Educational Technology Planning: Fresh Ideas
Educational Technology Planning: Fresh Ideas
W're Getting Wired, We're Going Mobile, What's Next?
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Go to cartISBN: 9788130933702
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2016
Pages: 284
Size: 140 x 210 mm
Publisher: International Society for Technology in Education (Eurospan Group)
Published in India by: Viva Books
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Description:
How far have we come in educational technology? Where are we going? Written by the author of ISTE's bestselling Palm Handheld Computers, this book explores and evaluates recent advances and prevailing approaches inside the classroom, and provides a glimpse into the new technologies that will affect how students learn and educators teach in the near future. It also goes beyond the classroom to look at industry and policy trends that will undoubtedly factor into our future technology planning. With numerous interviews and forecasts from educators, business leaders, and IT managers, this candid look at the road ahead gives teachers, administrators, and tech coordinators the perspective they need to re-evaluate their ed-tech plans.
Five Great Reasons for Every Educational Technology Leader to Buy This Book:
• Outlines key educational technology trends and forecasts
• Delivers advice and insight from practitioners in the field
• Helps current and pre-service teachers to leverage the hottest new technologies
• Provides hands-on tools to assess technology use in your school or district
• Suggests ways to put your technology plan to uses
FEATURES: Contains materials and ideas useful for educational technology planning, higher education courses, and staff development
TECHNOLOGY: Material assumes an understanding of educational, productivity, and communications technology, or the ability to obtain such understanding
AUDIENCE: Teachers & Administrators, Teacher Educators & Technology Coordinators
Target Audience:
Teachers & Administrators, Teacher Educators & Technology Coordinators
Contents:
Introduction-How to Use This Book
Part 1: A Journey Worth Making
Learning From the Past • A Passion for Technology
Part 2: What's Next? A Look at Trends in Education
Getting Wired • Getting Personal • Going Mobile • The Unwired School • Learning in Motion • Distance Learning • Technology Standards and Assessment • Unparalleled Independence
Part 3: Trends Beyond the Classroom
Generation Millennium Plugs In • What's Biz Up To?
Part 4: Perspectives From Professional Technology Integrators
Baby Steps, Quantum Leaps • Education in Hand • Bright Spots • The Right Place, the Right Time, the Right Stuff • Beyond the Keyboard
Part 5: Putting it All Together
Paying it Forward • Where Do We Go From Here?
Appendices: Brainstorming Guide • Tech Quiz: How Tech Savvy Are Your Teachers? • Quiz: Handheld Return on Investment • Resources for Looking Ahead • ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Students, Teachers, and Administrators • Bibliography of Works Cited in the Text • Extended Bibliography
About the Author:
Bard Williams, Ed.D., is a veteran educator, a writer, and a technology visionary who believes, like many educators, that nothing is more exciting than seeing enthusiastic teachers use technology to guide motivated learners toward new ideas and new horizons. He is the author and co-author of many books, including IDG's award-winning Internet for Teachers and ISTE's Palm Handheld Computers-A Complete Resource for Classroom Teachers, as well as more than 300 articles. He is a PalmOne Education Certified Training Provider and a member of ISTE and the Software & Information Industry Association.
He currently lives and works in California's Silicon Valley. In his spare time, he recharges his energy by speaking at educational conferences, teaching, and running an education and creative market consulting company called TechThree (www.techthree.com).
