Under Construction
This is a brief Table of Contents
for my e-textbook (freely available to adopting faculty). I will
be updating this page over the next few days to include an itemized breakdown
of each chapter's topics :)
The full text of what will
be the third edition of the book will be available for use in schools by
the end of July after I have rewritten sections of the second edition for
the sake of currency.
Bernie Poole :)
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 What the Research Has
to Say About Technology Use in Teaching and Learning
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A presentation of the evidence
supporting computer use in schools
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Chapter 2 Computer Hardware for
Education Environments
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An overview of the nuts and bolts
of computing
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Chapter 3 Software Systems for
Microcomputers
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A discussion of the different
types of software necessary to use today's computing systems
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Chapter 4 Educational Computing
Environments
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An examination of the issues and
logistics involved in the establishment and integration of computers in
schools
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Chapter 5 Computer-Managed Instruction
(CMI)
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The computer as a useful tool
to aid the teacher in and out of the classroom
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Chapter 6 Computer-Assisted Instruction
(CAI)
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An overview of the ways in which
computer technology can aid the learning experience
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Chapter 7 Computers and Communications
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An examination of networking technology
and how computers and communications extend education's reach
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Chapter 8 Education On-Line: Distance
Learning and the Internet
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An examination of the pros and
cons of the internet as a medium for data access and retrieval
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Chapter 9 Educational Multimedia
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A review of the power of technology
to enrich the learning experience
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Chapter 10 Creating Computer Applications
for Education Environments
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A summary of the ways in which
teachers can author their own learning systems
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Chapter 11 Funding Technology
Projects
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A presentation of the ins and
outs of raising grants to fund educational technology projects
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Chapter 12 Computers, Education,
and Society
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An overview of the ways in which
computers are transforming the society for which our schools exist
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Chapter 13 Ethics and Computers:
Invasion of Privacy and Computing Inequities
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An examination of the social consequences
of the pervasive infiltration of computer technology and its attendant
inequities
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Chapter 14 Computer Crime: Software
Piracy and Hacking
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This chapter underlines some of
the rights and wrongs of computer use
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Chapter 15 Reflections on Education
For an Information Age
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An examination of the theoretical
validation of computer-based teaching and learning, and of the problems
translating theory into practice
GLOSSARY
APPENDICES
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Appendix A The History of Computers
in Schools
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An examination of the sequence
of events which has led to the invention of the electronic digital computer
and to its proliferation in schools
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Appendix B Resources and Recommended
Reading
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Appendix C Funding Sources
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Appendix D ASCII codes
INDEX
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Bernie Poole 1996-2000, All rights reserved / poole@pitt.edu / (814) 269-2923
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