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Reinventing Project-Based Learning
Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age, Second Edition
by Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss
Publication date: October 2014
This new edition of ISTE's 2008 top selling book explores proven strategies for overcoming the limitations of the traditional classroom, including a wealth of technology tools for inquiry, collaboration, and a new vision of instructional design. The title follows the arc of a project, providing guided opportunities to direct and reflect educators' own learning and professional development. In this expanded second edition, educators will find new examples of the latest tools, assessment strategies and promising practices that are poised to shape education in the future. With rich illustrations and teacher interviews from around the world, Reinventing Project-Based Learning shows how to design authentic projects that make the most of available and emerging technologies.
Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age, Second Edition
by Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss
Publication date: October 2014
This new edition of ISTE's 2008 top selling book explores proven strategies for overcoming the limitations of the traditional classroom, including a wealth of technology tools for inquiry, collaboration, and a new vision of instructional design. The title follows the arc of a project, providing guided opportunities to direct and reflect educators' own learning and professional development. In this expanded second edition, educators will find new examples of the latest tools, assessment strategies and promising practices that are poised to shape education in the future. With rich illustrations and teacher interviews from around the world, Reinventing Project-Based Learning shows how to design authentic projects that make the most of available and emerging technologies.
Web 2.0
How-to for Educators, Second Edition Revised and Expanded
by Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum
Publication date: July 2014
Established authors Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum ignite creativity in the classroom in this expanded and fully updated edition of their bestselling “Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools”. Using accessible language, the authors help educators expand student and teacher learning by introducing ways to incorporate web tools such as podcasts, blogs, and wikis into the classroom.
How-to for Educators, Second Edition Revised and Expanded
by Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum
Publication date: July 2014
Established authors Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum ignite creativity in the classroom in this expanded and fully updated edition of their bestselling “Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools”. Using accessible language, the authors help educators expand student and teacher learning by introducing ways to incorporate web tools such as podcasts, blogs, and wikis into the classroom.
Personalized Learning
A Guide for Engaging Students with Technology
by Peggy Grant and Dale Basye
Publication date: June 2014
With personalized learning teachers and students are empowered to take charge of their own education experience. Distinguished authors, Peggy Grant and Dale Basye, show how personalized learning with technology can be used to meet the needs of all learners-from gifted students to students with learning disabilities-and how it can help achieve school goals. Included are examples of what personalized learning looks like, comparisons of tools and technologies, as well as evaluation tools such as surveys and checklists. A special bonus is a step-by-step guide for planning a school-wide personalized learning initiative. The hands-on planning and evaluation tools make this an excellent resource for teachers and administrators.
A Guide for Engaging Students with Technology
by Peggy Grant and Dale Basye
Publication date: June 2014
With personalized learning teachers and students are empowered to take charge of their own education experience. Distinguished authors, Peggy Grant and Dale Basye, show how personalized learning with technology can be used to meet the needs of all learners-from gifted students to students with learning disabilities-and how it can help achieve school goals. Included are examples of what personalized learning looks like, comparisons of tools and technologies, as well as evaluation tools such as surveys and checklists. A special bonus is a step-by-step guide for planning a school-wide personalized learning initiative. The hands-on planning and evaluation tools make this an excellent resource for teachers and administrators.
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Flip Your Classroom
Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day By: Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams
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Flipped Learning
Gateway to Student Engagement By: Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams Flipped classroom pioneers Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams take their revolutionary education philosophy to the next level in Flipped Learning. Building on the energy of the thousands of educators inspired by the influential book Flip Your Classroom, this installment is all about what happens next — when a classroom is truly student centered and teachers are free to engage with students on an individual level. World Rights except French Available |
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Teaching Literacy in the Digital Age:
Inspiration for All Levels and Literacies Editor: Mark Gura Publication Date: March 2014 Using myriad technologies, Teaching Literacy in the Digital Age is a practical guide to teaching the language arts to students of any literacy level. Dozens of activities pulled together by leaders in education offer advice on how to implement a wide range of technologies into lesson plans. All of these lessons are tagged with a recommended level, main technologies used, and literacy covered. The activities are easily adaptable for any level, including for students with special needs and English language learners. World Rights except French Available 
Teach Math with the Wii
Engage Your K-7 Students through Gaming Technology by Meghan Hearn and Matthew C. Winner Publication Date: October 2013 Experienced educators Meghan Hearn and Matthew C. Winner walk educators through the steps to teaching math using the Wii in the classroom. Wii activities can be engaging, student-friendly data production tools that generate scores, times and rankings for students to explore and discuss in the mathematics classroom. The book offers advice on how teachers can guide students through rich dialogues, posing questions that elicit mathematical thinking. Using the Wii gaming system in the classroom enhances student motivation and allows them to make real-world connections with math concepts. Organized into 48, easy-to-follow lessons, Teach Math with the Wii will help teachers transform their classrooms into places where learning math is fun, engaging, and memorable. World Rights except French Available 
1-to-1 at Home
A Parent's Guide to School-Issued Laptops and Tablets by: Jason Brand Publication Date: July 2013 The smart board is the new chalkboard—digital classrooms are more common-place around the world. In this effort, many schools are adopting ‘1-to-1’ policies. In this book parents and educators will find practical information outlining and organizing the details of students’ responsibility for the 1-to-1 device, and arents will learn practices derived from diverse school communities as well as understand how families can deal with digital issues when the device comes home. 1-to-1 at Home is also designed to be a practical companion for parents; with proper support and good information, parents can easily understand new technologies, accept the central role they increasingly play in our children’s technology lives, while making room for rules and limits that are in line within each family. The book gives parents the language to keep conversations on track and provides the perspectives of other adult educators and parents who have addressed similar challenges. World Rights except French Available |
Bring Your Own Learning:
Transform Instruction with Any Device Author: Lenny Schad Publication Date: January 2014 In Bring Your Own Learning, highly respected educational technologist Lenny Schad tells the story of leading his large Texas school district through a program of inclusion, where it no longer matters what technology is being used or who owns the device. What matters is that students learn in the ways that make sense to them and their teachers. World Rights except French Available 
Interactive Whiteboards in the Elementary Classroom
by Tony DeMonte Publication Date: July 2013 Educational pioneer Tony DeMonte shows teachers how to best incorporate IWBs (Interactive Whiteboards) in their teaching. IWBs can increase student engagement and motivation, and this book offers practical advice on how teachers can do just that. No matter what kind of IWB is present in the classroom, the author offers classroom-tested insight and advice. The author explores the flexibility of interactive displays, as well as how to use them to present material in diverse and reinforcing lessons. He also coaches educators in motivation strategies, classroom management tips, and general guidelines for maximizing the effectiveness of IWBs. A wealth of tools and ideas that can be put to use in the classroom is included. World Rights except French Available 
A Parent's Guide to Online Safety
by: Doug Fodeman and Marje Monroe Publication Date: April 2013 Parents are often overwhelmed by the breadth of information available to their children through the internet and can be at a loss at how to manage this information access. Here is an informative guide to help parents embrace technology, not fear its reach. Because each child has a unique development level, each child should be monitored in a different way. This book provides insight for parents on how and when to set necessary computer use boundaries and the authors cover the digital topics all parents should be aware of: online bullying, privacy, online gaming, social networks, and cell phones, to name a few. A Parent’s Guide to Online Safety offers parents a solid grasp of the issues and advice on using their own family values as a guide to setting limits for their children. World Rights except French Available |
