Internet Applications of Type II Uses of Technology in Education - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789024950 ISBN 13: 9780789024954

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Give your students a powerful learning resource the Internet!

The Internet, though brimming with potential, is still vastly underused as a teaching resource. Internet Applications of Type II Uses of Technology in Education gives teachers new strategies for the Internet’s use as a dynamic educational resource. Where Type I teaching applications technologically mimic the procedures previously used by teachers, Type II teaching applications involve innovative thinking in the use of technology in learning. Using Type II applications with the Internet, students are actively empowered to look to its use as an effective partner in their learning process. This book clearly reviews several Type II teaching applications and integrative software for use in all educational levels, including Internet videoconferencing, instant messages, WebQuests, and WebCT.

Though now readily available, even those schools with the capability fail to effectively integrate computer and Internet technology into meaningful classroom activities. Using the Internet as a teaching and learning tool offers a flexibility that can be extremely effective. Internet Applications of Type II Uses of Technology in Education clearly shows how some creative educators have implemented inventive Type II applications in their teaching plans to give their students a more enriching learning experience.

Internet Applications of Type II Uses of Technology in Education explores:

• critically evaluating Web site information
  
• how perceptions and behaviors change when Internet access becomes universally available
  
• Internet2 Videoconferencing
  
• integrating online communication into courses
  
• utilizing computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools
  
• structured online class discussions using Instant Messenger (IM)
  
• increasing vocabulary through software and online texts
  
• online learning in second-language acquisition (SLA)
  
• a project in New Zealand in which teachers and students learn Web design with the help of an external expert
  
• WebQuests as a Type II application
  
• WebCT as a Type II application
  
• achievement testing through the computer
  
• the Global Forum on School Leadership (GFSL) as a Type II application
  
  

Internet Applications of Type II Uses of Technology in Education is a valuable, idea-generating resource for all academics working in information technology and education, and for K-12 teachers and administrators at all levels.

About this title

Synopsis:

Educators have talked about using information technology to improve teaching since the beginning of the modern computer movement but true integration remains an elusive goal - for most. "Classroom Integration of Type II Uses of Technology in Education" finds teachers who have managed to take advantage of the sophistication, power, and affordability of today's technology to develop new and better strategies for learning, despite the absence of an effective institutional infrastructure. This unique book reviews effective Type II teaching applications and software used at all educational levels, including Lego/Logo technologies, idea technologies, graphics software, laptop computers, and hand-held computers. Information technology in schools has failed to fulfil its considerable potential because without a widespread instructional support system, computers are generally poorly used and not integrated meaningfully into classroom activities. But some educators have still been able to implement Type II applications of information technology in their educational settings.

"Classroom Integration of Type II Uses of Technology in Education" looks at their innovative methods of using computers to bring about more effective teaching - and learning. "Classroom Integration of Type II Uses of Technology in Education" is an invaluable resource for academics working in information technology and education, and for K-12 teachers and administrators at all levels.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0789024950
• ISBN 13: 9780789024954
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 198
• Editor: Maddux Cleborne D.