The Computer as an Educational Tool: Productivity and Problem Solving (3rd Edition) - Softcover

Forcier, Richard C.; Descy, Don E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130895830 ISBN 13: 9780130895837

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2001

Synopsis

The Computer as an Educational Tool leads teachers to become proficient at infusing the computer into the curriculum to enhance learning, and using the computer to solve problems. Chapter topics include the Internet and its resources, curriculum applications and the Internet, instruction and learning, problem solving, computer applications in education, learning with word processing, learning with graphics, learning with spreadsheets, learning with databases, learning with multimedia, networking, computer classrooms and labs, and teacher utility software. For teachers who want to integrate the use of computers into the classroom experience.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The Computer as an Educational Tool leads teachers to become proficient at using the computer to solve problems, and infusing the computer into the curriculum to enhance learning.

Features new to the third edition include:

• The authors have added three new chapters:
The Internet and Its Resources
• Curriculum Applications and the Internet
• Multimedia Authoring

Chapter content is linked to NETS and ISTE/NCATE standards.

Free dual-platform CD-ROM provides readers with samples of a variety of educational software.

"Into the Classroom" essays feature real classroom teachers from across the United States and Canada discussing how they use the technology described in the chapter with students ranging from kindergarten to high school, including general, special needs, and ESL students.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130895830
• ISBN 13: 9780130895837
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 446