This title provides a systematic approach for educators eager to promote higher-order thinking skills in the face of limited technology budgets. The author, who has been a school administrator and classroom teacher as well as researcher and national consultant, demonstrates why decision makers should invest technology dollars in teachers rather than in fancy new hardware. He provides a framework for using existing technology to develop and revise lesson plans that promote critical thinking skills. Includes the author’s empirically validated assessment tool, and a detailed vision for future applications of instructional technology.

FEATURES

• Worksheets and self-tests for assessing computer effectiveness
• Summaries and reviews of online teacher technology assessment tools
• Blueprints for assessing current situation, overcoming roadblocks, and applying systems thinking to ed tech decision making
• Frameworks for developing and revising technology-integrated curricula that support higher-order thinking skills