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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.

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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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, and meaningful learning pathways to meet students where theyโ€™re at, no matter the time and place or their pace and path. With step-by-step guidance and clear strategies, authors Katie Novak and Catlin Tucker empower teachers to implement these frameworks in the classroom, with a focus on cultivating community, building equity, and increasing accessibility for all learners.

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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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Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Canโ€™t Transform Education

Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Canโ€™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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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 of the digital divide? ...

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