Description
Book SynopsisWith a focus on digital tools and planning for any setting, this text provides ready-to-use help for designing technology-integrated lessons, building and managing community, selecting the best digital tools for particular tasks, increasing student engagement, and differentiating instruction.
Table of Contents
- Contents
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Foreword Douglas K. Hartman xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
- Why This Book? 2
- Synergistic Planning 3
- Guiding Principles 4
- Book Organization and Features 7
- Conclusion 9
- 1. How Do I Teach the Attributes of Digital Text? 11
- Literacy and Technology 12
- Understanding Digital Text 13
- Lessons to Teach the Attributes of Digital Texts 16
- Assessing Your Understanding of Digital Text 23
- Summary 26
- Action Items 27
- 2. How Do I Design More Effective Technology-Integrated Instruction? 29
- TPACK 29
- Reflexive Pedagogy 30
- Combining TPACK and Reflexive Pedagogy 31
- Continuum of Technology Integration 32
- The Role of Digital Text in Instructional Design 33
- Steps to Designing More Effective Technology-Integrated Instruction 34
- Examples of Technology-Integrated Lessons 37
- Assessing Your Design of Technology-Integrated Instruction 37
- Summary 42
- Action Items 42
- 3. How Do I Select the Best Digital Tools for a Task? 45
- Types of Digital Tools 46
- Digital Tools in Action 50
- Selecting the Best Digital Tools 52
- Summary 56
- Action Items 57
- 4. How Do I Increase Student Engagement When Using Technology? 59
- Student Engagement 59
- Build Community 61
- Scaffold Self-Regulation 64
- Summary 70
- Action Items 71
- 5. How Do I Differentiate Technology-Integrated Instruction? 73
- What Is Differentiated Instruction? 73
- Differentiated Instruction and Digital Formative Assessment Tools 73
- How Do I Use Digital Tools to Accommodate Different Learning Needs? 78
- How Do I Use Digital Tools to Offer Choice to My Students? 80
- Summary 81
- Action Items 82
- 6. How Can My District/School Support Technology-Integrated Instruction? 83
- Instructional Coherence 84
- Develop a Vision for Technology-Integrated Instruction 85
- Establish a Common Language 85
- Set Directives to Advance Instructional Coherence 86
- Five Areas of Directives 88
- Steps to Developing Directives 93
- Example of Directives in Action 94
- Summary 96
- Action Items 97
- Appendix A: Description of Digital Tools Referenced in This Text 99
- Appendix B: African Elephant Example 103
- Appendix C: Semantic Feature Analysis Example 105
- References 107
- Index 115
- About the Authors 121
