Asal and Harwood explore how today's information technology is changing how we educate and are educated. Focusing on the United States, with useful insights from the classroom digital revolution in a few other key places (the United Kingdom, Australia, and India), the authors investigate the impact of today's technologies on education - how they impact teachers and teaching, children and learning, and the intersection of teaching and learning. For example, they tell us what the educational impact of having over 60% of America online is. The authors explain exactly how new technologies are changing the learning environment in and out of the classroom with a focus on the effects on K-12 education. Chapters include vignettes about children who are integrating information technologies into their lives at school and at home and those children who for a variety of reasons, most notably, socio-economic, have found themselves excluded as full members of the first digital generation. There are also accounts from K-12 teachers who are incorporating technology into their classroom environments. Using closed-circuit cameras, electronic cheating, and distance learning are all also discussed at length.
Reviews
[E]xplores how today's information technology is changing how we educate and are educated. The book includes accounts from K-12 teachers who are incorporating technology into their classroom environments. The use of close-circuit cameras, electronic cheating, and distance learning are discussed at length. * School Library Connection, November/December 2007 *
This book is a serious analysis of critical issues, far more than a mere summary of survery data. . . . The broad coverage of critical issues, the insightful discussion, the clarity of expression, and the colorful excerpts all make this book engaging and thought provoking. * Educational Technology, March/April 2010 *
this text challenges educators to assess the value of contemporary digital technologies as modes of instruction....Recommended. * CHOICE, May 2010 *
The two authors (both in political science) discuss the impact of information technology on modern K-12 schools and their students, focusing mainly on the US. Subjects include issues of privacy in a wired classroom, how students and teachers integrate digital technology into the teaching and learning experience, the sources of inequality in access to technology education, electronic cheating, and distance learning. * Reference and Research Book News, November 2007 *



Book Information
ISBN 9781578867981
Author Paul G. Harwood
Format Paperback
Page Count 204
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Education
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 318g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 154mm * 12mm