Stop by the OISE library and check out these new additions to our collections!
Web 2.0: How-To For Educators [CR 025.0637 S689W]: Web 2.0, the second generation of the World Wide Web, allows us to connect, create, collaborate, and share information. When we bring Web 2.0 tools into the classroom, we transform learning. By applying these tools thoughtfully, we see a shift in student engagement, creativity, and higher-order learning skills. This book expertly leads you through the latest classroom and professional Web 2.0 applications that can help in improving student and teacher learning. It explores the very best online collaborative tools available today, including blogs, wikis, and social networking as well as Skype, Google Earth, and Wordle. The book describes what the tool is, when teachers should use it, why it is useful, who is using it, how you can use the tool, and where you can find additional resources.
The Use of Instructional Technology in Schools: Lessons to be Learned [CR 025.177 L479U]: This book examines teachers’ use of the major instructional technologies over the last century, from the days of silent film, radio and slide shows through to the modern interactive whiteboard and the web. It explores the reasons why so few teachers have used these technologies and why, even in today’s digital world, the most commonly used classroom tools are the pen, paper and teaching board. The book provides decision makers with an invaluable insight into the question: What is required to get all teachers across the nation using the appropriate instructional technology as a normal part of everyday teaching?
Rethinking Learning for a Digital Age: How Learners are Shaping their Own Experiences [371.334 R4382]: This book addresses the complex and diverse experiences of learners in a world embedded with digital technologies. The text combines first-hand accounts from learners with extensive research and analysis, including a developmental model for effective e-learning, and a wide range of strategies that digitally connected learners are using to fit learning into their lives.
These and other new books are all available on the New Acquisitions shelf on the ground floor of the library.
