Wired for Learning [Paperback]

Jane Lasarenko (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1997

A how-to guide for teachers explains how to make the most of the Internet as a tool for encouraging active learning and collaborative teamwork, covering how to introduce computers into a curriculum and providing educational projects. Original. (All Users).

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Amazon.com Review

Wired for Learning, a book about learning strategies for grades K-12, is aimed at educators and parents but struggling a bit to find its audience. For the teacher who wants to get started using the Internet in the classroom or as part of the curriculum, the book works well as a jumping-off point. It covers some techniques for using e-mail, chat, and the World Wide Web in the classroom, and it includes a great number of well-chosen sites to visit, both for more information about using the Internet for educational applications and for actual educational applications on the Net.

At times it falters a bit, and in general it is aimed at getting an educator up to speed on subscribing to publicly accessible mailing lists, using MOOs, and preparing Web pages. It is less well adapted for the seasoned Web surfer or Internet pro, who would probably find the material superficial. But for a teacher new to the Internet, or just getting started using computers in the classroom, this title might help.

From the Publisher

Teachers today have access to new technologies in their classrooms. In order to effectively use those new tools, teachers must learn new methods of teaching. This how-to book shows teachers the way to make the most of the Internet as a tool for encouraging active learning and collaborative teamwork. It addresses the needs of Kindergarten-12 teachers, and includes specific assignments and projects. - Shows how to build team and effective group processes through collaboration

- Provides advice for turning students into active learners with constructive Internet-based projects

- Includes coverage of how to help students become authors on the Web

Product Details

• Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: Que Pub (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789710455
• ISBN-13: 978-0789710451
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,259,559 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Harness The Educational Power Of The Internet!, March 14, 1999

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This review is from: Wired for Learning (Paperback)

The advances being made in Internet technology has made this powerful broadcast medium perhaps the most popular and exciting educational tool in existence today. Consider the millions of Websites that contain vast amounts of information that is just waiting to be accessed and put to use. Dr. Jane Lasarenko offers her readers important insight into how the Internet can be harnessed to educate school children today!

The contents of this book targets students from Kindergarten through the 12th grade, providing a variety of tips and suggestions for adapting assignments to these different grade level children. Areas covered include English, social studies, math, science, communication, and writing skills. Information about a generous number of Websites is provided to assist readers to obtain and develop their own school lessons from the wealth of materials that are available online.

Lasarenko discusses a number of interesting and challenging topics including the use of virtual online classrooms, maintaining close contact with teachers, keeping in touch with other students, collaborating on classroom projects online, the productive use of computer and communications technology, networking in the educational process, and allowing shy students to express themselves under the cloak of pseudonyms!

This book is ideal for public school classrooms, churches, day care services, and those parents who have chosen to educate their children at home. It will open up the world of the Internet as a dynamic and powerful educational tool in the child development process. Adults and children alike will benefit from the wealth of information available to them. Highly recommended for every child educator!