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Teaching and Learning with the Web By Kwok-Wing Lai

224 pages Other Information: illus Published In: New Zealand, 18 March 2005

In Western societies, the growth in use of information and communication technology (ICT) in schools and classrooms -- particularly in Internet connectivity -- has been rapid. In 2002, 82 percent of primary schools in New Zealand and in 2001, 78 percent of secondary schools had Internet connections. The Web is clearly a vital tool for both teachers and students. This book is for people working in education and explores the dynamics of ICT and the issues surrounding its implementation. Contributors examine ICT in the classroom and associated professional development, online professional and educational learning communities, virtual field traps, searching the world wide web, online plagiarism, the role of the ICT co-ordinator, cybersafety, and also explode some common assumptions about the potential of e-learning in schools. Table of Contents

Teachers Using ICT: Myths and Realities; Telling Tales Out of School: The Political Nature of the Digital Landscape; e-Learning and Pre-Service Teacher Education; Clustering School for Teacher Development in ICT: The 'Grand Experiment'; ICT Leadership: The Role of the ICT Co-ordinator; Improving Educational Opportunities Through ICT Partnerships; Interaction and Control in On-Line Communities; Creating On-Line Professional Learning Communities; A Case of Cart Before Horses; The Use of Virtual Field Trips in the Classroom; Searching for Information from the Web; Cybersafety: An intrinsic Part of the On-Line experience; Combating On-Line Plagiarism: Closing the Lid on Pandora's Box; Index.

Publisher: Otago University Press ISBN: 1877372013 EAN: 9781877372018 Dimensions: 17.0 x 24.0 centimetres (0.43 kg)