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What Every Teacher Should Know About Media and Technology

By: Donna E. Walker Tileston

The essential resource for classroom teachers who want to use media, technology, and the Internet to strengthen student learning and higher-level thinking skills.

Technology plus classroom equal success for students whose teachers act as agents for change through brain-friendly media. Topics covered:

The effect of media on student motivation, behavior, and learning modalities
Using media for lesson planning: objectives, information, skills, meaning, knowledge, models, real-world applications, and more
Using media for teaching: from the basics through creative thinking, critical thinking, and higher-level thinking skills
Using media to enhance student research projects and learning products
Keeping up with the "Big Picture"
Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary
Bibliography and index

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9780761931256
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2003
Page Count: 96
Publication date: July 22, 2012

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Use media, technology, and the Internet to strengthen student learning and higher-level thinking skills.

Technology plus classroom equal success for students whose teachers act as agents for change through brain-friendly media. Topics covered:

The effect of media on student motivation, behavior, and learning modalities
Using media for lesson planning: objectives, information, skills, meaning, knowledge, models, real-world applications, and more
Using media for teaching: from the basics through creative thinking, critical thinking, and higher-level thinking skills
Using media to enhance student research projects and learning products
Keeping up with the "Big Picture"
Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary
Bibliography and index

Author(s)

Donna E. Walker Tileston

Donna Walker Tileston is a veteran teacher and administrator. She is currently the president of Strategic Teaching and Learning, a consulting firm that provides services to schools throughout the United States and worldwide. Donna’s publications include Ten Best Teaching Practices: How Brain Research, Learning Styles, and Standards Define Teaching Competencies (2000), which has been on Corwin's bestseller list since its first year in print, in addition to the ten-volume award-winning series What Every Teacher Should Know, now in its second edition. Other recent titles are Teaching Strategies for Active Learning (2006), Teaching Strategies that Prepare Students for High Stakes Tests (2008), and Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap (2009). Donna received her BA from the University of North Texas, her MA from East Texas State University, and her EdD from Texas A & M University-Commerce. She may be reached at www.whateveryteachershouldknow.com

Table of Contents

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Vocabulary Pre-Test

1. The Importance of Media in the Classroom

Why Media is Brain Friendly

The Effect of Media on Student Modalities

The Effect of Media on Motivation

The Effect of Media on Behavior Management

The Effect of Media on Reaching Higher Levels of Thought

The Effect of Media on Real-World Applications

2. Using Media to Plan and Introduce a Lesson

Begin With Goals for the Learning

Build Declarative Objectives

Develop Procedural Objectives

Provide a Matrix or Rubric

3. Using Media for Teaching

The Basics

Using Technology to Teach Standards

Higher-Level Thinking Skills

4. Using Media to Enhance Student Products

Making Choices on Products

Following a Guide for Research

5. Viewing the Big Picture: Keeping Up

Being an Agent of Change

Creating a Plan for the Classroom

Technology = Success

Vocabulary Summary

Vocabulary Post-Test

References

Index

Other Titles in: Teaching Methods & Learning Styles | Learning Styles | Classroom Applications of Technology

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