Transforming K-12 Classrooms with Digital Technology

Author: Zongkai Yang   Harrison Hao Yang   Di Wu   Sanya Liu  

Publisher: IGI Global‎

Publication year: 2013

E-ISBN: 9781466645394

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781466645387

Subject: G434 计算机化教学

Language: ENG

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Description

Digital and social technologies are changing the education field. Interactive whiteboards and blackboards, e-books, and computer-mediated communication are accelerating the processes of the evolving classroom. These technologies continue to support problem solving, critical thinking, and collaboration skills among students. Transforming K-12 Classrooms with Digital Technology brings together research and practices regarding digital and social technology integration in the K-12 classroom. By sharing practical and conceptual aspects of using digital and social technologies as tools for transforming K-12 learning environments, this reference source is essential for teachers, support staff, school and district administrators, college students, and researchers working, teaching, and learning in the digital era.

Chapter

Acknowledgment

Conceptual Aspect

Transforming K-12 Classrooms with Digital Technology

Blended and Online Learning in Virtual K-12 Schools

Fostering Collaboration and Digital Literacy with Mobile Technology

GBL as PBL

Finding and Evaluating Great Educational Games

Electronic Performance Support System (EPSS) Tools to Support Teachers and Students

Apple’s iBooks Author

STEM in Early Childhood Education

Practical Aspect

Integrating Computing Across the Curriculum

Digital Play

Integrating the Arts into Early Childhood Teacher Education Through Technology

Young People in a Gallery with a Digital Camera

Designing an Online Interactive Learning Program to Improve Chinese Migrant Children’s Internet Skills

A Collaborative Skills Training Program Utilizing Information and Communications Technology for 21st-Century Children

Modeling Digital Work and Learning

Promoting a Balanced Development of High Quality Teacher Resources with Network Technology

Interactive Boards in Schools

The Development and Application of Regional Education Informatization in China

Compilation of References

About the Contributors

Index

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