ABSTRACT

Goal-Setting and Problem-Solving in the Tech-Enhanced Classroom explores how educators can use technology to create opportunities for more immersive and rewarding learning. As child-age students demonstrate increasing competence with digital tools, and investment in learning technologies continues to climb, teachers need grounded, pedagogically attentive insights to help them leverage these devices and platforms in their profession. This book offers a variety of ideas for how pre- and in-service teachers can successfully deploy today’s educational technology platforms to serve confident, meaningful teaching and learning. Each chapter includes a concrete learning goal or problem, a narrative of an instructional experience with a specific technology, relevant theoretical and empirical underpinnings, and practical recommendations.

chapter 1|8 pages

Introducing the chasm

chapter 2|26 pages

March of the robots?

AI in practice

chapter 3|15 pages

Virtual insanity?

Is virtual reality still the future of education?

chapter 4|14 pages

Hooked on dopamine?

Learning through failure in game design

chapter 5|20 pages

Search smarter?

Leveraging Pinterest for learning

chapter 6|14 pages

The tip of the iceberg?

Social media in education

chapter 7|14 pages

What is your edtech journey?

Autoethnography and the importance of learning journeys

chapter 9|15 pages

Rhizomatic learning

Pearltrees and online curation tools

chapter 10|19 pages

Podcasting in education

chapter 11|15 pages

Edpuzzle

Online video for learning – questioning and online assessment

chapter 12|19 pages

Conclusions

Edtech and education – moving forward together