Applied Technologies for Teachers

Today’s teachers are expected to be skilled integrators capable of designing instructional experiences that leverage technology to improve student performance.

Applied Technologies for Teachers helps pre-service teachers develop conceptual knowledge and practical skills utilizing a variety of technologies to improve teaching, learning and professional productivity. It uses hand-on creative activities to prepare prospective teachers about to enter the field, the potential for stimulating student analytical thought, active problem solving, team collaboration, and creative expression.

Applied Technologies for Teachers

• approaches students with substantial prior experiences in social media and baseline technology skill sets; engaging them in advanced learning activities with emerging desktop, mobile, and cloud tools.
• challenges students with hands-on creative activities that simulate what technologically competent teachers do in traditional classroom, blended learning and virtual (online) school contexts.
• is derived from three national curriculum initiatives, the National Educational Technology Standards, the Common Core curriculum standards, and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills framework.
• is flexible! Modules are designed independently for standalone instruction in any order, but are organized in six key thematic strands, including instructional technology foundations, digital citizen- ship, instructional development, assessing learners, communication and collaboration, and integration projects.
• is easy to adopt! Adopting instructors receive suggested homework activities that anchor conceptual development to applied instructional design contexts. In addition, the text goes far above and beyond any textbook glossary by embedding frequent links to internet sources.