Meaningful Learning With Technology

Learn how teachers can use different technologies to engage and support meaningful student learning. Meaningful Learning with Technology, Fourth Edition, grounded in constructivist teaching, is organized around learning processes such as inquiring, experimenting, writing, modeling, community building, communicating, designing, visualizing, and assessing. Numerous examples from teachers in K-12 classrooms, offer a clear understanding of how technology can be used with all students across grade levels.

New to the Fourth Edition:

A Focus on 21st Century Classroom Instruction

• Gain an understanding of major educational technology and learning standards

through the review and discussion of three alternative conceptions and standards

for meaningful learning: ISTE NETS, 21st Century Skills, and Technological

Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK).

• See practical examples of how various types of learning activities can align

with NETS and 21st Century Skills in every chapter.

• Identify critical issues involved with information literacy and learn effective

ways to provide support through an expanded section on information literacy

skills.

• See how the most current technologies can enable teaching and learning

through a strong focus on social educational networking and Web 2.0 tools

for learning and collaboration.

A Focus on Practical Technology Application

• Assessing Characteristics of Meaningful Learning rubrics provide teachers

with practical tools they need to begin analyzing and assessing the quality of

their teaching.

• Examples given to support the learning technologies described in the text

have been updated to feature more primary grade elementary students’

meaningful learning with technology.

• An increased emphasis on high quality, practical application of technologies

that many teachers currently have available and use for instruction, such as

interactive whiteboards, PowerPoint, and more, offers readers ideas that can

be directly applied in the classroom.

Grounded in constructivist teachings, this popular text demonstrates how teachers can use technology to engage and support meaningful learning of their students.

Organized around learning processes such as inquiring, experimenting, writing, modeling, community building, communicating, designing, visualizing, and assessing, Meaningful Learning with Technology, Fourth Edition, demonstrates for the reader how learners can use different technologies for meaningful learning. Numerous examples from teachers in K-12 classrooms, give readers a clear understanding of how technology can be used with different types of students, including expanded coverage of effective technology use with young learners.

All chapters now present learning objectives as well as ISTE NETS for Students and 21st Century Skills that may be met through the learning activities described. The text is further strengthened by the inclusion of practical application with technologies that many teachers currently use; discussion of widely available web-based tools for learning and collaboration; and the addition of Assessing Meaningful Teaching and Learning rubrics which give readers a tool for reflecting on their practice. Each chapter extends learning by culminating with questions and issues for readers to think about.