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Education and Technology: Reflections on Computing in Classrooms » (1st Edition)

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Authors: David C. Dwyer, Keith Yocam, Nancy Fisher
ISBN-13: 9780787902384, ISBN-10: 0787902381
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: July 1996
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: David C. Dwyer

CHARLES FISHER is professor of education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Book Synopsis

Co-Published with Apple Press

"A blueprint for those communities who are attempting change within existing educational structures. . . . Parents, teachers and school administrators, business and community leaders, and policy makers will find this book instructive. . .well worth reading."
—American Secondary Education

"Every education, business, and community leader who wants to cut through the hype about technology to see where the investment really makes a difference should start with this book."
—Alan November, CEO, Educational Renaissance Planners

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) project, this book brings together a diverse group of educators to reflect on what we know about computer-aided instruction. From the latest research findings to practical classroom experience, it provides an overview of the promise and prospects for technology in education.

Booknews

Commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) Project. While recognizing that technology is not a panacea for education's problems, the contributors shed light on ways in which it can serve as a powerful catalyst for student learning. This collection of personal essays is intended as an early report on the widespread use of digital technology in schools, and as commentary on the larger drama of educational change at the dawn of a new century. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents

Preface
1The Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow: An Overview1
2The Imperative to Change Our Schools15
3Dilemmas35
4Whither Technology and Schools? Collected Thoughts on the Last and Next Quarter Centuries51
5Hope and Joy in a Rational World: Kids, Learning, and Computers67
6Toward an ACOT of Tomorrow91
7Learning to Compute and Computing to Learn109
8The Role of New Technologies in Designing Mathematics Education129
9Reflections on Computer-Supported Writing151
10Redefining Computer Appropriation: A Five-Year Study of ACOT Students169
11Does Technology Work in Schools? Why Evaluation Cannot Tell the Full Story185
12New Technologies, New Literacies, New Problems203
13The Image Processing for Teaching Project221
14Developing and Spreading Accomplished Teaching: Policy Lessons from a Unique Partnership237
15In the Midst of Change251
16Conversation: An Essential Element of Teacher Development265
17Teacher Change in Technology-Rich Classrooms281
The Contributors301
Index307

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