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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.285
EAN num: 9780761977124
ISBN number: 0761977120
Label: Corwin Press
Manufacturer: Corwin Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 160
Printing Date: September 27, 2000
Publishing house: Corwin Press
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Foreword by David D. Thornburg
'I would like to see this book become required reading for every teacher or administrator before they break for the summer. Its simplified descriptions make it easily understood by non-technical people. I will make sure that all of my classes read it!'
Shirley Campbell
Director, Computer and Curriculum Inquiry Center
University of Pittsburgh, PA
'McCain and Jukes build a case that the Information Age has not yet peaked and awaken us to the challenge of the dramatic technological changes we will surely see within our life time.'
Frank Buck, Principal, Graham School
Talladega, AL
'Windows on the Future summarizes key developments and concepts making them readily understandable. Though I’ve been a member of the World Future Society and an avid reader of books for over 30 years, I am not aware of any other publication like this for practicing educators. This would be very valuable for professional development study groups.'
Karen L. Tichy, Associate Superintendent for Instruction
Catholic Education Office
St. Louis, MO
Get prepared to help your students move into the technological future!
The world as we knew it ten years ago no longer exists. Ten years from now, today’s world will have recreated itself many times over. Windows on the Future shows educators how to help students cultivate the attitudes and skills necessary to leverage this monumental change for their benefit.
Windows on the Future was designed to help the educator cope with changes created by technology and embrace a new mindset necessary to acess the burgeoning technological advances. The goal is to keep schools and students relevant in the 21st Century, and McCain and Jukes offer new paradigms and frameworks to accomplish that.
Critical issues explored include:
- Key trends for the new millennium
- The power of paradigm
- Education in the future
- New skills for students
- New roles for educators
- The need for vision
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The book offers some insight into the future of education. However, the authors are victims of their paradigm since the book was obsolete as soon as it was printed. It is an easy read and does provide some food for thought.
Windows on the Future: Education in the Age of Technology
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How many times can I say pompous?
These authors have so inflated their egos that I can not imagine sharing a room with them. I certainly would not want to share an office or any job with them.
The authors love "technology" - and that can be a good thing.
However, they so completely mix up the means and the ends.
In teaching a well educated student is the "ends" or our product. Give me a tent and something to scrawl on and a good teacher will put out a good product: a well educated student.
Technology is a tool we can use. Just like any other tool when people see someone using it, AND it improves the job in some manner they will switch over to the new method.
The emphasis on technology is wasteful. All, yes 100%, of the information this book is devoted to can be picked up by anyone in a single semester course.
This is from a teacher who: always uses an electronic grade book, posts assignments and other information on my web page, has converted almost all of my lectures into PowerPoint presentations filled with pictures, QuickTime video shorts, links to current events in the news. My students have assignments which require internet research. Some of their assignments they can acess from anywhere (on vacation in New Zealand!), at any time, with or with out partners, and can use a wide variety of resources.
My students score well on state tests, actually really well. However, with no "technology" (a tent and some chalk and slates) they will still do well.
Let's not confuse the tools with the real job, and these tools are VERY easy to learn.
If it makes sense people will do it, use it - if not - they SHOULD not.
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While I liked the book, and certainly agreed with much the authors said, I found little new (but I'm a techie, so others shouldn't be turned away from it on that account.). It's a really good book for teachers who are being inundated with technology and feeling a bit uncomfortable with that. The authors share their wisdom and experience, for our benefit.
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This book is excellent. I had to read it as part of the teacher credential program. It is a really easy, plain English book. The content is excellent. It describes where we have been, where we are, and where we will be in terms of technology and how that will impact education. It is not about teaching technology to our students, but about changing the entire way we think about education and using technology to our best advantage. It is about our responsibility to our students to prepare them for the quickly changing world in which we live. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in education.
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