Making the Most of the Web in Your Classroom: A Teacher's Guide to Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Pages, and Sites [Paperback]

Dr. Timothy D. Green (Author), Abbie H. Brown (Author), Professor LeAnne K. Robinson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1412915740 | ISBN-13: 978-1412915748 | Publication Date: November 28, 2007

The authors show how to use Web tools to enhance learning, and discuss student safety, appropriate “netiquette”, legal considerations, and ISTE NETS technology and content standards.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I have not seen a more teacher-friendly resource for using the Web in the classroom. The authors took both novices and experts into consideration when writing the book. A must-have in every school." (Elizabeth Alvarez, Math and Science Coach )

"A good introduction and a great resource. I would buy this book and recommend it to media specialists, instructional technology teachers, and district coordinators for both content and technology. It is a user-friendly tool on many levels." (April DeGennaro, Gifted Education Teacher )

"Should be a mainstay of any serious teacher's library: it tells how to translate Internet technology into classroom applications, from designing Web sites to helping students develop their own Internet-based projects." (The Bookwatch, June 2008 )

About the Author

Abbie H. Brown holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University and an MA from Teachers College at Columbia University. He is currently an associate professor at California State University, Fullerton in the department of Elementary and Bilingual Education. He is co-author of Multimedia Projects in the Classroom: A Guide to Development and Evaluation (Corwin Press), and a contributing author to Teaching Strategies: A Guide to Effective Instruction (Houghton Mifflin). He has taught at the Bank Street School for Children in New York City and George Washington Middle School in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He has received awards for outstanding teaching and curriculum design from the New Jersey Department of Education and is an experienced computer-based instructional media producer.

Timothy D. Green holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology and Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana University. He is co-author of Multimedia Projects in the Classroom: A Guide to Development and Evaluation (Corwin Press) and the author of PowerPoint Made Very Easy! (Scholastic). He has taught fourth grade and junior high school.  His expertise is in multimedia design, the integration of technology into the teaching and learning process, and pedagogy. He is an assistant professor at California Sate University, Fullerton in the department of Elementary and Bilingual Education. Currently, he is the university’s Director of Distance Education.

LeAnne Robinson is an Assistant Professor at Western Washington University on a joint appointment between the Program in Instructional Technology and Department of Special Education. She is a former elementary and special education teacher and holds a Ph.D. in Education from Washington State University. LeAnne’s work has appeared in such journals as Teaching Exceptional Children, the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, and, Voices in the Middle.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Corwin Press (November 28, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1412915740
• ISBN-13: 978-1412915748
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #946,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Follow and Useful, May 10, 2008

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This review is from: Making the Most of the Web in Your Classroom: A Teacher's Guide to Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Pages, and Sites (Paperback)

As a novice technology using teacher, this book was just what I needed. It has given me a solid overview to help me start building my knowledge and skill. I appreciated the various examples on how to use the Web in my classroom. I have recommended this book to others I work with who are trying to ramp up their skills for using the web in their teaching.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should be a mainstay of any serious teacher's library, June 7, 2008

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This review is from: Making the Most of the Web in Your Classroom: A Teacher's Guide to Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Pages, and Sites (Paperback)

Timothy G. Green, Abbie Brown and LeAnne Robinson's MAKING THE MOST OF THE WEB IN YOUR CLASSROOM should be a mainstay of any serious teacher's library: it tells how to translate internet technology into classroom applications, from designing web sites to helping students develop their own internet-based projects, whether it be a blog, locating web activities, or assessing information.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Utter Disappointment - very superficial treatment of the issues, May 1, 2008

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This review is from: Making the Most of the Web in Your Classroom: A Teacher's Guide to Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Pages, and Sites (Paperback)

The title of this book should have been the "Superficial Guide to Making the most of the Web..."
This book promises so much on the cover (blogs, podcasts, wikis) and delivers nearly nothing substantial. Much of the coverage deals with Web 1.0 technology.

It HAS ABOUT ONE PAGE EACH on Podcasts (pg 21 - 22), Blogging (pg. 16 - 17) and Wikis (pg 24 - 25).

It dedicates Chapter 2 to the whole area of teaching students to be responsible and safe on the web and how to search effectively. This is so pre-2000!!! If you are going to write a book at the end of 2007 and boasts Web 2.0 related stuff on your cover (blogs, wikis and podcasts), that should be focus of the book (though I will admit that you did not say Web 2.0 on the cover - but it was certainly implied).

Chapter 3 was SHOCKING. The book ACTUALLY tries to teach you how to hard code HTML pages! I could not believe my eyes! HTML is so so very yesterday. With all the web applications today, who needs to create web pages???

I don't even want to waste my time reading chapter 4.

If there was a way, I want my money back - what a rip off! This was an utterly disappointing book! I would have given NO stars... but that is not an option.