This volume offers a historical and critical analysis of the emerging field of the learning sciences, which takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and improving how children and adults learn. It features a wide range of authors, including established scholars who founded and guided the learning sciences through the initial turbulence of forming a new line of academic inquiry, as well as newcomers who are continuing to shape the field. This diversity allows for a broad yet sel...

Reinventing Project-Based Learning offers educators an accessible guide for maximizing the benefits of project-based learning in todays technology-rich learning environment. This reader-friendly book speaks directly to educators, administrators, and professional development specialists who want to transform learning into a more active, student-driven experience, using technology tools for inquiry, collaboration, and connection to the world beyond the classroom. Examples from educators in m...

Are you a new Google Nexus 7 owner who wants to get the most out of your new tablet? This guide book from best-selling Amazon author Shelby Johnson will help you learn how to get the most out of your Google Nexus 7.Here’s just some of the great info in this book:- Getting started with the Google Nexus 7 tablet.- Hidden features, tips & tricks for the Nexus 7.- Integrating with your Google account.- Taking notes with your Google Nexus 7.- Using mu...

Create a dynamic space for designing and building DIY electronic hardware, programming, and manufacturing projects. With this illustrated guide, you’ll learn the benefits of having a Makerspace—a shared space with a set of shared tools—that attracts fellow makers and gives you more resources to work with. You’ll find clear explanations of the tools, software, materials, and layout you need to get started—everything from basic electronics to rapid prototyping technology and inexpensive 3D p...

Let your Excel skills sore to new heights with this bestselling guide.Here's your chance to finally learn how to use Microsoft Excel! In a single sitting, this quick and easy user guide will help you learn Excel basics, from navigating the home screen to working with formulas. It's a great Excel tutorial that will help you in the office, at school, or even at home.Whether you've never used Excel or just need to brush up on its new features, "Excel 2016: QuickStart Guide for B...

Is Windows 10 a pain or a pleasure?A waste of your time or a jewel to treasure?If you’ve little idea about what you should do,Then Opening Windows is clearly for you!If Windows 10 appears to you dull and opaque, then you need to give Franklyn Nash An Hour of Your Time and he’ll make Windows 10 crystal clear.After half a lifetime spent in teaching and in building websites and computers, Franklyn Nas...

This encyclopedia is alphabetically ordered and has concise definitions of many computer and Internet-based applications, companies and media relevant to teaching in the twenty-first century.

This book introduces new concepts and mechanisms regarding the usage of both social media interactions and artifacts for peer education in digital educational games. Digital games in general, and digital educational games in particular, represent an area with a high potential for interdisciplinary innovation, not only from an information technology standpoint, but also from social science, psychological and didactic perspectives. This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to educatio...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on E-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training, eLEOT 2016, held in Dublin, Ireland, August 31 – September 2, 2016.The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. They focus on topics as augmented reality learning, blended learning, learning analytics, mobile learning, virtual learning environments.

Winner of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Critics' Choice Book Award for 2016Philosophy of STEM Education uses philosophical methods to investigate STEM education's purpose and assumptions. It details the why (axiology), the how (epistemology) and the what (ontology) of STEM by drawing upon a variety of philosophies of education, science, mathematics, and technology.

The Educational Media and Technology Yearbook has become a standard reference in many libraries and professional collections. Examined in relation to its comp- ion volumes of the past, it provides a valuable historical record of current ideas and developments in the ?eld. Part I, “Trends and Issues,” presents an array of chapters that develop some of the current themes listed above, in addition to others. Part II, “Library and Information Science,” concentrates upon chapters of special rel...

Part of the NOW Classrooms series.Developed specifically for grades K-2, this resource presents classroom-ready lessons that support the ISTE Standards for Students (NET standards). Use the lessons, which focus on four essential skills (communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity), to take instruction and learning to the next level through the use of technology. Each chapter includes strategies for developing authentic learning experiences and ends with...