Toys, tools & teachers : the challenges of technology / Marge Cambre, Mark Hawkes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cambre, Marge, 1939-

Contributor:

Hawkes, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational technology.

Teaching--Aids and devices.

Teaching.

Effective teaching.

Physical Description:

x, 170 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Toys, tools, and teachers

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2004.

Summary:

Cambre and Hawkes offer a framework for thinking about technology as it impacts teaching and learning today. We look at technology through a trifocal lense: technology as teaching aid, technology as threat, and technology as progress. We trace the evolution of school technology briefly, leading up to the computer as the point convergence. From the toys they play with to the tools they learn with, we see that students are bombarded with things technological. This mushrooming of technology and how it is to be integrated into the classroom presents challenges that must be confronted so that, indeed, no child is left behind.

Contents:

The challenge to stay in touch

Time to reflect

Students and toys

Teachers and tools

Challenging issues

Accounting for impact

The equity challenge

Teaching teachers

Technology-supported assessment

Challenging the future

Distance education

Networking for learning

Connecting without wires.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-162) and index.

ISBN:

1578861640

OCLC:

54966556