The digital classroom : how technology is changing the way we teach and learn / edited by David T. Gordon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gordon, David T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer-assisted instruction--United States.

Computer-assisted instruction.

United States.

Educational innovations--United States.

Educational innovations.

Physical Description:

viii, 184 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard Education Letter, [2000]

Contents:

Myths and realities about technology in K-12 schools / Glenn M. Kleiman.

High-tech kids : trailblazers or guinea pigs? / Joan Westreich.

"Technologies don't change schools

caring, capable people do" / George Brackett.

"Technology is not just a tool" / Edward Miller.

Can technology exploit our many ways of knowing? / Howard Gardner.

New independence for special needs students / Karen Kelly.

"Some assessments treat learning-disabled students unfairly" / Thomas Hehir.

Distance learning in the digital age / Natalie Engler.

The global schoolhouse / Wambui Githiora-Updike.

A new culture of teaching for the 21st century / Stone Wiske.

Preparing teachers for the high-tech classroom / Clorinda Valenti

"The big question is how to show up without showing up" / David Perkins.

Science : venturing online to teach and learn / Alan Feldman.

Math : calculating the benefits of cybersessions / Gene Klotz.

History : mining for gold in a mountain of resources / Bill Tally and Melissa Burns.

Literacy : Charlotte's web meets the World Wide Web / Julie M. Wood.

A tech coordinators's road map for the information highway / Shelley Chamberlain.

Partnerships : making the connection / Karen Kelly.

"Each community has a wealth of technical expertise" / Karen Smith.

The real digital divide : quality not quantity / Maisie McAdoo.

"Internet content should reflect children's diversity of needs

and interests" / Milton Chen.

The gender gap : why do girls get turned off to technology? / Karen Kelly.

A Title IX for the technology divide?

Margaret Riel.

A new century demands new ways of learning / Chris Dede.

"Is being a good citizen only about being a worker and consumer?" / Larry Cubin.

"This is Dewey's vision revisited" / David Williamson Shaffer.

Notes:

"A special publication of the Harvard education letter."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

188343307X

OCLC:

44412497