Teaching with Technology

Unlike most books available for use in university classes, this book does not focus on the mechanics of computer operation, but on ways to use technology to support learning in the K-12 curriculum. The text presents a process for intentionally planning learning experiences for students that integrate technology into the process. It develops a number of scenarios or stories of actual classroom practice to illustrate the ways in which the process has informed the practice of teachers. Rather than being divided into chapters based on computer applications, the book is divided into chapters about how a range of applications can support student learning of literacy, content knowledge, problem-solving, participating in communities, becoming users of information, and systems of assessment that are consistent with attaining these goals. The text is distinctive in that it is written to build clear bridges between theory and practice. Colleagues will choose this book over others because it talks about the "hows" of computer integration with learning rather than the "hows" of computer use.