Teaching With the Tools Kids Really Use: Learning With Web and Mobile Technologies, Apr/2010

Writing for educators who want to use 21st-century technologies to help deliver relevant classroom instruction, Susan Brooks-Young examines inexpensive hardware already used by many students, explores free Web 2.0 tools such as social networking and virtual worlds, and sheds light on both common objections and changing points of view about using mobile technologies for instructional support.

Emphasizing digital citizenship—the ethical use of technology—this invaluable resource identifies:

1. Specific Web 2.0 tools for supporting collaboration and communication in primary and secondary settings
2. Strategies for practical applications
3. A decision-making model for selecting appropriate mobile technologies and Web 2.0 tools for classroom use
4. Recommended books, Web sites, and online reports and articles for reference

Teaching With the Tools Kids Really Use gives educators a solid approach for capitalizing on readily available technologies and opens up rich teaching and learning opportunities for today’s classrooms.

About the Author:
Prior to embarking on a career as an author and consultant, Susan Brooks-Young spent more than 23 years as a prekindergarten through Grade 8 teacher, site administrator, and technology specialist at a county office of education. Since 1986, she has written articles, columns, and reviews for a variety of education journals. She has published a number of books about technology for education leaders, which have received international attention. Susan focuses much of her energy on working with school leaders on their role in successfully implementing instructional technology programs. To that end, she works on a variety of international projects. Susan is also a regular speaker at national and international conferences.