Technology in School Classrooms: How It Can Transform Teaching and Student Learning Today

This book provides an excellent analysis of whether and how digital technologies can transform teaching and learning in classroom settings. The authors collectively provide a multi-dimensional perspective on how and under what conditions technology can be productively employed by teachers to more effectively meet the challenges presented by a rapidly evolving world.

Table of Contents:
Foreword. Next-Generation Learning in School Chris Dede Introduction to the Topic -- and the Book James G. Cibulka and Bruce S. Cooper Chapter 1: Technology’s Role and Place in Student Learning: What We Have Learned from Research and Theories Kui Xie and Nathan A. Hawk Chapter 2: Teacher Professional Development in the Digital Age: Design and Implementation of Learning Without Limits Stephanie Hirsh and Michelle Bowman King Chapter 3: The State of K-12 Online Learning Michael K. Barbour Chapter 4: Building Foundational Skills in Learners with Special Needs Through the Use of Technology Ted S. Hasselbring and Margaret E. Bausch Chapter 5: Assessment Technology as a Tool to Strengthen Teaching and Student Learning Michael Russell Chapter 6: Emerging Technologies and Changing Practices in Science Classrooms John A. Craven III and Tracy Hogan Chapter 7: Economic Effects of Technology: Costs and Distribution of Resources to Support Student Learning Lawrence O. Picus Chapter 8: The Role of School Leaders in Leveraging Technology to Transform P-12 Classrooms James G. Cibulka Chapter 9: The Current Role of Schools of Education in Preparing a Technologically Literate Teaching Workforce Karen Symms Gallagher Chapter 10: Conclusion James G. Cibulka About the Authors Index

About the Author :
James G. Cibulka, Ph.D. Throughout his career as an educator, Cibulka has advocated for reforms that support greater student learning opportunities, particularly for disadvantaged youth. He has been a K-12 teacher, university professor, dean, and founding president of the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation. He is a former president of the Politics of Education Association (PEA) and senior editor of Educational Administration Quarterly. Bruce S. Cooper, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus at Fordham University, a scholar and researcher in the areas of private and religious schools, with an interest in school administration and policy. He was President of the Politics of Education Association (PEA), a recipient of the Jay D. Scriber Mentoring Award, from University Council Educational Administration, 2008; and President: Associates for Research on Private Education (ARPE), SIG of AERA; and Editor of the Private School Monitor, 2007-2012.

Review :
This book is an insightful read about the use of technology as a powerful tool to infuse global knowledge and skills – not only in our classrooms, but more broadly for the teaching profession. It speaks to teachers and will help them address their research, curriculum development, professional development and real classroom situations to enhance their practice and impact student learning. Educational technology grabs headlines as advocates and critics vie for advantage. But Cibulka and Cooper do a real service by cutting through that and instead diving into what it will take to make it work for students. This insightful book bridges a gap between dedicated technologists and educators; patently, the fissure between unquestioning enthusiasm for all-things digital and the uncertainties of schools’ scarcities in funding, including debates about effective instructional practices and material. Cibulka and Cooper engineered a conceptual architecture for which chapter authors cannily link the promise of technology with teaching and learning and reality of schools’ ongoing financial and technological challenges. This book offers readers a comprehensive overview of the core conditions for technology use in learning, while acknowledging the political, cultural, and human influences on schools’ efforts in spanning the digital divide. You might enjoy Technology in School Classrooms if you want to keep up with the topics and thinking in the field of next generation learning. If you are teaching, you might like your students to get exposed to the ideas here.