Teaching generation text: using cell phones to enhance learning

Mobilizing the power of cell phones to maximize students' learning power Teaching Generation Text shows how teachers can turn cell phones into an educational opportunity instead of an annoying distraction. With a host of innovative ideas, activities, lessons, and strategies, Nielsen and Webb offer a unique wayto use students' preferred method of communication in the classroom. Cell phones can remind students to study, serve as a way to take notes, provide instant, on-demand answers and research, be a great vehicle for home-school connection, and record and capture oral reports or responses to polls and quizzes, allof which can be used to enhance lesson plans and increase motivation. Offers tactics for teachers to help their students integrate digital technology with their studies Filled with research-based ideas and strategies for using a cellphone to enhance learning Provides methods for incorporating cell phones intoinstruction with a unit planning guide and lesson plan ideas This innovative new book is filled with new ideas for engaging learners in fun, free, and easyways using nothing more than a basic, text-enabled cell phone. ÍNDICE: Foreword (Marc Prensky). Preface. Introduction. Chapter 1. The Texting Teacher. Chapter 2. The Texting Learner. Chapter 3. Supporting Research-Based Instructional Strategies Using Cell Phones. Chapter 4. The 6 Building Blocks for Success with Cell Phones in Education. Chapter 5. Cell Phone-Enriched Lessons to Engage Learners. Chapter 6: The Texting School Community. Chapter 7. How to Use Teaching Generation Text for Professional Development. Appendix A. Breaking the Ban with a Six-Part Plan. Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-1180-7687-3
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés