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Tech-Savvy Booktalker:
A Guide for 21st Century Educators
Nancy Keane and Terence
Cavanaugh.
Booktalks, booktalks, or booktalking, are the
process creating short "commercials" about books
which are presented by librarians, teachers, or
students in elementary through high schools,
libraries, or even people just get together, way
to entice others to read a book. The Tech-Savvy
Booktalker is designed for educators
(k-12), technology support persons, media
specialists, special education personnel, and
reading/literacy instructors/coaches, this
educator’s guide is a combination reference,
strategy guide, and tutorial for teachers about
integrating, enhancing, and supporting booktalking
with technology. The book provides strategies,
instructions, and ideas for using booktalks as
teaching and learning tools at all grade levels
and in all content areas. Included are
instructions for making technology enhanced booktalks to use
with students, instructions for using existing
school technology to create booktalks, and
applications for using booktalks with technology within
the classroom and media center. Available
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From ISTE:
The Digital
Reader: Using eBooks in K-12 Education
 This
educator's guide is a combination reference,
strategy guide, and
tutorial for teachers about electronic texts
(eBooks) and how to effectively use them in
education. The book provides strategies,
instructions, and ideas for using eBooks and other
forms of electronic text as teaching and learning
tools at all grade levels and in all content
areas. Included are instructions for making eBooks
to use with students, instructions for using
existing school technology for reading eBooks, and
applications for using eBooks within the classroom
and media center.
The eleven chapters are divided into four
sections. The first section introduces the concept
of the eBook. The next section focuses on eBook
technology, including hardware and software. While
most of the book focuses on the big five formats
(MS Reader, Palm Reader, Adobe Reader, web based,
and text based) other formats are included. The
availability section provides locations of
resources, such as digital libraries and special
collections, that make eBooks available for
schools, usually at no cost, and describes how to
create eBooks. The largest section highlights
applications of eBooks as reading resources and
tools for reading, language arts, and other
content areas. This section also discusses digital
library development and integration into the
classroom and school, the use of eBooks as
scaffolds and supports for student reading, and
eBooks as a form of assistive technology for ESE
and ESOL students or any student with reading
disabilities or difficulties.
The rapidly increasing availability and low cost
of e-book technology make it perfect for schools
and educators looking to expand their resources
for readers. This book introduces the unique
features that have established e-books as a
powerful, effective learning tool for all grade
levels and for special needs students.
It includes descriptions and illustrations of the
most popular e-book platforms and programs, as
well as dozens of practical ideas for using
e-books for reading instruction, personal
productivity, and curricular enrichment. Brimming
with interactive lesson ideas, teaching tips, and
online resources, this book is a must-have for
teachers in all content areas and library media
specialists.
FEATURES
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Descriptions of the most popular and affordable
e-book devices, software, and content for
educators
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Guidelines for accessing the free digital
library resources available on the Web and for
creating your own e-books using basic software
tools
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Strategies for using the annotation, reference,
and hypertext capabilities of electronic text to
promote active reading
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This educator’s guide is a combination reference,
strategy guide, and tutorial for teachers about
enhancing the literature circle with technology,
from using eBooks as the reading source to having
a literature circle in an interactive online
environment. The book provides background
information about the literature circle along with
technology integration strategies, instructions,
ideas, and student sheets in all content areas.
Included are instructions for finding eBooks to
use as reading sources for students, descriptions
of various free online electronic book resources,
instructions for using existing school technology
as part of a literature circle, and applications
for using literature circles in the online
environment for distance learning, home schooled,
and hospital/homebound.
The book would be divided into four sections. The
first section introduces the concept of the
literature circle, some summary research, and a
set of general assignment sheets for students to
use within a circle. The next section focuses on
integrating eBook technology into the literature
circle as the reading source, from locating eBooks
to options for printing digital books. Common
eBook formats and options would also be discussed.
This availability section would provide locations
of resources, such as digital libraries and
special collections, that make eBooks available
for schools, usually at no cost. The next section
highlights the integration of technology into the
existing class literature circle as reading
resources reading, language arts, and other
content areas. This section also discusses
integration of common computer and internet
applications into the literature circle, such as
searching, paint programs, digital concept maps,
etc. The last section would take the technology
into the next level, describing uses for
literature circles where students were
participating in an online environment, such as a
course space (ex. Blackboard, WebCT), and how the
online environment could also be use to allow
students of different grades or classes to
interact. An additional aspect of this section
would be literature circles where outside students
could participate, such as students who are being
home schooled or were under a hospital/home bound
program.
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 Distance
Learning as a Form of Accommodation chapter in
Development and Management of Virtual Schools:
Issues and Trends published by Idea Group
available from
Amazon.com.
Virtual schools are a result of widespread changes
in knowledge about learning, in available
technology and in society. Virtual schooling is
growing in popularity and will continue to attract
students because of the benefits it offers over
traditional schooling. Stakeholders in virtual
schools need information to guide their decisions.
For the foreseeable future, virtual schools will
continue to meet diverse student needs, and to
evolve in response to further change.
Development and Management of Virtual Schools:
Issues and Trends brings together knowledge of
virtual schools as a reference for scholars and
other groups involved in virtual schools. The
chapters review best practice from concept and
development, through implementation and
evaluation.
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Teach Science with Science Fiction Films: a
guide for Teachers and Media Specialists 2005
Linworth Publishing Inc.
available from
Amazon.com. (Previous title: Teaching
Science with Science Fiction Films.
Kendall/Hunt, 1994)
Science fiction has always
been a staple of motion pictures. It can be
described as a branch of movies in which
scientific discoveries and developments from
elements of a plot. It is based on future
prediction of scientific possibilities, some of
which have become facts. In many ways, the silver
screen acts as a permanent ongoing and technology
exposition.
The science educator can use
the excitement and fun atmosphere of the science
fiction movie to his or her advantage. Lessons in
the book are designed to help students translate
science fiction into science fact. Students are
instructed to use science as a vehicle for
comprehension of humankind and the world in
general.
Bonus online
lesson resource materials.
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 Online
Learning as a Form of Accommodation chapter
in
the
Encyclopedia of Information Science and
Technology, Edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour,
D.B.A., Idea Group Inc. Hershey, PA.
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