Technology in School Classrooms

How It Can Transform Teaching and Student Learning Today

Edited by James G. Cibulka, Bruce S. Cooper

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Publication date:

30 November 2017

Length of book:

196 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781475831085

This book provides an excellent analysis of whether and how digital technologies can transform teaching and learning in classroom settings. The authors collectively provide a multi-dimensional perspective on how and under what conditions technology can be productively employed by teachers to more effectively meet the challenges presented by a rapidly evolving world.

Foreword. Next-Generation Learning in School
Chris Dede
Introduction to the Topic -- and the Book
James G. Cibulka and Bruce S. Cooper
Chapter 1: Technology’s Role and Place in Student Learning: What We Have Learned from Research and Theories
Kui Xie and Nathan A. Hawk
Chapter 2: Teacher Professional Development in the Digital Age: Design and Implementation of Learning Without Limits
Stephanie Hirsh and Michelle Bowman King
Chapter 3: The State of K-12 Online Learning
Michael K. Barbour
Chapter 4: Building Foundational Skills in Learners with Special Needs Through the Use of Technology
Ted S. Hasselbring and Margaret E. Bausch
Chapter 5: Assessment Technology as a Tool to Strengthen Teaching and Student Learning
Michael Russell
Chapter 6: Emerging Technologies and Changing Practices in Science Classrooms
John A. Craven III and Tracy Hogan
Chapter 7: Economic Effects of Technology: Costs and Distribution of Resources to Support Student Learning
Lawrence O. Picus
Chapter 8: The Role of School Leaders in Leveraging Technology to Transform P-12 Classrooms
James G. Cibulka
Chapter 9: The Current Role of Schools of Education in Preparing a Technologically Literate Teaching Workforce
Karen Symms Gallagher
Chapter 10: Conclusion
James G. Cibulka
About the Authors
Index

Educational technology grabs headlines as advocates and critics vie for advantage. But Cibulka and Cooper do a real service by cutting through that and instead diving into what it will take to make it work for students.