Technology with Intention: Designing Meaningful Literacy and Technology Integration (NOT THIS, BUT THAT)($31.67Value)

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Educational software can do many things―assess a student’s reading skill, give instruction and practice at the student’s level, and assess again to determine progress. But software cannot build a relationship with a child and it cannot look at a child’s face and recognize understanding or confusion. It still comes down to teaching students, not technology. EdTech cannot replace a knowledgeable and skilled teacher, but it can support effective literacy learning and be your assistant in creating powerfully literate students and citizens. With constant upgrades, innovations, and new capabilities, in some ways technology has never been more overwhelming. It’s easy to get lost in the abundance of options and steadily increasing administrative demands. Suzanne and Beth offer a path that puts teachers in charge, pairing research on literacy and technology with practical, actionable advice to help you bring quality instruction and technology together. While there are books that show you how to include tech,  Technology with Intention  also addresses how to decide  whether  to use tech at all. Intentional is the key word for integrating technology into instruction, and you will find helpful guidelines and prompts to help you decide when, how, and why to use technology with your students. Cut through the noise and focus on what matters most―teaching students, not technology. Learn to how to use technology to enhance, not replace, quality teaching and learning, and consider the best choices for the specific content and the students in front of you. How will you use tech with intention? M. Colleen Cruz is a fierce advocate for the students and teachers with whom she shares her passion for accessibility, twenty-first century learning, and social justice. An educator with over two decades of experience in both general education and inclusive settings, Colleen is also the author of several books for teachers including Risk. Fail. Rise. A Teacher’s Guide to Learning from Mistake s and The Unstoppable Writing Teacher , as well as the author of a young adult novel, Border Crossing , a Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Finalist. Additionally, Colleen co-edits the Not This But That series with Nell Duke - a popular series of books that pairs research and practice. Colleen has served as a senior staff developer and later the Director of Innovation at Teachers College Reading & Writing Project, Columbia University. She currently supports organizations, districts and schools who want to bring her unique combination of integrity, humor, real-world practicality and a rare depth and breadth of scholarship to their communities. Nell K. Duke , Ed.D., is a professor in literacy, language, and culture and also in the combined program in education and psychology at the University of Michigan . Duke received her Bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and her Masters and Doctoral degrees from Harvard University . Duke’s work focuses on early literacy development, particularly among children living in economic poverty. Her specific areas of expertise include the development of informational reading and writing in young children, comprehension development and instruction in early schooling, and issues of equity in literacy education. She has served as Co-Principal Investigator of projects funded by the Institute of Education Sciences , the National Science Foundation , the Spencer Foundation , and the George Lucas Educational Foundation , among other organizations. Duke has been named one of the most influential education scholars in the U.S. in EdWeek . In 2014, Duke was awarded the P. David Pearson Scholarly Influence Award from the Literacy Research Association , and in 2018 she received the International Literacy Association's William S. Gray Citation of Merit for outstanding contributions to research, theory, practice, and policy. She has also received the Michigan Reading Association Advocacy Award , the American Educational Research Association Early Career Award, the Literacy Research Association Early Career Achievement Award, the International Reading Association Dina Feitelson Research Award, the National Council of Teachers of English Promising Researcher Award, and the International Reading Association Outstanding Dissertation Award. Duke is author and co-author of numerous journal articles and book chapters. Her most recent book is Inside Information: Developing Powerful Readers and Writers of Informational Text through Project-based Instruction . She is co-author of the books Reading and Writing Informational Text in the Primary Grades: Research-Based Practices ; Literacy and the Youngest Learner: Best Practices for Educators of Children from Birth to Five ; Beyond Bedtime Stories: A Parent’s Guide to Promoting Reading, Writing, and Other Literacy Skills From Birth to 5 , now in its second edition ; and Reading and Writing Genre with Purpose in K–8 Classrooms .