Easy Ways to Make Technology Work for You (Scholastic Technology, Grades 4-8)

By David A. Dockterman

Use technology to help grade student work, communicate with parents, create lesson plans, and more!With this book, using technology in the classroom is a snap! Teachers will find quick and easy ways to use computers to help grade student work, communicate with parents, create lesson plans, and more. Find out how educational software can spark students' interest in math, social studies, language arts, and science. Includes step-by-step directions on how to set up a grade book using Excel, present classroom rules with PowerPoint, create graphic organizers using Inspiration, and more. For use with Grades 4-8.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 043943761X
• ISBN13: 9780439437615
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Teaching Resources
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8

Customer Reviews

Great Teacher Resource

Even as a high school teacher, I really enjoyed this book because it gave me some good ideas on how to utilize technology in the classroom. No matter what grade you teach, the technology doesn't change, but the content is what makes technology work for different grade levels and teachers. This book gave some great ideas and covered a lot of areas where technology can be used. The concept that helped me the most in this book was the communication chapter. Here, Dockterman explains how you can communicate with parents using technology. He gives great resources for free teacher website pages and also, some insight on what to include in your communication with parents. Managing grades, inputting and organizing student information, and lesson plans are areas where technology can be used to benefit the teacher, which are discussed in the book. Dockertman explains how to use technology inside your classroom as well. This section of the book gives great ideas on how to use technology to scaffold student learning.