Using Apps For Learning Across The Curriculum: A Literacy-based Framework And Guide

by Richard Beach

2021-05-26 07:54:32

How can apps be used to foster learning with literacy across the curriculum? This book offers both a theoretical framework for considering app affordances and practical ways to use apps to build students'' disciplinary literacies and to foster a wide... Read more

How can apps be used to foster learning with literacy across the curriculum? This book offers both a theoretical framework for considering app affordances and practical ways to use apps to build students'' disciplinary literacies and to foster a wide range of literacy practices.

Using Apps for Learning Across the Curriculum

  • presents a wide range of different apps and also assesses their value
  • features methods for and apps related to planning instruction and assessing student learning
  • identifies favorite apps whose affordances are most likely to foster certain disciplinary literacies
  • includes resources and apps for professional development
  • provides examples of student learning in the classroom

A website (www.usingipads.pbworks.com) with resources for teaching and further reading for each chapter, a link to a blog for continuing conversations about topics in the book (appsforlearningliteracies.com), and more enhance the usefulness of the book.

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ISBN9781138782624
Richard Beach is Professor Emeritus of English Education at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. Jeff Share is Teacher Education Faculty Advisor, University of California Los Angeles, USA.Al...

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