 | 1-to-1 at Home
1-to-1 at Home: A Parent's Guide to School-Issued Laptops and Tablets
Author: Jason Brand
The media and technologies children love and use avidly every day at home need to be available in school – not just for greater engagement in the classroom (though that is likely to happen), but also so children can learn how to function effectively in the workplaces and communities of a digital age. They need the opportunities to practise the citizenship and literacies of digital environments as part of their F–12 education: they need schools outfitted with digital media and technologies.
Managing the digital gadgets, gizmos and games that kids already own is often a challenge, and many parents find that a school-issued 1-to-1 device further disrupts an area in which there are already conflicts. 1-to-1 devices blur the lines between school and home, between work and play, between tool and toy. Many parents could use some help in setting boundaries. Topics discussed in 1-to-1 at Home include
parental control, filtering and monitoring software;
downloading media;
video sites;
social networks
video games;
video, voice and text chatting; and
ergonomics and sleep.
Written from the perspective of a family therapist who works to help families get to the heart of complicated matters, this guidebook addresses the home side of 1-to-1 programs. 1-to-1 at Home: A Parent’s Guide to School-Issued Laptops and Tablets provides the perspectives of other adults – educators and parents – who have addressed similar challenges.
Regular price: 69.00
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| IST1895 |
 | 50 Ways to Use Technology Enhanced Learning in the Classroom
50 Ways to Use Technology Enhanced Learning in the Classroom: Practical strategies for teaching
by Peter Atherton
This is a practical guide to the use of technology enhanced learning (TEL) in the classroom.
Introducing 50 ways to use technology for learning. Areas covered include: - Gamified learning - Social media - Video streaming - The flipped classroom - Instant feedback tools - And many more.
Guidance on how to use these technologies for learning is complemented by an exploration of their impact on learning. For each example, the opportunities for evidencing progress are evaluated.
Published: 1st February 2018
ISBN: 9781526424150
Number Of Pages: 288
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| 9781526424150 |
 | A Brief History of the Future of Education
A Brief History of the Future of Education ;
Learning in the Age of Disruption
Ian Jukes, Ryan L. Schaaf
The Future Tense of Teaching in the Digital Age
The digital environment has radically changed how and what students need and want to learn, but has educational delivery radically changed? Get ready to be challenged to accommodate today’s learners as opposed to allowing default classroom practices. With its touches of humor and choose-your-own-adventure approach, the book encourages readers to search for interesting, relevant or required material and then jump right in.
At its core, readers will:
* Consider predictions about future learning.
* Understand how to leverage nine core learning attributes of digital generations.
* Discover ten critical roles educators can embrace to remain relevant in the digital age.
192 Pages | Pbk
Regular price: 42.00
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| 9781544355023 |
 | A Parent's Guide to Online Safety
Author: Marje Monroe & Doug Fodeman
Try to keep up with today’s technology can be overwhelming. You probably feel like you’ll never understand the technology your child is using, especially when it seems to change every six months. The MySpace of yesterday becomes the Facebook of today. Children and teens love to explore new online gadgets, gimmicks, games and websites, and they often discover new and unexpected uses of these technologies. What’s a parent to do?
Take a deep breath! Yes, the technology keeps changing, but the kids themselves stay pretty much the same. Much of what they do is not about the technology they are using. It’s about seeking attention, forming and sustaining relationships, taking risks and having fun. Parents have been dealing with these behaviours for centuries. Chapter topics include
How Old Is Old Enough?;
Important Conversations;
Online Bullying;
Kids, Privacy and Technology;
Online Gaming;
Social Networks
Mobile Phones and Smartphones; and
Teaching Your Child to Be Savvy.
This revised Australian edition of A Parent’s Guide to Online Safety will help you identify the digital citizenship topics all parents should be aware of while providing advice on setting limits for your child.
Regular price: 152.00
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| IST1901 |
 | Blended Learning in Action
Blended Learning in Action: A Practical Guide Toward Sustainable Change
Authors - Catlin Tucker, Tiffany Wycoff and Jason Green
Blended Learning in Action supports teachers, teacher leaders, and schools as they shift to a blended learning model. Blended learning has several advantages over traditional instruction if technology is used to effectively engage students in active learning both inside the classroom and online. Blended learning allows for more communication and collaboration both synchronously and asynchronously, creates more opportunities for students to drive their own learning, provides teachers with more time to work one-on-one or in small groups to differentiate and personalize learning while providing more timely feedback. This transition to blended learning requires a fundamentally new approach to learning as well as a new skillset for both teachers and school leaders. The shift from traditional instruction to a blended model is a delicate process with many moving parts, which requires all stakeholders in a school community work together.
This book demystifies blended learning for teachers and schools looking for alternatives to a traditional approach to teaching. The educational landscape is changing, but teachers and schools need practical resources to help them navigate these changes so that they are exciting, not scary. This book includes research, examples, anecdotes, and resources gathered from the authors' work as well as interviews with teachers and school leaders using different blended models.
Regular price: 66.00
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| 9781506341163 |
 | Bring Your Own Learning
Author: Lenny Schad Bring Your Own Learning: Transform Instruction with Any Device Mobile technology fundamentally changes the way students learn. It allows them to explore beyond the classroom walls, ask probing questions about the world and create their own personalised learning experiences. Introduce mobile devices to the classroom and watch students become absorbed in their learning.
In Bring Your Own Learning, the author provides a roadmap for implementing a BYOD initiative in any educational system. His reflections on how he realised his district needed a mobile learning program – and how it was executed – can help other educators formulate their approach to developing a systemwide BYOD program. The goal of this book is for school leadership teams, administrators, board members, teachers and parents to walk away with the following key points of knowledge:
Clear understanding of why we need to promote mobile learning
Clear understanding of what mobile learning is and what it looks like
Clear understanding of the steps necessary for mobile learning to be successful
Clear understanding that implementation is an evolution and needs time to become systemic in any educational system
Clear understanding of the benefits of mobile learning or BYOD programs
Bring Your Own Learning is the perfect resource for the modern classroom, and will help to turn mobile devices from tools of distraction into tools for learning.
Regular price: 63.00
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| IST1918 |
 | Consuming Kids
Consuming Kids
The Hostile Takeover of Childhood
By Susan Linn
A shocking exposé of the $15 billion marketing malestrom aimed at our children and how we can stop it
With the intensity of the California gold rush, corporations are racing to stake their claim on the consumer group formerly known as children. What was once the purview of a handful of companies has escalated into a gargantuan enterprise estimated at over $15 billion annually. While parents struggle to set limits at home, marketing executives work day and night to undermine their efforts with irresistible messages.
In Consuming Kids, psychologist Susan Linn takes a comprehensive and unsparing look at the demographic advertisers call “the kid market,” taking readers on a compelling and disconcerting journey through modern childhood as envisioned by commercial interests. Children are now the focus of a marketing maelstrom, targets for everything from minivans to M&M counting books: All aspects of children’s lives—their health, education, creativity, and values—are at risk of being compromised by their status in the marketplace.
Interweaving real-life stories of marketing to children, child development theory, the latest research, and what marketing experts themselves say about their work, Linn reveals the magnitude of this problem and shows what can be done about it. With a foreword written by research psychologist and author Penelope Leach, Consuming Kids is a call to action for parents, educators, legislators and anyone who cares about the health and well being of children.
Regular price: 19.99
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| 9781565847835 |
 | e-Safety: Digital Learning Guides
Author: Kevin Campbell-Wright E-safety is a growing concern in our learning lives, personally and professionally. The media is full of stories about the dangers of the online world and, in particular, social networking sites, an area where the rules of friendships and relationships are being re-defined. There are of course many positives and studies are increasingly showing that giving learners of all ages online access is not only sensible, but also beneficial providing safeguards are put in place and responsible practice is observed. However, with Ofsted’s increased focus on safeguarding measures, the rise of digital literacy and the greater expectations of learners and, where appropriate, their parents or guardians, many education providers are left wondering which way to turn. This highly topical book aims to act as a practical guide through the minefield of e-safety in learning, examining: why people might use, or benefit from, online interaction; what the dangers of online interaction might be; the guidance that already exists; approaches to take with learners and staff; how to prepare your organisation’s e-safety strategy. The book is essential reading for safeguarding or e-safety staff in post-16 education; managers involved in developing e-safety strategies, administering resource centres, libraries or open access ICT centres, or preparing for Ofsted inspection; tutors looking to embed e-safety into learning sessions; college marketing staff interested in dangers relating to social media marketing; and general education staff interested in how they present themselves online.
Regular price: 25.00
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| 9781862017078 |
 | From Edtech to Pedtech
Title: From Edtech to Pedtech: Changing the Way We Think about Digital Technology
Author: Fiona Aubrey-Smith, Peter Twining
Aimed at teachers and leaders looking to create greater impact on teaching and learning through the use of digital technology in schools, From EdTech to PedTech translates research on the effective integration of digital technology in education into relevant, accessible, and practical guidance for teachers and school leaders. This much-needed handbook bridges the gap between knowing 'what works' and knowing how to make it work for you and your learners.
Bringing much-needed precision, fresh insights and clarity to the thinking, planning, and integration of digital technology in teaching and learning, this practical handbook:
* guides practitioners through 'must know' research findings and what they mean for everyday practice
* unpacks different ideas about pedagogy and how these inform digital technology use
* introduces the Funnels of Influence model to help you understand why you think and do the things that you do
* provides practical self-audit tools that can be used individually and across teams to clearly identify pedagogical priorities
* provides structured audit and review tools to ensure that strategies are based on sound research and result in practical, impactful, actions
* provides teachers with practical guidance to ensure that precision planning and a clear focus on impact lead to lasting and meaningful teaching and learning experiences for all learners
This engaging research-informed guide is an essential resource for any school leader or classroom teacher looking to maximise the value and the learning impact of digital technology in their school.
ISBN: 9781032343495
Number of Pages: 198
Published on: 29 August 2023
Taylor and Francis
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| 9781032343495 |
 | School Climate 2.0: Preventing Cyberbullying
Title: School Climate 2.0: Preventing Cyberbullying and Sexting One Classroom at a Time
Author: Justin Patchin & Sameer Hinduja
Bullying is not new, but its venues have expanded to include social media and mobile phones. When students receive hurtful, threatening or sexually explicit electronic messages, it affects their ability to concentrate on schoolwork. Renowned cyber-bullying experts Sameer Hinduja and Justin W Patchin connect the off-campus high-tech behaviors of teens to the school environment and provide educators with a road map for developing a positive school climate that counteracts cyber-bullying and sexting. School Climate 2.0 differentiates cyber-bullying from traditional bullying and offers specific strategies for improving school climate, including:
1. Building a sense of community;
2. Peer mentoring;
3. Social norming;
4. Data-driven action plans;
5. Youth grassroots campaigns; and
6. Multi-pronged policy and programming approaches by adults.
Included are anecdotes, stories and high-profile case examples that illustrate the research. The book's companion website features a Twitter feed and Facebook Fan Page with regular Prevention Points you can put into action quickly, downloadable activities and worksheets, questions to facilitate staff and student discussions, and emerging best practices in school climate research and evaluation-powerful tools for bully-proofing your school.
ISBN: 9781412997836
Number Of Pages: 216
Published: 10th April 2012
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| 9781412997836 |