Empowering Students With Technology

Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction 1. Teaching and Learning the Structure of Information Information Literacy: A New Basic Skill MAPping the Internet: Meta-Web Information, Author, and Purpose Confusing Technical Mastery With Critical Thinking Blocking Versus Access Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 1 2. Empowering Learning by Expanding Relationships Planning for Learning (Instead of Technology) Revisiting the Role of the Family E-mail in a Cultural Context Teacher-Created Web Sites Publishing Student Work on the Web Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 2 3. Emerging Roles Within the Knowledge Community Teachers as Digital Immigrants Help and Support in Your Own Backyard Benchmarking Educational Practice to the Knowledge Community Shifting Control Raising Expectations: Students as Knowledge Producers Managing Fear Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 3 4. Accessing Primary Sources to Enhance Critical Thinking Using Primary Sources Teaching the Skills to Assess Primary Sources Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 4 5. Online Learning Pioneers on the Digital Frontier Changing Roles and Interactions Students Involved in Online Learning Teachers Involved in Online Learning Individual Courses: Supporting Learning Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 5 Appendix Bibliography Index