Top EdTech books curated by experts

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Fundamentals of EdTech

Understanding the concepts of EdTech starts with understanding the fundamentals. On your way to mastery, it's crucial for you to understand how certain concepts were derived, and why things work like they do. Starting with these resources is the best way to do so.

Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America

Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America

The digital revolution has hit education, with more and more classrooms plugged into the whole wired world. But are schools making the most of new technologies? Are they tapping into the learning potential of today's Firefox/Facebook/cell phone generation? Have schools fallen through the crack o…

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EdTech Essentials: The Top 10 Technology Strategies for All Learning Environments

EdTech Essentials: The Top 10 Technology Strategies for All Learning Environments

An accessible, practical guide to incorporating the 10 essential EdTech skills and strategies in every learning setting.In a world awash in technology, what EdTech skills and strategies should educators focus on to ensure they are making the best use of online spaces for classroom learning? ...<…

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Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

Clay Christensen's groundbreaking bestselling work in education now updated and expanded, including a new chapter on Christensen's seminal "Jobs to Be Done" theory applied to education. ...

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50 Things You Can Do with Google Classroom

50 Things You Can Do with Google Classroom

One of the most frequent questions educators Alice Keeler and Libbi Miller hear from teachers is: "How can I effectively implement digital tools in my classroom when I don't fully understand them myself?" It can be challenging to add new technology to the classroom. ...

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Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education

Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education

A Science "Reading List for Uncertain Times" Selection "A must-read for anyone with even a passing interest in the present and future of higher education." --Tressie McMillan Cottom, author of Lower Ed "A must-read for the education-invested as well as the education-interested." ...

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Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World

Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World

What year are you preparing your students for? 1973? 1995? Can you honestly say that your school's curriculum and the program you use are preparing your students for 2015 or 2020? ... Too many approaches to teaching with technology are instrumental at best, devoid of heart and soul at worst. The…

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Additional EdTech Reading

These books are not required for you to learn EdTech, but they are highly recommended for you to deepen your knowledge.

An Urgency of Teachers: The Work of Critical Digital Pedagogy

An Urgency of Teachers: The Work of Critical Digital Pedagogy

Note: This is the loose-leaf version of Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with the loose-leaf version, use ISBN 0134046919. ...

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Don't Ditch That Tech: Differentiated Instruction in a Digital World

Don't Ditch That Tech: Differentiated Instruction in a Digital World

An accessible, practical guide to incorporating 12 essential EdTech skills and strategies in every learning setting—expanded and updated for the AI era.In a world awash in technology, what EdTech skills ...

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The World Is Open: How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education

The World Is Open: How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education

Discover the dramatic changes that are affecting all learners Web-based technology has opened up education around the world to the point where anyone can learn anything from anyone else at any time. ...

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UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes

UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes

You can develop the skills to meet the needs of learners in any learning environment. This approachable, in-depth guide unites the adaptability of Universal Design for Learning with the flexibility of blended learning, equipping educators with the tools they need to create relevant, authentic, a…

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Learning First, Technology Second: The Educator's Guide to Designing Authentic Lessons

Learning First, Technology Second: The Educator's Guide to Designing Authentic Lessons

Learning First, Technology Second offers teachers a classroom-tested, easy-to-use framework to help them move from arbitrary uses of technology to thoughtful ways of adding value to student learning. Learning with technology doesn't happen because a specific tool "revolutionizes" education. ...…

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