Teaching with the Internet: Lessons from the Classroom, Third Edition [Paperback]

Donald J. Leu (Author), Deborah Diadiun Leu (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2000 | ISBN-10: 1929024207 | ISBN-13: 978-1929024209 | Edition: 3rd

See how to effectively integrate the Internet onto your classroom- with this new guide designed specifically to help educators improve teaching and learning in grades K-12. The focus on teaching is what sets this book apart from others. Each chapter begins with an example of a teacher using the Internet in the classroom and goes on to discuss the lessons we can learn from that teacher's unique experience. Here you will see how the Internet is changing the nature of classroom instruction- and how you can use it successfully to enhance your students' learning opportunities- through the fascinating Internet insights an experiences of many educators from across the US and Canada, as well as throughout the world. What's more, in many chapters you get listservs and newsgroups to put you in touch with other teachers facing the same challenges you do. The entire K-12 curriculum is covered. In the pages of this new 1999 edition you will find resources and instructional strategies immediately applicable to your elementary, middle, or secondary classroom. The authors have also expanded coverage to include both Macintosh and Windows platforms, and both major Internet browsers: Netscape Communicator (Navigator) and Internet Explorer. All of this, plus a look at the growing commercialization of the Internet and information resources...new photos of actual e-mail contributors to this new volume... and listings of the many new Internet sites that have appeared to help you and your students in the classroom, make this your most up-to-date, valuable resource for teaching with the Internet. AUTHORBIO: Donald J. Leu and Deborah Diadiun Leu first began teaching in the Peace Corps where they worked as elementary classroom teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) in the Marshall Islands of Micronesia. Since then, both have worked to support language and literacy learning among many different populations using a wide variety of electronic media. Deborah has taught many types of ESL learners from engineers at the Bechtel Corporation in San Francisco to her current position where she teaches students in the English Language Institute at Syracuse University. She received her Masters degree form Syracuse University in Linguistics and English as a Second Language. Don worked as a classroom teacher and a reading specialist in California. He is currently Professor in the School of Education at Syracuse University and author of numerous books, articles, and software devoted to supporting teachers in literacy education and electronic learning environments. He received his Ed.M. from Harvard and his Ph.D. in Language and Literacy from the University of California, Berkeley.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Christopher-Gordon Pub; 3rd edition (March 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929024207
• ISBN-13: 978-1929024209
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #624,740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have for Teaching with the Internet!, August 2, 2000

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wanda (Columbia, SC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teaching with the Internet: Lessons from the Classroom, Third Edition (Paperback)

Don and Deborah Leu have created a great Interent reference/teaching guide for teachers of all computer skill levels, from beginners to old pros!

The book not only inlcudes explicit explanations of Internet terms and procedures, but includes plenty of figures and examples of what the screen would actually look like as you are working. The Email to You sections contain real teachers describing real projects that they have sucessfully done with their students. Leu and Leu also provide many, many links to resources and project ideas in the major academic disciplines for teachers to use as they begin to incorporate the Internet in to the classroom.

I would highly recommend this book to teachers and teacher educators alike. I consider my self to be an advanced user of the Internet and I learned several new things from reading this book!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Resource, February 29, 2000

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J.Irving - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teaching With the Internet: Lessons from the Classroom (Paperback)

This book proved to be very informative, giving step-by-step models to use to incorporate internet resources into classroom activities, computer workshops, research projects and student inquiries.It is organized by chapters that give curriculum based internet ideas, with excellent related educational web-sites. It is geared for all levels of teacher ability, so everyone can get their classroom started. Although some ideas and sites seemed repetitious, it allows you to refer to a specific chapter by subject area to find related sites and sample activities. This book is comprehensive enough to highlight features of various navigation tools, cover both MAC and PC platforms for grades K-12.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Practical Internet Teaching Resource, February 29, 2000

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Janice Standring (Taunton, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teaching With the Internet: Lessons from the Classroom (Paperback)

Teaching With the Internet: Lessons From the Classroom is a practical, hands on guide well suited for layman use. It encompasses both Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers as well as the IBM and Macintosh systems. Each chapter is devoted to either a specific Internet strategy such as navigating and communicating or to specific subject areas and concerns within the public school curriculum K-12. This text should be included as an essential component in every school's technology reference library and utilized as an indispensable resource in effective Internet teaching. It is packed with countless creative teaching suggestions and noteworthy web sites as well as step by step instructions on how to implement it all.