Using Apps for Learning Across the Curriculum |
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| Author:
| Beach, Richard
O'Brien, David |
| ISBN: | 978-1-322-21201-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $155.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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Using Apps for Learning Across the Curriculum
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- presents a wide range of different apps and also assesses their value
- features methods...
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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."