. Examines how governments around the world are devoting new attention to their educational systems in response to global economic competition in an age of information. Describes several websites with important lessons and resources…

Although there are many content-rich resource sites for elementary and middle school students on the World Wide Web, finding such sites can often be difficult. This ERIC Digest describes K-8 curriculum related Web sites that will be of interest to students, teachers, parents, and librarians. The following types of sites are listed: collections of…

This article discusses promoting critical thinking in gifted children and explains the elements of Bloom's Taxonomy: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Web sites are provided for information on Bloom's Taxonomy and elementary, secondary, and postsecondary instruction. Web sites on other aspects of critical…