Best ideas for teaching with technology: a practical guide for teachers, by teachers

Foreword / Alan November

Introduction

1. Lectures: Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Multimedia

Introduction

Multimedia Presentations with Images, Video, and Audio Searching for Images, Audio, and Video: How to Find All That Good Stuff in the First Place

Using Video in the Classroom

BrowserPoint: Simple Web Site Presentations with Tabbed Browsing

Projectors: Sharing Your Screen with the Classroom

Getting Data into Your Classroom

Final Thoughts

2. Discussion and Communication

Introduction

Creative Uses of Email

Educational Uses of Blogging

Chatting

Bringing the World into Your Room: Skye and iChat

Final Thoughts

3. Note Taking and Organization

Introduction

Beyond the Trapper Keeper: Keeping Students Organized Online

Taking Notes with Computers

Software Tools for Taking Notes

The Future of Note Taking: Tablet PCs in the Classroom

Tracking Class Participation

Class Scribe: Sharing Class Notes Created By One Student

Taking One for the Team: Collaborative Note Taking

Final Thoughts

4. Guided Inquiry

Introduction

Online Scavenger Hunts

Virtual Tours

WebQuests

Google Earth

Select Web Sites for Guided-Inquiry Activities

Final Thoughts

5. Open Research

Introduction

"Why Johnny Can't Search": Searching with Key Terms

Google: For Better or Worse, the Number One Student Research Tool

Search Directories

Library Catalogues

Grokker Visual Searching

Five Online Collections

Final Thoughts

6. Homework

Introduction

Equity and Access

Assigning Online and Computer Homework

What to Do For Homework?

Examples of Short-Term Online Assignments in the Humanities

Final Thoughts

7. Writing

Introduction

Standard Formatting

Pre-Writing and Brainstorming

From Pre-Writing to Polishing: Best Practices for Writing with World Processors

Beyond the Essay: Using Word Processors to Devise New Assessments

Writing Collaboratively with Wikis

Final Thoughts

8. Student Presentations

Introduction

Student PowerPoint Presentations

Recording and Editing Audio for Podcasting

Screencasting

Building Simple Web Sites with Google Page Creator

Final Thoughts

9. Assessment and Grading

Introduction

Online Tests and Quizzes

Giving Tests in an Online Environment

Electronic Commenting and Grading

Online Rubrics: Finding Them, Designing Them and Grading with Them

Electronic Gradebooks

The New Frontiers of Online Plagiarism

Final Thoughts

10. Class Management

Introduction

Teaching Strategies for the Computing Environment

Email: Getting on the Same Electronic Page

Course-Management Systems

Setting Up Your Own Class Web Site

You and Your IT Department

Acceptable Use Policies

Online Safety and Health

Recommended Professional Development Resources

Visions of the Future

Parting Thoughts

Index