Use media, technology, and the Internet to strengthen student learning and higher-level thinking skills. Technology plus classroom equal success for students whose teachers act as agents for change through brain-friendly media. Topics covered: The effect of media on student motivation, behavior, and learning modalities Using media for lesson ......
Educational and Assistive Technology for People With Disabilities
This work presents a comprehensive approach to matching the right technology with students with disabilities, especially visual and auditory disabilities. School psychologists, rehabilitation therapists, disability support service administrators and others should find the book useful.
The transformation of Western civilization into a planetary society of information and communication compels us to pose some philosophical and political questions about the influence of these new technologies on education. This author, a philosopher, journalist, literary critic, and also a member of the board of Les Temps Modernes, has concluded ......
This innovative book explores social work as a series of encounters - between clients and social workers, social workers, their colleagues and other professionals, and more widely between citizens and the state. Providing a variety of social constructionist perspectives on the idea of the 'client', it presents in-depth discussion of the roles, ......
New or experienced social workers who are developing their collaborative practice with service users and carers and with other professionals, will find this book to be an essential source of knowledge, skills and issues for reflection. The authors explain how practitioners in social care, health and related sectors can work more effectively ......
Mary E. Richmond and the Creation of an American Profession
Mary E. Richmond (1861-1928) was a contemporary of Jane Addams and an influential leader in the American charity organization movement. In this biography--the first in-depth study of Richmond's life and work--Elizabeth N. Agnew examines the contributions of this important, if hitherto under-valued, woman to the field of charity and to its ......
Bringing together academics to discuss research on the application of information technology (IT) in health and social care, this text discusses a variety of technologies, including the Internet, multimedia, artificial intelligence and online communities. The contributors seek to take a balanced approach, highlighting the anxiety as well as the ......
In this new and original book of cartoons from Aaron Bacall, author and illustrator of The Lighter Side of Teaching, readers are invited to take a humorous look at teaching roles. With teachers as the primary audience, The Lighter Side of Educational Technology offers witty illustrations that are useful tools for presentations, staff development ......
