Cases on educational technology integration in urban schools

"This book contains a spectrum of case studies aimed at understanding technology integration in urban schools, covering student motivation, assistive technology, video games, cyber bullying, and technology ethics"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Chen, Irene., McPheeters, Dallas, 1959-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Use of technology to motivate students / Deepak Verma
  • 2. "No/low paper" policy and equipment upkeep / Alicia Martinez
  • 3. The laptop tracking plan / Jessie Munks
  • 4. School districts stumbled on data privacy / Irene Chen
  • 5. Budget woes / Irene Chen
  • 6. Lack of technology in urban schools / Tamika Washington
  • 7. Large school district struggles to obtain E-rate funds after bid-rigging probe / Dallas McPheeters
  • 8. Technology in the special education classroom / Blanca Rodriguez
  • 9. Emotional and behavioral disorders students using computer-assisted devices / Martina Ramos-Rey
  • 10. Pop quiz debacle / Leanne Spinale
  • 11. Principal's letter to parents: take kids off social networking sites / Irene Chen
  • 12. Student's reliance on the use of technology for classroom assignment / Rarshunda Hudson-Phillips
  • 13. Cyber gangs inside the classroom / Evelyn Martinez
  • 14. Technology integration in the home? / Amanda Gordon
  • 15. YouTube in the classroom? / Alison Horstman
  • 16. Technology and the substitute teacher / Chelsea Bruner
  • 17. Video games in the classroom: a success or game over? / Anabel Vallejo
  • 18. How do we close the gap between technology innovation and available funding? / Christian McGlory
  • 19. Technology and traditional teaching / Sina Andegherghis
  • 20. Technology use on my campus / Diana Ramirez
  • 21. A high school librarian's participation in supporting information literacy on her campus / Diana Ramirez
  • 22. Social networks: education beyond the classroom? / Ngochoai Tran
  • 23. Using online collaborative tools to foster middle school students' "public voices": payoffs, perils and possibilities / Nick Lawrence and Joe O'Brien
  • 24. Digitally capturing student thinking for self-assessment: mathcasts as a window on student thinking during mathematical problem solving / Sheri Vasinda and Julie McLeod
  • 25. Educational technology in a novice science teacher's classroom / Selcen Guzey and Gillian Roehrig
  • 26. Case study of game-based learning in a citizenship education K-12 classroom: opportunities and challenges / Venus Olla
  • 27. Leveraging technology to develop pre-service teachers' TPACK in mathematics and science methods courses / Kate Popejoy and Drew Polly
  • 28. Issues and challenges in preparing teachers to teach in the twenty-first century / Susan Gibson
  • 29. Web-based instruction: a case study of preservice elementary teachers' efficacy in modeling and reasoning with fractions / Cheng-Yao Lin, Fenqjen Luo and Jane-Jane Lo
  • 30. The pathway to Nevada's future: a case of statewide technology integration and professional development / P.G. Schrader ... [et al.]
  • 31. Using technology to support algebra teaching and assessment: a teacher development case study / Sandra L. Richardson, Shirley L. Barnes and David S. Torain
  • 32. ABCs and PCs: effective professional development in early childhood education / Cory Cooper Hansen
  • 33. Designing district-wide technology-rich professional development / Drew Polly, Clif Mims and Brenda McCombs.