Toys to Tools : Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education by Liz Kolb (2008, Trade Paperback)

International Society for Technology in Education

1564842479

9781564842473

69839630

230 Pages

Toys to Tools : Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education

English

2008

Mobile & Wireless Communications, Computers & Technology, Teaching Methods & Materials / General

Textbook

Liz Kolb

Technology & Engineering, Education

Trade Paperback

9.2 in

7 in

Scholarly & Professional

2008-036554

22

004.67/80835

Tapping into the ubiquitous power of modern communications technology and merging it with the flexibility and excitement of the Interactive Web (Web 2.0), author Liz Kolb provides a vision in which engaged students use the tools of their choice to enhance learning both inside and outside of the classroom. Mini lessons and powerful resources throughout the book are easily adaptable and appropriate for almost any grade level., Liz Kolb sees cell phones as powerful technology in the hands of students. Acknowledging the current reality-that many schools ban student cell phone use in the classroom-Kolb discusses a host of innovative and highly interesting uses for the technology that do not require using the phones in the classroom. She also addresses the issues that have caused the bans and provides guidelines for overcoming the problems. Tapping into the ubiquitous power of modern communications technology and merging it with the flexibility and excitement of the Interactive Web (Web 2.0), Kolb provides a vision in which engaged students use the tools of their choice to enhance learning both inside and outside of the classroom. Mini lessons and powerful resources throughout the book are easily adaptable and appropriate for almost any grade level. Book jacket.

LB1028.3.K65 2008