What Every Teacher Should Know About Media and Technology

This is a research-based guide to classroom applications of media, technology, and the Internet, focusing on audio, visual, graphic, and movement media. The effects of media on student motivation, behaviour, modalities, and higher-level thinking skills are covered, as are media uses for lesson planning, teaching, student research, and learning products. This book will be an invaluable resource for teachers who want to be agents for change and who believe that technology success.