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Power Up is the book your teachers need to understand the changes in pedagogy, planning, classroom organization, time management, and collaboration that will help them be successful with tablets, notebooks, and BYOD. Includes a PD study guide and companion website filled with teaching resources." continues Stenhouse Publishers.
Wherever you are on the path to 1:1 teaching and learning, you need a guide that can help you make the best use of the powerful technology available in today's classrooms. In this inspiring and practical book, Diana Neebe and Jen Roberts draw on research and their extensive experience working with teachers across subject areas and grade levels to share the keys to success when teaching with a computer or tablet for every student.
This is the book secondary teachers need to understand the changes in pedagogy, planning, classroom organization, time management, and collaboration that will help them be successful in a 1:1 environment. Whether providing immediate and detailed feedback to student writers, giving voice to quiet learners, or creating more time for actual work in a jam-packed school day, Neebe and Roberts show teachers how communication, differentiation, and other effective practices can be powered up with personalized technology.
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Table of Contents
Foreword by Jaime Casap
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: We have 1:1; Now What?
Part I: Enrich
Chapter 2: Communication and Workflow
Chapter 3: Engagement
Chapter 4: Collaboration
Part II: Extend
Chapter 5: Audience
Chapter 6: Differentiation
Chapter 7: Feedback and Assessment
Part III: Transform
Chapter 8: Creativity and Innovation
Chapter 9: Rethinking Class Time
Chapter 10: Becoming a Connected Educator
Appendixes
References
Index
Preview the entire book online PDF
About the Authors
Diana Neebe (@dneebe) teaches high school English with 1:1 tablets at an independent school in California's Silicon Valley. She was named the ISTE Outstanding Young Educator in 2014 and is a Google Certified Teacher. She is currently working on a doctoral degree in education.
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Jen Roberts (@JenRoberts1) teaches English at a large public high school in San Diego, California. She has more than twenty years of classroom experience and has been teaching with 1:1 laptops since 2008. She also teaches preservice teachers and is an active member in the Google Certified Teacher community.
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Additional resources
Download the Study Guide (PDF)
Visit the website for updated links to resources
Source: EdWeek Update and Stenhouse Publishers
