Exploring Current Issues in Educational Technology

Drew ; Ingram, Albert Tiene

ISBN 10: 0072304804 / ISBN 13: 9780072304800

Published by McGraw-Hill College, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploring Current Issues in Educational Technology
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072304804
• ISBN 13: 9780072304800
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

This book deals with controversial issues about technology and its use in classrooms. Issues include the educational application and classroom implementation of new communications technologies such as e-mail, the Internet and World Wide Web; laptop computers, school television newscasts, hypermedia environments, distance education, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and the like. Rather than simply providing information, the text presents problematic issues and situations in realistic case studies and asks the student how best to deal with them. The scenarios involve such issues as commercial TV in the classroom, copyrights and fair use, researching on the Web, and online learning communities. Each scenario is introduced by a clear explanation of why the issues raised are important. Each case study demands student research and a written response outlining what they believe to be the best course of action.

About the Author

Drew Tiene is currently an Associate Professor at Kent State University. He received his Ph.D. in Instructional Technology at the University of Texas. A former teacher at the Village Community School, a private K-8 school in New York city, he has authored numerous publications about the application of instructional technology in the field of educaiton. He has written extensively about the Channel One school television project and educational media efforts overseas, having contributed the Instructional Television entry in the International Encyclopedia of Education. He has served as a juror in the Japan Prize Internaitonal Educational Television Contest and served as consultant in the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, and the Peoples Republic of China. He has also produced a number of educational television programs, shown both in the United States and abroad.