Overview

How can apps be used to foster learning with literacy across the curriculum? This book offers both a theoretical framework for considering app affordances and practical ways to use apps to build students’ disciplinary literacies and to foster a wide range of literacy practices. Using Apps for Learning Across the Curriculum presents a wide range of different apps and also assesses their value features methods for and apps related to planning instruction and assessing student learning identifies favorite apps whose affordances are most likely to foster certain disciplinary literacies includes resources and apps for professional development provides examples of student learning in the classroom A website (www.usingipads.pbworks.com) with resources for teaching and further reading for each chapter, a link to a blog for continuing conversations about topics in the book (appsforlearningliteracies.com), and more enhance the usefulness of the book.

Full Product Details

Author:   Richard Beach (University of Minnesota, USA) ,  David O'Brien (University of Minnesota, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9781138782624

ISBN 10:   1138782629
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   31 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Overview of the Book, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Part I A Literacy-Based Framework for Using Apps, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Chapter 1 Introduction, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Chapter 2 Acquiring Disciplinary Literacies Through Use of Apps, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Chapter 3 Planning Instruction Using Apps to Foster Learning with Literacy, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Part II Guidelines and Classroom Examples for Using Apps, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Chapter 4 Using Apps for Accessing and Assessing Information, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Chapter 5 Using Apps for Reading Digitally, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Chapter 6 Using Apps for Writing, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Chapter 7 Using Apps to Foster Discussion, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Chapter 8 Using Apps to Respond to and Produce Images, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Chapter 9 Using Apps for Audio and Video Productions, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Chapter 10 Using Apps for Gaming/Simulations, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Chapter 11 Using Apps for Reflection/Assessment, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Part III Professional Development, Richard Beach, David O'Brien; Chapter 12 Professional Development on Using Apps, Richard Beach, David O'Brien;

Reviews

The authors take an eminently practical approach, informed by several of the most important perspectives in our field today: literacy as social practice, literacy and learning affordances, and multi-modal learning contexts. This book and the accompanying wiki will delight you with an extensive array of new apps and new ideas that you can use immediately in your classroom. Donald J. Leu, Neag Endowed Chair in Literacy and Technology at the Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut This book is well-suited to provide educators with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to use iPad and iPhone apps in the classroom. Most of the other books in this field are solely print-based, or do not contain the mix of theory and practice, or do not include sound scholarship and online resources. Using Apps for Learning Across the Curriculum contains all of these elements and more. W. Ian O'Byrne, Assistant Professor of Education and Coordinator of the Sixth Year Diploma in Instructional Technologies and Digital Media Literacy, University of New Haven

The authors take an eminently practical approach, informed by several of the most important perspectives in our field today: literacy as social practice, literacy and learning affordances, and multi-modal learning contexts. This book and the accompanying wiki will delight you with an extensive array of new apps and new ideas that you can use immediately in your classroom. Donald J. Leu, Neag Endowed Chair in Literacy and Technology at the Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut This book is well-suited to provide educators with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to use iOS and Android apps in the classroom. Most of the other books in this field are solely print-based, or do not contain the mix of theory and practice, or do not include sound scholarship and online resources. Using Apps for Learning Across the Curriculum contains all of these elements and more. W. Ian O'Byrne, Assistant Professor of Education and Coordinator of the Sixth Year Diploma in Instructional Technologies and Digital Media Literacy, University of New Haven

Author Information

Richard Beach is Professor Emeritus, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota, USA. David O’Brien is Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota, USA.

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