Tasks Before Apps: Designing Rigorous Learning in a Tech-Rich Classroom
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About
Content-hosting websites, videoconferencing apps, grade- or subject-focused social media accounts: with such a dizzying array of mechanical and virtual help at our disposal, it can be a challenge for educators to know where to even start. Educator and technology consultant Monica Burns can relate, which is why she wrote this book: to share strategies, tools, and insights that teachers can use, regardless of subject or grade level, to effectively incorporate technology in the classroom. Focusing on the "three Cs" of technology implementation—creation, curiosity, and collaboration—Tasks Before Apps offers K–12 teachers
Table of contents
Thoughtful Task Development
Creation: Demonstrating Understanding Every Day
About the authors
Monica Burns is a curriculum and educational technology consultant, Apple Distinguished Educator, and founder of ClassTechTips.com. As a classroom teacher, Burns used one-to-one technology to create engaging, standards-based lessons for students.
She has presented to teachers, administrators, and tech enthusiasts at numerous national and international conferences including SXSW EDU, ISTE, and EduTech. She is a webinar host for SimpleK12 and a regular contributor to Edutopia. Burns visits schools throughout the United States to work with preK–20 teachers to make technology integration exciting and accessible. She also provides support to organizations using technology to reach children and families in need.
She is an ASCD faculty member and author of EdTech Essentials: The Top 10 Technology Strategies for All Learning Environments (ASCD, 2021).