Project Based Learning Using Information Technology, 2/e
Project Based Learning Using Information Technology, 2/e
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Go to cartISBN: 9788130909059
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2009
Pages: 152
Size: 8.5 x 11 Inch
Publisher: International Society for Technology in Education (Eurospan Group)
Published in India by: Viva Books
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Description:
Take it from the doctor - project-based learning with a dose of instructional technology is a potent prescription for developing challenging multidisciplinary learning experiences with real-world purpose and meaning. In this updated edition of his best-selling text, Dr. Dave Moursund provides a plain-language explanation of the theoretical bases of project-based learning and then walks you through the process of creating customized projects of your own. An entire chapter is devoted to project topics ? many of them brand new and all of them emphasizing the development of higher-order thinking skills. A picture of the future partnership between instructional technology and project-based learning serves as an inspiring call to teachers at all grade levels who expect their students to leave the classroom with a high-quality education and a quest for lifelong learning.
Five Great Reasons for Every Teacher and Teacher Educator to Have This Book
- Features the ideas and work of an ed tech pioneer and acknowledged expert in the filed
- Provides comprehensive treatment of technology-assisted project-based leaning that is appropriate for beginners on the topic
- Updates and adds to research-based arguments supporting the use of project-based learning methods
- Concludes each chapter with activities for teacher training
- Offers a companion Web site with bibliography updates and detailed syllabi for workshops and short courses on the topic.
FEATURES:
- Contains specific ideas for integrating technology into classrooms.
- Contains materials and ideas for assessment of teaching and learning
- Contains materials of ideas useful for higher education courses, inservice workshops, and other teacher training.
Target Audience: Teachers and teacher educators.
Contents:
New to this edition • Preface • Chapter 1-Introduction and a PBL example • Chapter 2-An overview of IT-assisted PBL • Chapter 3- Some PBL lesson topic ideas • Chapter 4-The case for PBL • Chapter 5-Project planning • Chapter 6-Creating a PBL lesson plan • Chapter 7-Assessment in IT-assisted PBL • Chapter 8-The future of IT-assisted PBL • Appendix A-Goals for IT in education • Appendix B-An overview of problem solving • Appendix C-References and resources • Index
About the Author:
Dr. David Moursund (http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~moursund) has been teaching and writing in the field of information technology in education since 1963. He was an assistant professor and then an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and in the Computing Center (Engineering) at Michigan State University from 1963 to 1967. He was an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and the Computing Center at the University of Oregon from 1967 to 1969. He was the chairman of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oregon from 1969 to 1975. He is now a professor in the College of Education at the University of Oregon.
Dr. David Moursund has authored or coauthored more than 30 books and numerous articles on information technology in education. He has been the dissertation director and/or served on the dissertation committee of more than 75 doctoral student sin the field of computers in education. In addition, Dr. David Moursund served as editor-in-chief of Learning and Leading with Technology, the flagship publication for ISSTE, from 1974 to 2001.
Dr. David Moursund currently serves s the chair of the board for the Oregon Technology in Education Council, a nonprofit, grassroots professional organization. At the same time, he continues to work for the Teacher Education Unit in the College of Education at the University of Oregon.
