Full Description
Use media, technology, and the Internet to strengthen student learning and higher-level thinking skills.
Technology plus classroom equal success for students whose teachers act as agents for change through brain-friendly media. Topics covered:
The effect of media on student motivation, behavior, and learning modalities
Using media for lesson planning: objectives, information, skills, meaning, knowledge, models, real-world applications, and more
Using media for teaching: from the basics through creative thinking, critical thinking, and higher-level thinking skills
Using media to enhance student research projects and learning products
Keeping up with the "Big Picture"
Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary
Bibliography and index
Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Vocabulary Pre-Test
1. The Importance of Media in the Classroom
Why Media is Brain Friendly
The Effect of Media on Student Modalities
The Effect of Media on Motivation
The Effect of Media on Behavior Management
The Effect of Media on Reaching Higher Levels of Thought
The Effect of Media on Real-World Applications
2. Using Media to Plan and Introduce a Lesson
Begin With Goals for the Learning
Build Declarative Objectives
Develop Procedural Objectives
Provide a Matrix or Rubric
3. Using Media for Teaching
The Basics
Using Technology to Teach Standards
Higher-Level Thinking Skills
4. Using Media to Enhance Student Products
Making Choices on Products
Following a Guide for Research
5. Viewing the Big Picture: Keeping Up
Being an Agent of Change
Creating a Plan for the Classroom
Technology = Success
Vocabulary Summary
Vocabulary Post-Test
References
Index
