The ET Bookshelf...
Our Favorite Classroom Technology Books
Why do teachers need to read classroom technology books?
Because, frankly speaking, never have the stakes been higher in education.
With the explosion of new technologies everyday, how do you possibly keep up with all the trends and
changes happening in education? Curious how technology is fitting into the whole scheme of things or
even just your individual classroom?
...That's where our Bookshelf comes in!
We've picked out some of our favorite classroom technology books to point you in the right direction toward
uncovering some of the hottest educational trends in classroom technology. We've also included
some books specific to using clickers in the classroom.
So, take your time and browse at your leisure. Pick a book. Share it with colleagues. Underline in it,
mark it up, star the parts you want to implement in your classroom, discuss it with your colleagues.
Take
what you want and make it work for you and your students. Then come back and see us again!
"The worth of a book is to be measured by
what you can carry away from it."
--James Bryce
Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (ASCD)
by Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane E. Pollock
Explains the nine identified instructional strategies most likely to improve student achievement across all content areas
and across all grade levels. A MUST read!
Using Technology With Classroom Instruction That Works
by Howard Pitler
Make sure and find the actual screenshots from CPS software on pages 46-48!
Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition
by Grant P. Wiggins and Jay McTighe.
With feedback from teachers worldwide, the expanded is even better! A great book for designing
a "backward-designed" curriculum for today's high-stakes, standards-based environment.
Clickers in the Classroom: How to Enhance Science Teaching Using Classroom Response Systems
by Douglas Duncan
In this book, Dr. Duncan, a professor at CU, explains how clickers can transform the classroom.
You can peruse the forward by Erik Mazur
and Chapter 1 and
Chapter 2 by clicking on the links.
Peer Instruction: A User's Manual
by Eric Mazur
Eric Mazur's Peer Instruction Model is one that many higher education instructors are incorporating with
clickers in their lectures.
Would you like to
suggest some of your favorite classroom technology books to add to the list? Contact us with the title and author
and we'll add them to our reading list. The great ones will appear on our ET Bookshelf!
