Short description:

Helps teachers encourage active student involvement through Internet-based projects that focus on individual learning styles and problem solving, and includes lesson plans, curriculum standards, and assessment rubrics.

Long description:

"An excellent resource that gives teachers?both novice and veteran?ideas on how to integrate technology into the classroom, even if the teacher is a regular user! This second edition will become a good friend for those who want to use the Internet in their teachings."
?Amie Brown, Reading and Language Arts Teacher
Coosa Middle School, Rome, GA

"Through technology, students can learn using tools they are comfortable with and that will help them develop skills for greater productivity in a global society. With theory from this book, teachers can model Internet activities for creativity and engaged learning for higher student achievement!"
?Beverly R. Plein, Technology Facilitator
Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Teaneck, NJ

Connect brain-compatible learning with the Internet to encourage active student involvement!

In Teaching in the Digital Age, Second Edition, Kristen Nelson illustrates how teaching and learning are strengthened when Web resources are integrated with brain-based instruction to meet students' individual learning needs.

The author supplies the tools and framework for using Internet-based, brain-friendly activities to promote students' comprehension across content areas. This practical how-to book demonstrates how teachers can design their own projects to enhance information literacy while deepening students' understanding of critical concepts and skills. Offering an updated list of Web sites, the second edition assists educators by providing:

• Internet assignments to develop skills in interpersonal exchange, information gathering and analysis, and problem solving
• Standards-based lesson plans that build on student strengths
• Assessment rubrics to identify learning needs

This text is an invaluable handbook that combines educational theory, instructional practice, digital literacy, and current brain-based research to encourage student engagement and increase achievement for all learners.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
The Scope of This Book
1. Designing Internet-Based Activities
What Does a Well-Designed Internet Activity Look Like?
Understanding by Design Framework
Nine Steps to a Successful Internet-Based Project
Example Lesson: Getting Started
Taking It to the Classroom: So Many Ways to Be Smart!
2. Connecting Brain-Compatible Learning, Multiple Intelligences, and the Internet
Brain-Compatible Learning
Multiple Intelligences Theory
The Internet
3. Assessing Internet-Based Activities
Assessment: The Great Debate
Performance Tasks: Six Facets of Understanding Rubrics
Rubrics
4. Using the Internet to Strengthen Interpersonal Skills
The History of the Internet
Taking It to the Classroom: What Is the Internet?
Searching for Information: Search Engines
Taking It to the Classroom: Getting to Know Search Engines
Favorites and Web Site Notebooks
Electronic Mail
Interpersonal Exchange Activities
Taking It to the Classroom: Reflective Writing
5. Enhancing Information-Gathering and Analysis Skills
Information Literacy Skills
Taking It to the Classroom: Mini-Research Project
Information-Gathering and Analysis Activities
Taking It to the Classroom: What Makes Good Writing Good?
Taking It to the Classroom: Virtual Field Trips
6. Improving Questioning and Problem-Solving Skills
Uncoverage
Questioning
Problem-Solving Activities
Taking It to the Classroom: Social Action Project
Appendix A: Web Site Addresses
Appendix B: Rubrics
Notes
Bibliography
Index