Windows on the Future : Education in the Age of Technology

Jukes, Ian, McCain, Ted

ISBN 10: 0761977120 / ISBN 13: 9780761977124

Edité par Corwin Press, 2000

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Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Windows on the Future : Education in the Age of Technology
• Éditeur: Corwin Press
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0761977120
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780761977124
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Poids: 0,626 livre

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Synopsis

Foreword by David D. Thornburg

Windows on the Future was designed to help the educator cope with changes created by technology and embrace a new mind-set necessary to access burgeoning technological advances.

was designed to help the educator cope with changes created by technology and embrace a new mind-set necessary to access burgeoning technological advances.

À propos des auteurs

Ted McCain is coordinator of instructional technology for Maple Ridge Secondary School in Vancouver, BC. He also has taught computer networking, graphic design, and desktop publishing for Okanagan College, Kelowna, BC. He is the author of six books on the future, effective teaching, educational technology, and graphic design. In 1997, McCain received the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence for his work in developing a real-world technology curriculum that prepares students for employment in technology directly out of high school. For the past twenty years, McCain has done consulting work for businesses and school districts on effective teaching for the digital generation and the implementation of instructional technology. His clients have included Apple Computer, Microsoft, Aldus, and Toyota, as well as many school districts and educational associations in both the United States and Canada. He is passionate in his belief that schools must change so that they can effectively prepare students for the rest of their lives.

Ian Jukes has been a teacher, an administrator, writer, consultant, university instructor, and keynote speaker. He is the director of the InfoSavvy Group, an international consulting group that provides leadership and program development in the areas of assessment and evaluation, strategic alignment, curriculum design and publication, professional development, planning, change management, hardware and software acquisition, information services, customized research, media services, and online training as well as conference keynotes and workshop presentations. Over the past 10 years, Jukes has worked with clients in more than 40 countries and made more than 7,000 presentations, typically speaking to between 300,000 and 350,000 people a year. His Committed Sardine Blog is read by more than 78,000 people in 75 countries.