I get thousands of visitors a day–three-quarters of a million since I started. The most common reason why you-all drop by is for resources. I have lots of them–leson plans, tips and tricks–but one area I have little of is tech ed book reviews. I thought we could build a community library, right here on Ask a Tech Teacher!
I’m looking for:
- reviews of technology-in-education books or ebooks
- essays on tech ed topics
- White papers on tech ed topics
- Education pedagogy
Here are a few examples:
- Disrupting Class
- Endangered Minds: Why Children Don’t Think And What We Can Do About It
- My Evernote
- Savvy Cyberkids at Home
- Second Grade Technology–32 Lessons –by Structured Learning
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
These will be collected and offered as a resource to readers on my blog under Great Books.
If you’ve written a review and posted it on your blog, please send the link to me. I will provide a link back to your blog and we’ll develop a Book Group right here on Ask a Tech Teacher.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. She is the editor of a K-6 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, creator of two technology training books for middle school and six ebooks on technology in education. She is the author of Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy. She is webmaster for six blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for Examiner.com, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers, Cisco guest blog, Technology in Education featured blogger, IMS tech expert, and a bi-weekly contributor to Write Anything. Currently, she’s editing a thriller that should be out to publishers next summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.
Hey Jacqui – Great idea. My school has a technology museum – I just went and took some pictures of old Walkmans, iMacs, Betamaxes… Interested in a history of tech in the classroom post?
I would love that! If you’re offering. You tell me when you’re ready.
Very cool. I think it would be good as a New Year post (looking back and looking forward). I’ll be moving to Australia in December and have January off – so I’ll have time to craft it well. Cheers!
I hope you’ll be posting articles on differences in tech ed in your two countries. That will be fascinating for those of us who never get beyond the continental borders.
Talk soon, Janet!
I could do that…but international schools are very different than local schools in host countries.
Picture a well-funded (1:1 Macbook Pros for grades 5-12) American school with no formal test pressures.
…but it’s been fun to see the tech progression over the past 12 years.
You were there 12 years?! Why the move? Not that I haven’t always wanted to go to Australia…
Hehe. Met my hubby in Hong Kong. He’s an Aussie. We both love Hong Kong but want to be close to his family for awhile.
We’ll return to Asia – it’s a great place
I gather Australia doesn’t have the unemployment problems we Americans have. Anyone with a job hangs on for dear life!
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