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Preparing to Use Technology: A Practical Guide to Curriculum Integration, 2/E
Blanche W. O'Bannon, The University of Tennessee
Kathleen Puckett, Arizona State University

ISBN-10: 0135084210
ISBN-13:  9780135084212

Publisher:  Allyn & Bacon
Copyright:  2010
Format:  Paper; 312 pp
Published:  07/30/2009
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Preparing to Use Technology is a concise and comprehensive guide to the technology applications that are essential skills across the curriculum in the classrooms of today.  

 

This text features a basic understanding of current software applications, adaptations for special learners, and ideas for curriculum integration. Instructors will find a user-friendly format with an appropriate balance of directive skill building activities and exploration. 

 

Each chapter focuses on a technology concept and includes 1) research frameworks 2) basics which includes how teachers as well as students can use the technology in teaching and learning 3) provides a testimonial from a technology using teacher that has implemented lessons successfully, 4) offers example “curriculum connections” and shares ways to adapt for special learners with each.

 

Many features of this text make teacher education program and standards alignment more convenient. The entire text is aligned with the NETS*T standards while many pedagogical features offer practical suggestions for technology integration with content area learning and further that alignment. Prospective teachers, as well as teachers who want to use technology, will find the style is direct and easy to follow. 


Features

  • The concise presentation covers the basic technology concerns teachers will have and that the NETS Standards emphasize in a manageable presentation.
  • "Adaptations for Special Learners" boxes in every chapter provide personal accounts of technology activities from successful teachers to illustrate how technology can be used with diverse and exceptional students.
  • “Voices from the Classroom” features in every chapter provide personal accounts of technology activities so that students can see how this material will work for them.
  • “Curriculum Connections” offer successful, class-tested lessons for technology integration across content areas with links to the full lessons.  These mini-lessons will make it easy for students to use technology in their classes.
  • A Companion Website, developed by the authors with further references, lesson plans and sample projects and quizzes.


    • New To This Edition

    New coverage of Web 2.0
     
    Aligned with the revised professional technology standards for Teachers (ISTE NETS-T) and Students (ISTE NETS-S)
     
    Updated with the revised Bloom's Taxonomy
     
    Increased assessment coverage in chapter one addresses the issues of assessment in today's teaching climate and what role technology has to play.
     
    Thoroughly updated with new research throughout prepares new teachers with the most current research-based methods and strategies to take into their classroom.
     
    Updated! “Voices from the Classroom” features in every chapter provide personal accounts of technology activities so that students can see how this material will work for them.
     
    Updated! “Curriculum Connections” offer successful, class-tested lessons for technology integration across content areas with links to the full lessons.  These mini-lessons will make it easy for students to use technology in their classes.
     

    On the Web text feature provides an annotated list of popular websites of particular importance to the chapter topic. Linking directly to these sites is made possible through the On the Web virtual site located at the companion site of the book (www.pearsonhighered.com/obannon2e). New to this edition's website users can download directions for projects, rubrics, chapter slideshows and artifacts.


    Table of Contents

    Section I: Preparing to Use Technology
    1. Preparing to Use Technology
    2. Hardware Basics
    3. Software Basics
    4. Portfolios

    Section II: Using Research and Communication Tools to Enhance Learning
    5. The Internet
    6. Word Processing

    Section III: Using Visual Learning Tools to Enhance Learning
    7. Digital Images
    8. Diagrams, Maps, and Webs

    Section IV: Using Problem-Solving Tools to Enhance Learning
    9. Databases
    10. Spreadsheets

    Section V: Using Multimedia Authoring Tools to Enhance Learning
    11. Multimedia Tools
    12. Web Authoring


    Previous Edition(s)

    • Preparing To Use Technology: A Practical Guide to Curriculum Integration
      O'Bannon & Puckett
      ©2007  |  Allyn & Bacon  |  Paper; 304 pp  |  Out of Print
      ISBN-10: 0205456170  |  ISBN-13: 9780205456178
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    Blanche O'Bannon, Ed.D. (University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.) teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Educational Technology in the department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education at The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Her primary research areas include the development of K-12 teachers for the integration of technology into curriculum topics to enhance learning as well as the design and development of multimedia/hypermedia learning environments and course development focusing in these areas.

     

    Dr. O’Bannon is a member in numerous professional organizations including the Association of the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE), and presents papers regularly at their annual conferences. She serves on the Board of Associate Editors for the Journal of Research on Technology in Education.

     

    She has a successful record in securing external and other funding with the most recent large award being received from the Department of Education Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) initiative. 

     

    Dr. O’Bannon serves as the Coordinator the core technology course for teachers receiving licensure from The University of Tennessee. Her focus, since coming to UT in 2000, has been to align the core technology course with national technology standards to facilitate the development of teachers who are capable of integrating technology into 21st century classrooms. In addition, she has insured that this course focuses on integration versus simply skills.

     

    You can review her courses and other resources her website at http://web.utk.edu/~bobannon


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    Known for its practical suggestions for integrating technology into the content areas, Preparing to Use Technology is a concise yet comprehensive guide to the technology applications that are essential skills in today's classrooms. This text provides teachers with a basic understanding of current software applications, adaptations for special learners, and ideas for curriculum integration without extensive discussion of history and foundations of technology. A user-friendly format combined with an appropriate balance of directive skill-building activities and exploration prepares teachers to take what they are learning directly into the classroom.

     

    The second edition provides teachers with the latest content and resources to take into their classroom including:

    • New coverage of Web 2.0 technologies and how they can be used to impact learning (Ch. 5).
    • Content aligned with the revised professional technology standards for Teachers (ISTE NETS-T) and Students (ISTE NETS-S)
    • Updated with the revised Bloom's taxonomy
    • Increased assessment coverage addresses the issues of assessment in today's teaching climate and what role technology has to play (Ch. 1).
    • Thoroughly updated with new research throughout providing new teachers with the most current research-based methods and strategies to take into their classroom.
    • Updated! “Voices from the Classroom” features in every chapter provide personal accounts of technology activities so that students can see how this material will work for them.
    • Updated! “Curriculum Connections” offer successful, class-tested lessons for technology integration across content areas with links to the full lessons.  These mini-lessons will make it easy for students to use technology in their classes.
    • On the Web text feature provides an annotated list of popular websites of particular importance to the chapter topic. Linking directly to these sites is made possible through the On the Web virtual site located at the companion site of the book (www.pearsonhighered.com/obannon2e). New to this edition's website users can download directions for projects, rubrics, chapter slideshows and artifacts.

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