Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology: A Practical Guide for Teachers, by Teachers [Paperback]

This practical, how-to guide makes it easy for teachers to incorporate the latest technology in their classes. Employing an informal workshop approach, the book avoids technical jargon and pays special attention to the needs of teachers who are expanding the use of computers in their classrooms. The authors focus on what teachers do and how they can do it better, and provide a wide variety of proven tools, tips, and methods for enhancing these activities with technology. Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology provides extensively illustrated tutorials for a wide variety of software, online tools, and teaching techniques. It covers everything from lesson plans, to time management, how to show animation, blogging, podcasts, laptop strategies, and much, much more. In addition, periodic updates to the text will be available on the authors' website.Focuses on the needs of teachers who are expanding the use of computers in their classrooms. This book provides illustrated tutorials for a variety of software, online tools, and teaching techniques. It covers various things from lesson plans, to time management, how to show animation, blogging, podcasts, laptop strategies, and more.Introduction; Chapter 1 Lectures: Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Multimedia; Chapter 2 Discussion and Communication; Chapter 3 Note Taking and Organization; Chapter 4 Guided Inquiry; Chapter 5 Open Research; Chapter 6 Homework; Chapter 7 Writing; Chapter 8 Student Presentations; Chapter 9 Assessment and Grading; Chapter 10 Class Management;Tom Daccord and Justin Reich run EdTechTeacher.org, which publishes a series of Web Sites for teachersThe Best of History Web Sites (besthistorysites.net), Teaching History with Technology (thwt.org), Teaching English with Technology (tewt.org), and The Ed Tech Teacher (edtechteacher.org). EdTechTeacher also offers customized workshops and consulting services for schools. Both Tom and Justin have extensive experience teaching in 11 computing environment