I am looking for recommendations for a book for "Technology in the Classroom" course. If you teach a similar course, i would like to know if you use a book or other materials from the Internet. I am open for suggestions.
I am delighted to inform you that I read good book. Brian M. Slator (2006) ELECTRIC WORLDS in the Classroom. New York and London Teachers College, Columbia University.
If you want to encourage students to go beyond description to analysis, I highly recommend Neil Selwyn's work (https://www.monash.edu/education/research/profiles/profile.html?sid=4146047&pid=7413) - and the "key issues and debates" would offer a really good foundation for students to think critically.
Specifically, have a look at:
Selwyn, N., 2013, Education in a Digital World: Global Perspectives on Technology and Education, Routledge, Abingdon Oxon United Kingdom
Selwyn, N., 2012, Education and Technology: Key Issues and Debates, Continuum International, London United Kingdom.
Selwyn, N., 2013, Education in a Digital World: Global Perspectives on Technology and Education, Routledge, Abingdon Oxon United Kingdom
As a complementary and provocative tool to improve outcomes you can use the Donald Finkel’s book "Teaching with Your Mouth Shut" (Heinemann Educational Books).
Carmella: I assume this is a course for future teachers. When I was teaching an Instructional Technology course a few years ago I rejected all the available texts because they were all dated. As you know, the time-line for getting a text in print is about 2 years from the time it's in final draft. I assume your course is not at the end of the program, so students will not be alone in their own classroom for a few years. Technology can change significantly in a few years and so the texts may be out of date (and some I saw recommended were already ten years old).
I used the internet as the text, that and hands-on work with tech, and bringing in speakers from the area.
Here's an example, what tech does the potential text describe as in a 1-to-1 program? Computer (Mac or PC), iPad, Chromebook, other?
What will be the main tech for that in the next two years? What does the book say about wearables? VR?
The text might talk about new tech, but how well have you seen the forecasters do about the hot tech for the next year.
Help your students know how to learn about tech, to keep current, and to understand it's still all about learning.
Carmella: I assume this is a course for future teachers. When I was teaching an Instructional Technology course a few years ago I rejected all the available texts because they were all dated. As you know, the time-line for getting a text in print is about 2 years from the time it's in final draft. I assume your course is not at the end of the program, so students will not be alone in their own classroom for a few years. Technology can change significantly in a few years and so the texts may be out of date (and some I saw recommended were already ten years old).
I used the internet as the text, that and hands-on work with tech, and bringing in speakers from the area.
Here's an example, what tech does the potential text describe as in a 1-to-1 program? Computer (Mac or PC), iPad, Chromebook, other?
What will be the main tech for that in the next two years? What does the book say about wearables? VR?
The text might talk about new tech, but how well have you seen the forecasters do about the hot tech for the next year.
Help your students know how to learn about tech, to keep current, and to understand it's still all about learning.
There's a book called How to Teach English with Technology (2007) by Gavin Dudeney and Vicky Hockly in How to Teach... series by Pearson Longman. Although it is more about a language classroom, it provides quite a good introduction to the topic.
The following new book reports on what middle school students (aged 10-14) can do when using technology to tackle mathematical problems:
Carreira, S., Jones, K., Amado, N., Jacinto, H., & Nobre, S. (2016). Youngsters solving mathematical problems with technology: The results and implications of the Problem@Web Project. New York: Springer.
I like to use the free resources first, especially with students. Edudemic is free and has many, many quality sources and school district projects, designs, etc., in ed tech. If you are looking for the larger story, then go to Blended, Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools, excellent! A new book by Michael Horn and Heather Stakes. You can also go the the Clayton Christianson website, where they are scholars, and download many free resources, white papers, etc. Example: http://www.christenseninstitute.org/texas-districts-are-rethinking-technology-integrations/
Another rich, free resource is from iNacol, this will have tons of white papers for online learning and blended environments. Not to ignore your question, which may be more school or classroom based. There is Teaching 2030, oldie but goodie! Eric Sheninger has more school based research. Tom Vander Ark will have some "bigger picture" books. I also really like Marc Prensky, Teaching Digital Natives, that is an old one as well. I will send you a book list with more good titles.
I haven't read Lynne R. Schrum's work, but plan to later in the summer. What a great question!
I would suggest a book on Web 2.0 tools (the one I use -not in class/I teach maths- is by Nikos Papadopoulos, but unfortunately it's in greek...)
Another source is the European Schoolnet Academy (http://www.europeanschoolnetacademy.eu), where the modules are open to watch even when the 6-week courses are finished. "Technology Enhanced Teaching" has the one I took part in last Autumn, and it was great! The current is "Games in schools" and is also very interesting and useful. The students could watch the modules of a finished course and then write on your Padlet, instead of the course's, or all enroll in a current course, graduate and then, as a project, create similar material for their future classes.
While focused largely on Australian initial teacher education students, I'd recommend considering the following, which was published in late 2015:
Teaching and Digital Technologies: Big Issues and Critical Questions
Editors:
Michael Henderson, Monash University, Victoria
Geoff Romeo, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney
Date Published: September 2015
Details - including the Table of Contents - are available at http://www.cambridge.org/au/academic/subjects/education/education-history-theory/teaching-and-digital-technologies-big-issues-and-critical-questions
I think you have plenty of good book suggestions but here are a few articles I think would be (1) appropriate, (2) interesting, and (3) crucial for application of technology in the classroom effectively.
The first is a synopsis of Richard E. Mayer's 12 principles of multimedia learning, which underscore key principles for effectively integrating tech-enhanced presentations and materials.
The second comes from the 2016 Society for Information Technology in Education Conference proceedings and is an article that will be of particular interest for these future teachers as I focus in on two technology tools you can use in the classroom to enhance questioning and learning.
Conference Paper Enhancing Assessment Practices in History Education with Technology
The texts by Roblyer and Sharp are both excellent. A few years ago I felt my own work with Web 2.0 tools needed to be strengthened, so I began using Will Richardson's Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts. This is a 2006 book available at a reasonable price online and oriented differently. I note he now has two new texts, Personal Learning Networks (2011) and Freedom to Learn (2015) that might be worth reviewing. What they do for my students is provide an informed look at how technology tools might be used to enhance learning environments, as seen through the eyes of a professional educator. Something to consider that is different than what others have suggested.
I agree with Raymond Rose. Even the work that appears in refereed journals is likely to be dealing with technology that is at least two or three years old. A textbook is likely to be using those primary sources and is thus likely to be three or four years old by the time it gets in your hands. If you plan a course around that text, you will need to plan again in a year or two. He also makes an excellent point about the time frame for the students' use of what they learn in your class--another year to three years in the future (and for a lifetime thereafter).
To prepare them for that, I would say structure your class around case-based learning or problem based learning, provide the students with access to a body of relatively durable published articles that focused on key concepts, teach them how to find and make sense of current research (to address the problems or cases), help them understand action research, and get them in the habit of testing new technologies--and model all of that.
A textbook might make you feel safe and secure, but it won't get your students where they need to be.
This is not your typical textbook, but The Teacher's Guide to Tech is a wonderful source of information for teachers, making it an ideal resource for a technology class. Relatively inexpensive, the material is on a digital platform allowing for updates as new sources and tools become available.
Take a look at: http://www.tonybates.ca/teaching-in-a-digital-age/ which has a great overview of the subject from several perspectives. Free to download as pdf. I found it very helpful.
Also, I've just completed the first part of the MOOC on Blended Learning (University of Leeds) and that has an excellent set of resources on both technology and blending (free access).