Computers in the Classroom: How Teachers and Students are Using Technology to Transfrom Learning

'Must reading for all school administrators and educators! This book will help you expand your vision as to how technology can be used to truly improve student learning and achievement. It also describes approaches to using technology that work in the classroom.?—Kenneth M. Bird, superintAndent, The Westside Community Schools, Omaha, NebraskaComputers in the Classroom tells the stories of six schools that are using computers to revitalize teaching and learning in the classroom. Written in an informative and entertaining manner, these remarkable stories reveal how the introduction of computer technology has transformed the educational experience of the students, the teachers, and their communities. The book also provides examples of students' work and a valuable Resource Guide with information on funding sources, technical support, software, and where to find material available online.

A Jossey-Bass and Apple Publication

Six remarkable stories about the introduction of computers to the classroom and the profound effect it had on students' lives. Informative and entertaining, this book will expand your vision of how technology can be used to enhance classroom.

Library Journal

Six success stories of computer-based curricula, funded in recent years by Apple Computer, Inc., are the focus of this lively, inspiring book for educators and parents. All projects involved minority students in economically deprived areas of the United States, and most were interdisciplinary projects taught by teams of teachers: for example, a greenhouse unit in a Philadelphia high school, a current events newsletter at a Newark, New Jersey, parochial school, and a folklife study at a rural Louisiana elementary school. The text is presented in magazine format and peppered with photographs of smiling students and teachers. Appendixes list written and online sources of information, and a useful glossary of computer terms is included. Educational reformer Herbert Kohl wrote the rather dry introduction. Proceeds from the book's sale will be given to ISTE, a nonprofit educator group. Large public libraries and school districts exploring new technologies will want to purchase.Joyce W. Smothers, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan, N.J.