Infusing technology into the classroom continuous practice improvement /

Technology has impacted how many teachers develop methods of instruction in their classroom settings. The Continuous Practice Improvement (CPI) professional development program introduces teachers to infusing computers into the curriculum and classroom activities seamlessly. This title retells comp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schifter, Catherine.
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. A brief history of computers, computing in education, and computing in Philadelphia schools
  • 2. Change theory : a model to study technology in classrooms
  • 3. "Making teachers better" : a brief history of professional development for teachers
  • 4. Continuous practice improvement
  • 5. Beyond finger painting : kindergarten
  • 6. Finger painting to digital painting : first grade
  • 7. Digital drawing to digital graphics : second grade
  • 8. Inspiring the learning : third grade
  • 9. Ideas to concepts : fourth grade
  • 10. Expressing knowledge in new ways : fifth grade
  • 11. Demonstrating learning with computing : sixth grade
  • 12. Becoming tech experts : grade 7
  • 13. Beyond computers : grade 8
  • 14. Effecting change in the classroom through professional development.