ICT Option - current reading list

A Listmania! list by Z. Williamson (Edinburgh)
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How Computer Games Help Children Learn
1.  How Computer Games Help Children Learn by James Paul Gee
The list author says:
  "worth looking at with a critical eye."
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Don't Bother Me Mom -- I'm Learning!
2.  Don't Bother Me Mom -- I'm Learning! by Marc Prensky
The list author says:
  "needs to be read critically - Prensky's arguments are interesting in places but present a very one sided view of learners as a single homogenous entity."
£17.96   Used & New from: £1.50
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Everything Bad is Good for You: How Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter
3.  Everything Bad is Good for You: How Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter by Steven Johnson
The list author says:
  "very interesting"
£7.88   Used & New from: £0.01
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy: Revised and Updated Edition
4.  What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy: Revised and Updated Edition by James Paul Gee
The list author says:
  "James Paul Gee provides intersting insights into literacy, leraning and technology."
£12.74   Used & New from: £9.98
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

New Literacies: Changing Knowledge in the Classroom
5.  New Literacies: Changing Knowledge in the Classroom by Colin Lankshear
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  "Essential reading - Lankshear and Knobel critically raise a number of pertinent issues"
£21.99   Used & New from: £9.24

Literacy in the New Media Age (Literacies)
6.  Literacy in the New Media Age (Literacies) by Gunther Kress
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  "An important book.  Kress looks at literacy in the new media age and considers social and cultural issues."
£21.99   Used & New from: £15.36

Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design
7.  Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design by Gunther Kress
The list author says:
  "Recommended reading - use of visual is too often unexplored and used uncritically - this book helps us to begin to think differently."
£23.75   Used & New from: £19.74
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Pedagogy and Learning with ICT: Researching the Art of Innovation
8.  Pedagogy and Learning with ICT: Researching the Art of Innovation by Bridget Somekh
The list author says:
  "Recommended reading - Somekh discusses current pedagogical issues relating to ICT"
£25.64   Used & New from: £22.78

Effective Teaching with Internet Technologies: Pedagogy and Practice
9.  Effective Teaching with Internet Technologies: Pedagogy and Practice by Alan Pritchard
The list author says:
  "Another perspective on the use of Internet in teaching and learning"
£21.84   Used & New from: £16.31
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Role of ICT
10.  Role of ICT by Avril Loveless
The list author says:
  "Loveless looks at the changing role of ICT in education - read with a critical eye"
£22.09   Used & New from: £9.50

ICT, Pedagogy and the Curriculum: Subject to Change
11.  ICT, Pedagogy and the Curriculum: Subject to Change by Viv Ellis
The list author says:
  "Recommended reading - Loveless and Ellis provide good overvie wof some issues re. ICT in education - be mindful of date of publication and current changes"
£33.24   Used & New from: £13.26
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Meaningful Learning with Technology
12.  Meaningful Learning with Technology by David H. Jonassen
The list author says:
  "Jonassen takes a constructivist position in talking about use of technology in teaching and learning"
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Modeling with Technology: Mindtools for Conceptual Change
13.  Modeling with Technology: Mindtools for Conceptual Change by David H. Jonassen
The list author says:
  "Recommended reading - a critical look at the use of technology to support thinking"
£35.14   Used & New from: £18.00

Learning to Solve Problems with Technology: A Constructivist Perspective
14.  Learning to Solve Problems with Technology: A Constructivist Perspective by David H. Jonassen
The list author says:
  "Looking at technology as a learning, rather than teaching, tool."
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Good Video Games + Good Learning: Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)
15.  Good Video Games + Good Learning: Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies) by James Paul Gee
The list author says:
  "Recommended reading - An excellent book to consider the learning potential of gaming"
£21.00   Used & New from: £20.00

Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom
16.  Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom by Larry Cuban
The list author says:
  "A critical look at the use of technology in schools"
£15.63   Used & New from: £12.42

Digital Literacies: Concepts, Policies and Practices (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)
17.  Digital Literacies: Concepts, Policies and Practices (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies) by Colin Lankshear
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  "Recommended reading"
Used & New from: £23.00

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