Overview
Illustrates how technology can be used to enrich and enhance traditional approaches to instruction and re-establishes the legitimacy and urgency of tapping technology to make our schools relevant and effective once again. All who are interested in understanding Instructional Technology and its potential to positively impact education will want to read this book.
Full Product Details
Author: Mark Gura ,
Bernard Percy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.304kg
ISBN: 9781578861095
ISBN 10: 1578861098
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 17 January 2005
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This book re-establishes the legitimacy and urgency of tapping technology to make our schools relevant and effective once again...interviews with experts in the field... T.H.E. Journal [Two educators] reveal the reasons why many teachers have resisted technology-supported teaching and learning and offer suggestions for helping them recognize its potential for making their jobs easier. Reference and Research Book News ...[the authors] call for renewed commitment--and slightly different tactics to avoid past mistakes... American School Board Journal
This book re-establishes the legitimacy and urgency of tapping technology to make our schools relevant and effective once again...interviews with experts in the field... * The Holloway Press * [Two educators] reveal the reasons why many teachers have resisted technology-supported teaching and learning and offer suggestions for helping them recognize its potential for making their jobs easier. * Reference and Research Book News * ...[the authors] call for renewed commitment-and slightly different tactics to avoid past mistakes... * American School Board Journal *
Author Information
Mark Gura is the former director of the Office of Instructional Technology of the New York City Board of Education. He has been published in many magazines, including Converge, T.H.E. Journal, and Learning and Leading with Technology, has a regular column in the New York Daily News on technology and education, and has been a featured speaker at numerous conferences and events. Bernard Percy, former editor-in-chief of Converge Magazine, an award winning education and technology magazine; is the author of books on education, with over 30 years of experience in public, private and corporate settings, including 14 years teaching in the New York City and Los Angeles public school systems. Bernard has also lectured internationally in such countries as Russia, Japan, China, Canada and Australia, on a variety of education issues and has served as a juror evaluating educational technology projects and programs for international competitions including the Stockholm Challenge (Sweden) and the Global Junior Challenge (Italy).
