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The learning edge : what technology can do to educate all children / Alan Bain, Mark E. Weston ; foreword by John Hattie.

The learning edge : what technology can do to educate all children / Alan Bain, Mark E. Weston ; foreword by John Hattie.
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Record Number 15334
ISBN 9780807752715 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807752711 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807752722 (hardcover : alk. paper)
080775272X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Location 371.3 BAI
Author Bain, Alan, 1957-
Title The learning edge : what technology can do to educate all children / Alan Bain, Mark E. Weston ; foreword by John Hattie. [BOOK]
Published New York : Teachers College Press, c2012.
Collation xvii, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Technology, education-- connections
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-219) and index.
Contents Note Machine generated contents note: 1.Education and Technology -- The Problem of ICT Use in Education -- Faulty Assumptions About ICT and Schools -- The Challenge of Making ICT Effective in Education -- Making Shifts in Thought to Improve Education -- What is Edge Technology and How Can It Help Education -- The Tools of Edge Technology -- Schema: A New Shared Vision to Improve Education -- A Plan of Action to Get Where We Need to Go -- Summary -- 2.The Classroom -- Defining the Problem of ICT Use in Classrooms -- Introducing the Type-B Classroom -- Type-A: The Classrooms We Know Don't Work -- Shifts Classrooms Must Make to Succeed -- How Making Shifts Works in Real Classrooms -- Tools That Bring Effective ICT into Classrooms -- Using ICT to Transform a Type-A Classroom into a Type-B Classroom -- Examining the Assumptions and Challenges of Type-A and Type-B Classrooms -- Summary -- 3.Schools -- Effective ICT in Schools: Defining the Problem -- The Problem with Type-A Schools --
Contents note continued: What Makes Type-B Schools More Effective -- The Shifts Required to Make Schools More Effective -- How Schools Can Make the Shifts They Need -- The Tools Schools Need to Transform -- Using Edge Technology to Move from Type-A to Type-B Schools -- How Shared Schema Can Transform Schools -- Summary -- 4.Transforming Districts -- The ICT Problem at the District Level -- Why Type-A Districts Don't Work -- How Type-B Districts Help Transform Education -- The Shifts We Need to Make to Improve the District Level -- How Shifts in Thought Work at the District Level -- The ICT Tools That Allow District Level Support for Schools -- Shared Schema Uniting District, Schools, and Classrooms -- Summary -- 5.Associations and Edge Technology -- The Problem We Face at the Level of Associations -- What Is Wrong with Type-A Association -- What Makes Type-B Associations More Effective -- Shifts in Thoughts Needed to Improve Associations --
Contents note continued: How Making Shifts in Thought Works in Practice for the Associations -- The Tools Associations Need to Support Other Stakeholders -- Shared Schema: How Associations Can Support Other Levels in Education -- Summary -- 6.Policy Shifts -- The Problem Policymakers Face in Reforming Education -- Why Type-A Policymaking Fails -- How Type-B Policymaking Can Improve Education -- Shifts in Thought Needed to Transform Policymaking -- Creating Emergence: How Shifts in Thought Can Transform Policymaking -- How Shifts in Thought Change the Practice of Policymaking -- The Tools Policymakers Need to Support Education -- How a Shared Schema Helps Policymakers Support Education at All Levels -- Summary -- 7.The Role of Industry -- The Problem of Bringing Effective ICT into Education -- Type-A Companies: The Problem with What We Do Now -- How Type-B Companies Can Transform Education -- Shifts in Thought Needed to Improve the Industry --
Contents note continued: How Shifting Thoughts Change Companies in Practice -- The Tools Companies Need to Help Reform Education -- How a Shared Schema Can Unite Industry and Education -- Summary -- 8.Stakeholders Connected -- The Problem Stakeholders Face at All Levels of the Educational Crisis -- Shifts in Thought Needed to Make Real Change In Education -- How Shifting Thoughts Can Improve Education in Practice -- The Tools Needed To Make Real Change -- How Shared Schema United Stakeholders for Real Reform.
Subject Educational technology
Education -- Effect of technological innovations on
Added Name Weston, Mark E.
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