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ICT Option - current reading list
How Computer Games Help Children LearnHow Computer Games Help Children Learn by Shaffer D
Buy new: £8.71 / Used from: £4.44
worth looking at with a critical eye.
Don't Bother Me Mom -- I'm Learning!Don't Bother Me Mom -- I'm Learning! by Marc Prensky
Buy new: £10.00 / Used from: £7.26
needs to be read critically - Prensky's arguments are interesting in places but present a very one sided view of learners as a single homogenous entity.
Everything Bad is Good for You: How Popular Culture is Making Us SmarterEverything Bad is Good for You: How Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter by Steven Johnson
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.19
very interesting
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Second EditionWhat Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Second Edition by Gee J
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £6.68
James Paul Gee provides intersting insights into literacy, leraning and technology.
New Literacies: Changing Knowledge in the ClassroomNew Literacies: Changing Knowledge in the Classroom by Colin Lankshear
Buy new: £18.81 / Used from: £8.00
Essential reading - Lankshear and Knobel critically raise a number of pertinent issues
Literacy in the New Media Age (Literacies)Literacy in the New Media Age (Literacies) by Gunther Kress
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An important book. Kress looks at literacy in the new media age and considers social and cultural issues.
Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual DesignReading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design by Gunther Kress
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Recommended reading - use of visual is too often unexplored and used uncritically - this book helps us to begin to think differently.
Pedagogy and Learning with ICT: Researching the Art of InnovationPedagogy and Learning with ICT: Researching the Art of Innovation by Bridget Somekh
Buy new: £22.79 / Used from: £30.02
Recommended reading - Somekh discusses current pedagogical issues relating to ICT
Effective Teaching with Internet Technologies: Pedagogy and PracticeEffective Teaching with Internet Technologies: Pedagogy and Practice by Mr Alan Pritchard
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Another perspective on the use of Internet in teaching and learning
Role of ICTRole of ICT by Avril Loveless
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Loveless looks at the changing role of ICT in education - read with a critical eye
ICT, Pedagogy and the Curriculum: Subject to ChangeICT, Pedagogy and the Curriculum: Subject to Change
Buy new: £30.39 / Used from: £24.99
Recommended reading - Loveless and Ellis provide good overvie wof some issues re. ICT in education - be mindful of date of publication and current changes
Meaningful Learning with TechnologyMeaningful Learning with Technology by David H. Jonassen
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Jonassen takes a constructivist position in talking about use of technology in teaching and learning
Modeling with Technology: Mindtools for Conceptual ChangeModeling with Technology: Mindtools for Conceptual Change by David H. Jonassen
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Recommended reading - a critical look at the use of technology to support thinking
Learning to Solve Problems with Technology: A Constructivist PerspectiveLearning to Solve Problems with Technology: A Constructivist Perspective by David H. Jonassen
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Looking at technology as a learning, rather than teaching, tool.
Good Video Games + Good Learning: Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)Good Video Games + Good Learning: Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies) by James Paul Gee
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Recommended reading - An excellent book to consider the learning potential of gaming
Oversold and Underused: Computers in the ClassroomOversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom by L Cuban
Buy new: £14.20 / Used from: £9.24
A critical look at the use of technology in schools
Digital Literacies: Concepts, Policies and Practices (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)Digital Literacies: Concepts, Policies and Practices (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)
Buy used from: £27.24
Recommended reading