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.

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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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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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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21st Century Skills: Rethinking How Students Learn

21st Century Skills: Rethinking How Students Learn

This anthology will introduce the Framework for 21st Century Learning from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills as a way to re-envision learning and prepare students for a rapidly evolving global and technological world. Highly respected education leaders and innovators focus on why these ski…

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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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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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Additional EdTech Reading

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

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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Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom

Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom

Join the maker movement!There's a global technological and creative revolution underway. Amazing new tools, materials and skills turn us all into makers. Using technology to make, repair or customize the things we need brings engineering, design and computer science to everyone. ...

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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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Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

To most of us, learning something “the hard way” means wasted time and effort. Good teaching, many believe, should be tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing…

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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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