High-Tech Teaching Success! A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Innovative Technology in Your Classroom gives classroom teachers exactly what they're looking for: advice from technology education experts on how the latest tools and software can be implemented into lesson plans to create differentiated, exciting curriculum for all learners.
Focused on implementing technology in the four core areas of learning &mdash math, science, language arts, and social studies &mdash this book covers topics such as podcasting, blogging and digital diaries, building websites and Wikis, using Google Earth, using online programs such as YouTube and social networking sites to connect to other classrooms, creating videos, and more.
Geared for teachers in grades K-12, this essential book offers practical tools, tips for implementation, step-by-step instructions, and handy screen shots to give educators everything they need to create interesting, technology-based learning experiences in their classroom.
Kevin Besnoy, Ph.D., received his doctorate in curriculum, instruction, and special education with an emphasis in gifted education from The University of Southern Mississippi. During the 2003-2004 school year, he served as the project coordinator on a grant entitled "Appropriate Practices for Screening, Identifying, and Instructing Gifted/Disabled Youth." Besnoy is assistant professor of Teacher Education and School Leadership at Northern Kentucky University and serves as the chair of the Computers and Technology division of the National Association for Gifted Children.
Lane W. Clarke is an assistant professor at Northern Kentucky University. The idea for this book came when she and fellow educator Kevin Besnoy began researching digital literacy with Palm Pilots with eighth graders. They decided to use their knowledge and connections to create an edited book aimed at supporting teachers in the content areas in using technology as a tool for enhanced instruction.