Teaching in the Digital Age
Using the Internet to Increase Student Engagement and Understanding, Second Edition

Connect brain-compatible learning with the Internet to encourage active student involvement!

In Teaching in the Digital Age, Second Edition, Kristen Nelson illustrates how teaching and learning are strengthened when Web resources are integrated with brain-based instruction to meet students' individual learning needs.

The author supplies the tools and framework for using Internet-based, brain-friendly activities to promote students comprehension across content areas. This practical how-to book demonstrates how teachers can design their own projects to enhance information literacy while deepening students understanding of critical concepts and skills. Offering an updated list of Web sites, the second edition assists educators with:

• Internet assignments to develop skills in interpersonal exchange, information gathering and analysis, and problemsolving
• Standards-based lesson plans that build on student strengths
• Assessment rubrics to identify learning needs

This text is an invaluable handbook that combines educational theory, instructional practice, digital literacy, and current brain-based research to encourage student engagement and increase achievement for all learners.

Table of Contents

1. Designing Internet-Based Activities
• What Does a Well-Designed Internet Activity Look Like?
• Understanding by Design Framework
• Nine Steps to a Successful Internet-Based Project
• Example Lesson: Getting Started
• Taking it to the Classroom: So Many Ways to be Smart!
2. Connecting Brain-Compatible Learning, Multiple Intelligences, and the Internet
• Brain-Compatible Learning
• Multiple Intelligences Theory
• The Internet
3. Assessing Internet-Based Activities
• Assessment: The Great Debate
• Performace Tasks: Six Facets of Understanding Rubrics
• Rubrics
4. Using the Internet To Strengthen Interpersonal Skills
• The History of the Internet
• Taking It to the Classroom: What is the Internet?
• Searching for Information: Search Engines
• Taking to to the Clasroom: Getting to Know Search Engines
• Favorites and Web Site Notebooks
• Electronic Mail
• Interpersonal Exchange Activities
• Taking It to the Classroom: Reflective Writing
5. Enhancing Information-Gathering and Analysis Skills
• Information Literacy Skills
• Taking It to the Classroom: Mini-Research Project
• Information-Gathering and Analysis Activities
• Taking It to the Classroom: What Makes Good Writing Good?
• Taking It to the Classroom: Virtual Field Trips
6. Improving Questioning and Problem-Solving Skills
• Uncoverage
• Questioning
• Problem-Solving Activities
• Taking It to the Classroom: Social Action Project

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