Technology, Teaching and Learning: Issues in the Integration of Technology

Dave Hutchinson is assistant superintendent of the School District of
Mystery Lake in Thompson, Manitoba.

Identifying the place of ICT (information communication technologies) as
a curriculum and instructional support is something of a perennial
problem in public education. As the contributors to this text know only
too well, ICT as a support for student learning is rife with issues.

The book is divided into three sections—“Issues and
Perspectives,” “Case Studies and Classroom Uses of ICT,” and
“Technology Leadership and Teacher Education”—and the breadth of
the topics covered is impressive. Whether you are interested in
exploring the political and ideological dimensions of ICT integration,
or the role of ICT as an instruction and assessment support, chances are
you will find what you are looking for here. Topics range from a
critical theoretical analysis of the impact of ICT (i.e., in relation to
the propagation of systemic inequities) to ICT’s function as an
instructional tool. Specific examples of classroom application include
an electronic writer-in-residence program, a robotics project, virtual
schooling, classroom management in an integrated ICT environment, and
the use of streamed video, Internet, and e-mail.

Technology, Teaching and Learning goes a long way toward
clarifying—and justifying—the value of ICT integration as a support
for student learning. Recommended for teachers (K–12), administrators,
and teacher-educators.