Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology : A Practical Guide for Teachers, by Teachers (Hardcover)

Introduction; 1. Lectures: Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Multimedia; Introduction; Multimedia Presentations with Images, Video, and Audio; Searching for Images, Audio and Video: How to Find All That Good Stuff in the First Place; Using Video in the Classroom; BrowserPoint: Simple Web site Presentations with Tabbed Browsing; Projectors: Sharing Your Screen with the Classroom; Getting Data into Your Classroom; Final Thoughts; 2. Discussion and Communication; Introduction; Creative Uses of Email; Educational Uses of Blogging; Chatting; Bringing the World into Your Rroom: Skype and iChat; Final Thoughts; 3. Note-Taking and Organization; Introduction; Beyond the Trapper-Keeper: Keeping Students Organized Online; Taking Notes with Computers; Software Tools for Taking Notes; The Future of Note-taking: Tablet PCs in the Classroom; Class Scribe: Sharing Class Notes Created by One Student; Taking One for the Team: Collaborative Note-taking; Final Thoughts; 4. Guided Inquiry; Introduction; Online Scavenger Hunts; Virtual Tours; WebQuests; Google Earth; Select Web Sites for Guided Inquiry Activities; Final Thoughts; 5. Open Research; Introduction; Google: For Better or Worse, the Number One Student Research Tool; Search Directories; Library Catalogues; Grokker Visual Searching; Five Online Collections; Final Thoughts; 6. Homework; Introduction; Equity and Access; Assigning Online and Computer Homework; What to Do for Homework?; Examples of Short-Term Online Assignments in the Humanities; Final Thoughts; 7. Writing; Introduction; Standard Formatting; Pre-Writing and Brainstorming; From Pre-Writing to Polishing: Best Practices for Writing with Word Processors; Beyond the Essay: Using Word Processors to Devise New Assessments; Writing Collaboratively with Wikis; Final Thoughts; 8. Student Presentations; Introduction; Student PowerPoint Presentations; Recording and Editing Audio for Podcasting; Screencasting; Building Simple Web Sites with Google Page Creator; Final Thoughts; 9. Assessment and Grading; Introduction; Online Tests and Quizzes; Giving Tests in an Online Environment; Designing Online Assessments with Templates; Sample Online Tests and Quizzes; Electronic Commenting and Grading; Online Rubrics: Finding Them, Designing Them and Grading with Them; Electronic Gradebooks; The New Frontiers of Online Plagiarism; Final Thoughts; 10. Class Management; Introduction; Teaching Strategies for the 1-1 Environment; Email: Getting on the Same Electronic Page; Course Management Systems; Setting Up Your Own Class Web Site; You and Your IT Department; Acceptable Use Policies; Online Safety and Health; Recommended Professional Development Resources; Visions of the Future; Parting Thoughts; About the Authors; Index.