Title:
Teaching and learning in the information age : a guide to educational telecommunications
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Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : Allyn and Bacon, 1997
ISBN:
9780205198016
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Summary
Summary
A curriculum-based book with a blend of applications, theory, history and research, this also offers a practical approach to implementing telecommunications in schools. As well as practical applications, it provides teacher stories which relate the information presented to the classroom. An entire chapter is devoted to research for educators, and the book provides frequent references to the locations of resources.
Table of Contents
| 1 What is Educational Telecommunications? |
| Overview |
| A Look Back |
| The Internet Story |
| Basic Information and Tools |
| How to Connect |
| Forms of Electronic Interaction |
| Finding Someone or Something on the Internet |
| One Teachers Story |
| Summary |
| Try This |
| Consider This |
| Apply This |
| References |
| 2 Why Use Telecommunications? |
| Overview |
| Why Connect Our Classrooms? |
| Reconceptualizing the Curriculum |
| Breaking Down Traditional Barriers |
| One Teachers Story |
| Summary |
| Try This |
| Consider This |
| Apply This |
| References |
| 3 Bringing CMC into Classrooms |
| Overview |
| Advanced Telecommunications in Classrooms |
| Educational Benefits of CMC |
| Patterns of Classroom Implementations |
| What is Next for CMC? |
| One Teachers Story |
| Summary |
| Try This |
| Consider This |
| Apply This |
| References |
| 4 Communities of Practice |
| Overview |
| Virtual Communities of Practice |
| Classroom Communities of Practice |
| Building a Community |
| The Global Lab Example |
| One Teachers Story |
| Summary |
| Try This |
| Consider This |
| Apply This |
| References |
| 5 Telecommunications for Professional Development |
| Overview |
| Practitioners, Professional Development, and CMC |
| Preparing Our Educators |
| What is Really Available for Educators? |
| One Teachers Story |
| Summary |
| Try This |
| Consider This |
| Apply This |
| References |
| 6 Classroom Implementation Issues |
| Overview |
| Ensuring Students Can Telecommunicate |
| Appropriate Telecommunications |
| One Teachers Story |
| Summary |
| Try This |
| Consider This |
| Apply This |
| References |
| 7 Research in Telecommunications |
| Overview |
| Research on Users |
| Research on Uses of CMC |
| Educators, CMC, and Action Research |
| One Teachers Story |
| Summary |
| Try This |
| Consider This |
| Apply This |
| References |
| 8 Future Directions and Final Thoughts |
| Overview |
| Increasing Bandwidth |
| Future of Education |
| Final Considerations |
| References |
| Glossary |
| Index |
