Shan Glandon is the elementary curriculum coordinator at Jenks Public Schools in Tulsa, OK.
Filled with lessons and activities that incorporate technology into
classroom curricula, and in conjunction with the ISTE standards,
this volume is a useful tool for library media specialists and
classroom teachers alike. Each unit is organized by a grid of
categories: Information Retrieval – print and Internet sites for
information gathering; Student Productivity- what students will be
creating; Problem Solving and Decision-Making; Communication and
Collaboration; Teacher Delivery of lessons; and Classroom
management. Each unit is then broken down into Objectives. The unit
is outlined with the intended audience and the length of the unit.
Student and teacher activities are aligned with the ISTE standards.
Going beyond the typical research assignments and written reports,
the final products are creative and varied. For example, in one
activity on the Presidents, students are asked to write letters as
a former president to either their wife or predecessor with four
points that they need to include. Lessons and units are well laid
out and easy to understand and implement with web sites and
resources provided. Examples of worksheets are given throughout the
book in a reduced format. This volume showcases how teachers and
media specialists can collaborate from beginning to end of a
project, from developing handouts to grading, where the team
approach is the focus. Recommended.
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