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The Immersive Classroom

$29.99

Discover the possibilities of immersive technology to deepen student engagement; activate learning through hunts, breakouts and labs; and explore global collaboration.

Our classrooms are full of individuals who learn in diverse ways, and educators need creative teaching approaches to enrich learning for struggling students. When applied effectively, immersive technology in teaching can target students’ interests, provide flexibility for a range of skill levels and empower students’ choice in their learning. The Immersive Classroom highlights the possibilities of immersive technology to make a greater impact and reach all student populations.

The book:

Provides step-by step instructions for how to mix individual tools to create an ecosystem of immersive technology.
Offers examples from leading educators who have implemented the tools and techniques discussed, giving readers easy-to-implement takeaways they can incorporate in their classrooms right away.
Includes interactive content, with more than 30 images that can be scanned in order to experience AR/VR tools for yourself!
Contains a robust index of more than 100 AR/VR tools along with device specifics and requirements.

With this book, readers gain insights into customizing tools through app hacking and app smashing, and discover how pushing the use of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) tools beyond their intended purpose can maximize their benefits, helping meet the needs of all students.

STEAM Power

$29.99

Artist and educator Tim Needles brings a fresh approach to STEAM topics, focusing on creativity, innovation and collaboration.

There are numerous books on STEAM, but most are either arts and crafts project books designed for children or high-level books that can be weighty and inaccessible for new teachers. This accessible and engaging book offers creative ideas for blending arts and STEM learning (STEAM). It covers the fundamentals of STEAM, with project ideas and best practices, while providing insight from educators in the field.

Technologies covered include: coding, robotics, 3D printing, virtual and augmented reality, photography, video, animation and digital drawing. In addition, the book addresses several different approaches to bringing STEAM learning to the next level, such as collaboration, global learning, project-based learning, makerspaces and social-emotional learning.

The book:

Features a breadth of technology and project possibilities, with project ideas organized by technology type.
Explores long-standing concepts that are relevant regardless of specific advances in technology, providing the pedagogy behind the projects rather than technology for technology’s sake.
Offers a highly visual approach, incorporating photographs and hand-drawn sketchnotes.
Illustrates concepts through author examples as well as a series of interviews featuring STEAM professionals and expert teachers.
Presents topics in a clear, concise manner that's useful for repeated reading and as a practical resource.

With its friendly style and visual design, the book is a practical guide for new and emerging educators, and for educators looking for fun and creative ways to invigorate their STEAM curriculum.

Audience: K-12 educators

Technology Coordinator's Handbook, Fourth Edition

$38.99

This updated go-to resource offers guidance on how to manage technology policies across a school community, secure funding and facilitate training for the educators and leaders you support.

Technology coordinators and facilitators must be able to navigate the complexities of a school community’s technology needs and serve a variety of individuals, including students, teachers and administrators. With its detailed, practical approach, The Technology Coordinator’s Handbook has established the standard in clarifying the wide variety of tasks and responsibilities faced by those in this critical role. Readers will learn how to be more effective learners and leaders so they can better assist students and teachers in managing technology use and dealing with technology challenges. The book also offers strategies for education leaders to successfully integrate technology into school and district operations.

This expanded edition includes two brand-new chapters covering online and blended learning, and the future of the technology coordinator role. Additionally, the authors follow up with educators featured in the previous addition, who offer insights and discuss how the position has evolved due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors have also assembled a broad range of teachers, administrators and technology coordinators from around the country to offer guidance for those in this role.

This new edition also includes:

Helpful hints and toolbox tips from featured educators around the United States.
Updates to each chapter’s essential questions and associated answers to help readers fully understand an issue and find the best solution to a problem.
A professional development focus topic for each chapter, sourced from the edtech professionals featured in the book.
Digital components including templates, checklists, editable forms, technology leader job descriptions and more.

Technology coordinators, teacher educators and administrators will walk away with a 360-degree view of the technology coordinator’s role, and a new appreciation for teaching and learning with technology.

Audience: Technology coordinators and coaches; teacher educators; and elementary and secondary school leaders

Technology Coordinator's Handbook, Fourth Edition

Developing Digital Detectives

$34.99

From the authors of the bestselling Fact vs. Fiction, this book offers easy-to-implement lessons to engage students in becoming media literacy “digital detectives,” looking for clues, questioning motives, uncovering patterns, developing theories and, ultimately, delivering a verdict.

The current news landscape is driven by clicks, with every social media influencer, trained and citizen journalists chasing the same goal: a viral story. In this environment, where the race to be first on the scene with the most sensational story often overshadows the need for accuracy, traditional strategies for determining information credibility are no longer enough. Rather than simply helping students become savvy information consumers, today’s educators must provide learners with the skills to be digital detectives – information interrogators who are armed with a variety of tools for dissecting news stories and determining what’s real and what isn’t in our “post-truth world.”

This book:

Shares meaningful lessons that move beyond traditional “fake news” protocols to help learners navigate a world in which information can be both a force for good and a tool used to influence and manipulate.
Includes resources and examples to support educators in the work of facilitating engaging, relevant (and fun!) instructional opportunities for K-12 learners, in both face-to-face and digital learning environments.
Unpacks the connection between social-emotional learning and information literacy.
Includes access to the Digital Detective’s Evidence Locker, an online collection of over 100 downloadable and remixable resources to support the lessons in the book.

As the authors state: “Remember, the detective’s job is NOT to prove themselves correct. Their job is to detect the truth!” This statement reflects the way they approach the lessons in this book, providing clear and practical guidance to help educators address and overcome this ever-expanding issue.

Audience: K-12 educators and library media specialists

Digital Citizenship in Action, Second Edition

$34.99

Help students of all levels develop relationships based on mutual trust and understanding in digital spaces and become active, participatory citizens in these spaces.

During her doctoral program, Kristen Mattson became frustrated by the negative underpinnings that described the internet as a dangerous place and positioned young people as careless victims or malevolent bullies. Digital citizenship curriculum became the focus of her work and led to the development of her book Digital Citizenship in Action, which focuses on one of the most important aspects of citizenship – being in community with others.

As citizens, we have a responsibility to give back to the community and work toward social justice and equity. Digital citizenship curricula should strive to show students possibilities over problems, opportunities over risks and community successes over personal gain. Digital Citizenship in Action shows educators how to do just that.

In this new, expanded edition, Mattson incorporates the latest research from scholars in media and information literacy, educational technology and digital citizenship. She also extends the coverage to provide guidance for elementary and secondary teachers, and includes updated examples that are relevant to today’s most widely used technologies.

The book:

Includes tips for creating a digital space where students can try something new, grow through mistakes, and learn what it means to be a citizen in different spaces.
Features “Spotlight Stories” from teachers engaged with participatory digital citizenship that demonstrate how these ideas play out in actual classrooms.
Includes a featured activity for elementary students and secondary students in each chapter to help teachers integrate the ideas into their work.
Provides QR codes linking to additional resources in “You Can Do It!” sections throughout the book.

In this book, you’ll find more ways than ever to take digital citizenship beyond a conversation about personal responsibility so you can create opportunities for students to become participatory citizens in online spaces.

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators, curriculum directors and library media specialists

Digital Citizenship in Action, Second Edition

The New Assistive Tech, Second Edition

$39.99

The updated edition of this playful yet professional book guides educators in selecting, acquiring and implementing technology to help all students, but particularly those with disabilities.

School districts often struggle to develop consistent practices for meeting the needs of special education students. In the updated edition of this bestselling book, you’ll learn how embracing student-centered approaches like project-based learning and growth mindset help support students with disabilities. You’ll get guidance on how to plan and execute education experiences using technology centered around students’ individual needs. And you’ll discover how to effectively and consistently evaluate and select technology supports based on the specific needs of an individual student, while actively including the learner in the technology consideration process.

Building on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, this edition also explores ways to support students, especially learners with disabilities, through distance learning, and how adopting personalized learning principles can help facilitate a smooth transition to distance learning.

This revised edition:

Includes new content on the necessity and long-term benefits of making educational materials accessible.
Offers guidance on expanding practices that are already inclusive, such as increasing the flexibility of learning spaces and establishing gaming and maker clubs.
Explains how to conduct and document assessments to help an educational team make informed decisions about technology needs.
Assists individuals or teams in creating an action plan for developing a culture of inclusion.
Interweaves stories, songs and other features to make learning fun!

With his accessible approach and conversational style, Christopher R. Bugaj takes what can sometimes be an intimidating topic and makes it relevant and easy to understand, with examples that illustrate how to reach all learners in every classroom.

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators; education coaches and administrators

Tech for Teacher Wellness

$29.99

Get practical strategies for using technology to reclaim more personal space and time; connect with colleagues; and make positive changes in your life, in the classroom and on campus.

Educators are feeling overwhelmed. The global pandemic brought a tsunami of edtech tools that had to be adopted suddenly under emergency circumstances, and the stress of that and other unprecedented challenges has caused many teachers to consider leaving the profession. Technology has often been portrayed as part of the problem, with many believing that the best way to pursue wellness is to unplug and avoid digital tools altogether.

This book takes a different approach, showing that technology used wisely can promote wellness, rather than undermine it. Author and technology facilitator Meredith Masar Boullion presents research on the importance of caring for the emotional health of educators, then offers strategies for using technology to reduce educator stress and better provide for the social and emotional needs of school communities.

The book:

Gives readers permission, and the tools needed, to set boundaries and get back personal time.
Demonstrates positive ways to use resources such as social media, professional learning networks (PLNs) and other collaborative tools to find, support and learn from fellow educators.
Provides suggestions for educators to share their own learnings to enhance the well-being and positivity of students, parents and colleagues.
Includes access to an online platform through which readers can connect and support one another’s efforts to achieve greater well-being.

With recommendations that are concrete and easy to implement, the book fosters collaboration and connection among readers, and encourages them to share their own techniques and resources for building a healthy, sustainable life and career.

Audience: Elementary and secondary teachers; education coaches and leaders

Storytelling With Purpose

$37.99

“Teaching is the most important profession in any democracy. Michael Hernandez has written a wonderful book that anchors storytelling in the classroom and provides a highly readable and hugely helpful guide for teachers, who each day are taking students on an intellectual journey that is critical to the well-being of our country." — Ken Burns

“Just in time, this is a pedagogical and practical guide for any educator ready to take learning to a new level.” — Seth Godin

Learn how to embrace the power of digital storytelling with your students, and reframe the learning process as one based on curiosity, purpose and joy.

Storytelling enables us to make sense of the world and bring order to our thinking. Now more than ever, students are hungry for authentic learning experiences that offer opportunities to make an impact beyond the classroom. With practical advice and examples of how to plan, create, publish and assess student stories, this book offers a fresh approach to digital storytelling. And it includes evidence-based, classroom-tested guidance on how to provide students with the tools and structure they need to develop a mindset of curiosity, agency and purpose.

Establishing digital storytelling as a framework for learning rather than a separate add-on project or a way to record work being done in other subject areas, the book covers various types of digital storytelling — from infographics and social media posts to podcasts and video documentaries — and demonstrates how to choose the best ways to incorporate digital storytelling into curricula.

Student examples and teacher case studies provide inspiration on how to integrate the practice into classrooms of all grade levels and subject areas.

The book:

Shows how to create uncheatable assessments through student-created story projects
Helps educators create meaningful learning experiences by integrating edtech tools and storytelling into their curriculum.
Shows how storytelling can help students activate higher-level thinking to conduct research, process ideas and information, and share the synthesis of these ideas with an audience.
Illustrates how digital storytelling can help develop a mindset of collaboration, mental agility and resilience.
Presents student examples, teacher case studies and sample lessons to demonstrate how to integrate student stories into curriculum in authentic ways.
Offers flexibility, through sample projects that vary in degree of difficulty, so teachers can choose the best option based on their resources and unique situation.

More than a practical edtech guide, this book explores the why behind digital storytelling as much as the how. Educators will learn how to help students explore cultural and historical context, develop social emotional resiliency, and develop the skills they need to become engaged global citizens.

Adventures in Authentic Learning

$34.99

This insider’s guide from a seasoned technology coach provides classroom teachers with ideas and strategies to help students develop real-world projects to support authentic learning.

Not every teacher has a dedicated coach who can support them in the classroom. Even those who do can benefit from additional ideas and support from a seasoned coach. Written by an experienced instructional technologist, this book is designed to help fill this role, showing teachers how to empower students to take charge of their own learning and provide creative and authentic opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge through projects.

With this book, teachers will get the guidance they need to help students engage in learning experiences that allow them to reflect on their level of knowledge and what they need to learn, while exploring topics that correspond with their interests. Instead of providing text-based slideshow presentations that students read off a screen, teachers will learn to guide students in creating tutorial videos, providing peer reviews, curating their own resources and participating in debates.

The book:

Shows how to take the fear out of edtech projects and presentations, while helping educators solve the problem of finding time to develop and manage authentic projects.
Offers a blueprint for implementing high-quality strategies and lesson ideas in classes, with a plethora of practical resources to inspire students.
Demonstrates the importance of pedagogy before tech, with some activities highlighting a blend of hands-on learning and technology.
Aligns projects to the ISTE Standards, providing a road map for creating valuable opportunities to help students become successful lifelong learners.
Includes at least three project lesson plans in every chapter, with adaptations for brick-and-mortar and online learning; as well as templates and student examples.

For those just beginning to implement projects in their classroom, this book provides a framework for getting started. For those who have been incorporating student projects successfully for years, this book provides fresh ideas and strategies to help students further develop as creative communicators.

Audience: K-12 educators and edtech coaches

Sketchnoting in the Classroom

$32.99

Author Nichole Carter shows how sketchnotes can help students retain new material, develop skills to articulate empathy and build connections to larger concepts.

Sketchnoting in the Classroom includes strategies for helping students feel successful as they develop their skills, for example, asking them what their brain is telling them, asking how they learn best and encouraging the process through specific note-taking strategies.

The book includes:

Analysis of the brain science behind sketchnoting, including teaching students how to identify patterns and apply them effectively in their sketchnotes.
Lesson ideas for sketchnoting across content areas, including science, social studies, English language arts and math.
Tools and resources for both analog and digital sketchnoting techniques.
Tips for using sketchnotes for professional development, including at conferences and at department or staff meetings.
Examples from a variety of teachers with experience using sketchnotes in their classes.

This book makes sketchnotes more accessible to all teachers and helps both teachers and students feel confident in visual note-taking.

Audience: 3-12 educators, teacher educators

Project-Based Learning

$12.99

This concise guide shows you how to apply a PBL approach in your curriculum, with a focus on high-quality, real-world projects and robust use of digital tools.

Based on the best-selling book Reinventing Project-Based Learning by Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss, this six-page laminated reference guide shows teachers how to design authentic projects that make the most of available and emerging technologies.

The guide includes:

An overview of project-based learning so you can quickly get up to speed with this effective pedagogical approach.
A concise breakdown of the key steps in the project-based learning process, including planning, design, assessment and reflection.
Example prompts for defining the framework of a project, and strategies and ideas for getting a project off the ground.
Recommendations for tools that align with each step of the process.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 2018) 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages)

Audience: K-12 educators

The Digital Citizenship Handbook for School Leaders

$39.99

Learn how to develop a meaningful approach to embedding digital citizenship into an established program, helping your students succeed in a digital world.

In today’s schools and districts, just saying “no” to bad technology practices is not enough. This leadership posture can take the form of extreme blocking and filtering of websites, providing little access to devices and declining to integrate digital tools and resources into learning out of fear of what else a student might do. Such a mindset can also lead to adults choosing not to engage -- or being unable to engage -- in conversations when students share stories about what a peer did online or through the latest app.

Digital citizenship curriculum needs to be taught at two levels at once -- horizontal (the world immediately around students) and vertical (connecting to the rest of the world). This book provides education leaders a strategic road map that demonstrates how to incorporate these concepts into the curriculum so that digital citizenship isn’t just “one more thing,” but is threaded into the DNA of how educators teach and work.

The book:

Provides a five-year-plan for developing a digital citizenship program in your school.
Covers such topics as digital ethics and leveled approaches to digital citizenship.
Walks through the digital citizenship responsibilities and opportunities inherent in various roles, including library media specialists, classroom educators and special ed teachers.
Offers strategies for spreading digital citizenship internationally and explores the future of digital citizenship.

The book offers school and district leaders a path toward a shared and collective understanding so that digital citizenship is embedded in the way students and educators interact with technology and each other. It is a guide for school communities to discover which practices, in the end, will lead to better people.

Audience: K-12 educators, education leaders

The Digital Citizenship Handbook for School Leaders

Immerse Yourself

$12.99

Learn how to leverage immersive technology — AR, VR and MR — with this practical and accessible guide.

Based on the bestselling book Learning Transported by Jaime Donally, this laminated reference guide provides practical insights and examples to help any classroom teacher incorporate immersive tech into curriculum.

The guide includes:

Definitions and examples of augmented, virtual and mixed reality.
Comparison of devices and platforms, and tips for selecting the best one.
Lesson ideas for using immersive technology tools in the classroom.
An overview of how immersive technology can help build skills associated with the ISTE Standards for Students.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", three laminated panels, six pages)

Audience: K-12 classroom educators

The Edtech Coaching Primer

$37.99

Develop the strategies and structure you need as an edtech coach to focus on the coaching, professional development and focused support that can lead to real change.

K-12 schools worldwide are now evaluating how to better prepare for a disruption like the one caused by COVID-19. Schools were pushed into remote learning, and many were not prepared for such a jump. This is where The Edtech Coaching Primer comes in. This book illustrates how, with effective implementation, edtech coaching provides a training and support structure that can help schools transition from what was to what could be.

The role of the edtech coach is often misunderstood, which can cause funding to be diverted and leads to these roles being cut or never created. It’s also not uncommon for those who fill these roles to be asked to perform tasks that pull them away from their most impactful work – supporting teachers and improving learning. This book proposes a model that’s both flexible in its implementation and clear in defining actionable steps so that the edtech coaching role has the greatest possible impact.

The book:

Provides an understanding of what edtech coaches can and should be doing, showing how to build a structure that allows them time and space to support teacher growth.
Helps schools prepare to provide teachers better support in co-planning, co-teaching, modeling and coaching.
Provides a blueprint for the role of the edtech coach for district and school leaders, helping them understand how to advocate for these positions and focus the role to provide the most impact.
Features different practitioners providing their perspectives on topics like providing personalized support for teachers, helping coaches identify their professional learning goals and more.

This book can be a catalyst for helping districts and schools develop a structure for edtech coaching to promote growth in digital teaching and learning.

Engage, Enhance, Extend

$12.99

Based on the best-selling book Learning First, Technology Second, by Liz Kolb, this laminated reference guide will help teachers move from arbitrary uses of technology in their classrooms to thoughtful ways of adding value to student learning.

The guide includes:

An overview of the Triple E Framework, which helps teachers engage students in time-on-task learning, enhance learning experiences beyond traditional means and extend learning opportunities to bridge classroom learning with students’ everyday lives.
Take-away strategies for each component of the Framework
Examples of technology tools with built-in characteristics of each component
The Triple E Measurement Tool to help evaluate integration of the Framework
A guide to alignment of the Framework to the ISTE Standards for Students

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages)

Audience: K-12 educators

Digital for Good

$28.00

Kids deserve a better digital future. Help them create it.

When it comes to raising children in a digital world, every parent feels underprepared and overwhelmed. We worry that our children will become addicted to online games, be victims of cyberbullying, or get lost down the rabbit hole of social media. We warn them about all the things they shouldn't do online, but we don't do nearly enough to teach them the skills of digital well-being.

It's time to start a new conversation. In Digital for Good, EdTech expert Richard Culatta argues that technology can be a powerful tool for learning, solving humanity's toughest problems, and bringing us closer together. He offers a refreshingly positive framework for preparing kids to be successful in a digital world — one that encourages them to use technology proactively and productively — by outlining five qualities every young person should develop in order to become a thriving, contributing digital citizen

Be balanced: understand when and how much tech use is healthy
Stay informed: discern between true and false information
Be inclusive: treat others with respect and kindness online
Be engaged: use tech to strengthen family relationships and community connections
Stay alert: exercise caution and create safe digital spaces for others

This practical guide will help parents and children discover the path to becoming effective digital citizens, all while making our online world a better place.

SEL in Action

$12.99

This guide gives educators a five-step framework to implement social-emotional learning (SEL) with their students to help them achieve success in school and life.

Not all educators teach in districts where training in SEL and related topics such as restorative justice, trauma-informed teaching and culturally responsive teaching is readily available. In this six-page guide, author and educator Jorge Valenzuela introduces educators to the Equity and SEL Integration Framework that will help them understand core SEL competencies and design lessons that activate SEL in their curriculum.

The guide features:

Online videos that explain each element of the Equity and SEL Integration Framework.
Clear explanation of SEL and the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning’s (CASEL) five core competencies.
Resources for understanding and addressing implicit bias.
Links to templates for empathy maps and emotions planners.
Information on edtech tools that can be used to integrate SEL.
Additional resources for understanding SEL and developing an SEL integration plan.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", three laminated panels, six pages)

Audience: K-12 educators

Fighting Fake News

$12.99

This 6-page guide offers educators resources and strategies to define, detect and combat “fake news,” including links to fact-checking sites and lesson plans.

Based on the bestselling book Fact vs. Fiction by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins, Fighting Fake News offers:

Models for evaluating news stories.
Links to resources on how to include lessons on fake news in curricula.
Links to fake news self-assessments, including a digital component to help readers evaluate their skills in detecting and managing fake news.
An infographic with mobile media literacy tips.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages)

Audience: K-12 educators

Creative SEL

$34.99

This collection of creative lessons offers ideas for integrating design thinking, literacy and STEAM to drive SEL skills including self-awareness, self-management, mindfulness, responsible decision-making and social awareness.

Research shows that creativity can be beneficial for mental health and can help build critical skills such as empathy and introspection, while social-emotional learning (SEL) is an integral part of education and human development.

This book bridges these two ideas with a series of creative projects that foster SEL learning by promoting growth mindset, supporting mindfulness, offering ways to cope with anxiety and stress, and encouraging and guiding positive social activism.

Opening with an overview of research behind the integration of SEL and creativity, the book then features a variety of lessons based on the above themes, illustrating how to deepen SEL by integrating the arts and STEAM learning in creative and authentic ways. The activities are drawn from the work of the authors and a diverse group of educator contributors to provide engaging, insightful and culturally responsive learning opportunities appropriate for traditional or online/blended learning environments.

The book:

Highlights a diverse array of educators, innovators and design-thinkers who share their insights on SEL, STEAM and creativity.
Offers an accessible and fun approach to teaching SEL, which is critical to education and human development.
Guides teachers in implementing the following ISTE Standards for Students: Creative Communicator, Innovative Designer and Knowledge Constructor.

This book invites teachers to consider a variety of formats — print and digital, audio, video games and more — and shows how helping students become creators and design-thinkers can foster SEL.

Audience: K-12 educators

Ready, Set, Robotics!

$12.99

This six-page laminated reference guide shares practical strategies, tools and lesson ideas for incorporating robotics and computational thinking into your teaching.

Robotics is an excellent tool for teaching vital computational thinking (CT) and programming skills by allowing students to see and interpret results in real time. Not only are robots highly motivating for students, they can be easily incorporated into the subjects you teach or as part of an after-school club.

Based on the book Rev Up Robotics: Real-World Computational Thinking in the K-8 Classroom by Jorge Valenzuela, this guide will quickly get you up to speed on how to introduce CT and robotics in elementary and middle school classes.

The guide features:

An overview of computational thinking and resources for teaching CT concepts.
Ideas for weaving robotics into math, science, social studies and English language arts.
Advice for creating an after-school robotics club or getting started with competitive robotics.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", three laminated panels, six pages)

Audience: K-8 educators

Learning First, Technology Second

$39.99

Learning First, Technology Second offers teachers a classroom-tested, easy-to-use framework to help them move from arbitrary uses of technology to thoughtful ways of adding value to student learning.

Learning with technology doesn’t happen because a specific tool “revolutionizes” education. It happens when proven teaching strategies intersect with technology tools, and yet it’s not uncommon for teachers to use a tool because it’s “fun” or because the developer promises it will help students learn.

This book includes:

An introduction to the Triple E Framework that helps teachers engage students in time-on-task learning, enhance learning experiences beyond traditional means and extend learning opportunities to bridge classroom learning with students’ everyday lives.
Effective strategies for using technology to create authentic learning experiences for their students.
Case studies to guide appropriate tech integration.
A lesson planning template to show teachers how to effectively frame technology choices and apply them in instruction.

The companion jump start guide based on this book is Engage, Enhance, Extend: Start Creating Authentic Lessons With the Triple E Framework.

Audience: K-12 classroom teachers

Today’s Learners, Tomorrow’s Leaders

$34.99

Boost student autonomy and empowerment in the classroom to cultivate leadership skills and develop the entrepreneurs of the future.

Every learner has the potential to be a leader – both inside and outside of the classroom. With this grounding principle in mind, this book guides middle and high school educators in incorporating student entrepreneurship and leadership into curriculum, fostering the skills students need to become proactive, socially responsible and versatile individuals equipped for academic achievement and prepared for lifelong success in a rapidly evolving world.

The book shares strategies for teaching skills that are key to being a successful leader, such as applying creativity to teach adaptability and resilience, and encouraging thoughtful risk-taking to foster confident decision-making. It also shares how to teach problem-solving skills, with case studies showing how to apply principles of design thinking and reverse engineering to come to effective solutions. Using emerging technologies to aid problem-solving is also addressed.

The book:

Includes ideas to encourage students as leaders, such as strategies for conducting student-led conferences and how to implement peer-to-peer and teacher-student feedback.
Shares how to help students demonstrate authentic learning with digital portfolios, and how to create digital assets and artifacts like student-led podcasts.
Covers topics related to successful entrepreneurship, including the importance of teaching financial literacy, networking and relationship building.
Features examples from students, teachers and entrepreneurs that demonstrate the strategies addressed in the book.

With insights from inside and outside of the classroom, readers will come away with a rich assortment of ideas and resources to support students in developing the skills entrepreneurs view as critical for preparing students for the jobs of tomorrow.

Audience: Secondary classroom educators

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Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum (25-Pack)

$274.99

This companion guide to the book Storytelling With Purpose features practical, engaging digital projects teachers can use immediately in their classrooms.

At a time when artificial intelligence (AI) and low student engagement have everyone wondering about the future of school, nonfiction digital storytelling projects like the ones in this guide provide meaningful, authentic learning experiences students will look forward to completing, while giving educators an uncheatable way to assess student learning.

Based on the bestselling book Storytelling With Purpose, this jump start guide offers an introduction to the storytelling process and shows how it can be applied in all academic areas. The guide includes practical tips and hands-on projects teachers in all subject areas can share with their students immediately. Author Michael Hernandez compares the storytelling projects to more conventional assignments, such as reports and class presentations, demonstrating how storytelling projects can easily fit into and enrich teachers’ existing curricula and plans.

The guide includes:

An overview of digital storytelling and how it can be used in the classroom.
An explanation of storytelling forms, such as data visualization, explainer videos, podcasts and more.
Project suggestions for math, science, social studies and language arts.
Expert tips for choosing a storytelling medium, determining project timelines and assessing students’ work.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages)

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators; learning coaches

Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum

$12.99

This companion guide to the book Storytelling With Purpose features practical, engaging digital projects teachers can use immediately in their classrooms.

At a time when artificial intelligence (AI) and low student engagement have everyone wondering about the future of school, nonfiction digital storytelling projects like the ones in this guide provide meaningful, authentic learning experiences students will look forward to completing, while giving educators an uncheatable way to assess student learning.

Based on the bestselling book Storytelling With Purpose, this jump start guide offers an introduction to the storytelling process and shows how it can be applied in all academic areas. The guide includes practical tips and hands-on projects teachers in all subject areas can share with their students immediately. Author Michael Hernandez compares the storytelling projects to more conventional assignments, such as reports and class presentations, demonstrating how storytelling projects can easily fit into and enrich teachers’ existing curricula and plans.

The guide includes:

An overview of digital storytelling and how it can be used in the classroom.
An explanation of storytelling forms, such as data visualization, explainer videos, podcasts and more.
Project suggestions for math, science, social studies and language arts.
Expert tips for choosing a storytelling medium, determining project timelines and assessing students’ work.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages)

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators; learning coaches

Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum

The Savvy Edtech Leader

$39.99

This book provides a road map for edtech practitioners looking to advance or pivot in their careers, ensuring they are well-positioned to move forward in their professional journeys.

Edtech practitioners need pragmatic and applicable strategies to shape and advance their career paths. Written by four prominent edtech leaders, this book addresses this need, guiding readers in how to build effective leadership skills with strategies that encourage creativity, flexibility and adaptability, so they can respond effectively to evolving challenges. In a field as dynamic as educational technology, such a mindset is crucial to being prepared not just to adapt to the present, but to shape the future.

Bridging the gap between theory and practice, the book addresses core topics such as leadership vision, strategic planning, ethics and performance management, so that both budding and seasoned professionals are well-equipped to navigate the diverse challenges they might face. By focusing on strategies that have the potential to transform learning with technology leadership, this book supports educators and leaders in harnessing technology to lead in the most effective ways, directly benefiting students.

The book will help readers:

Focus on internal motivation and increase confidence in order to become an effective leader.
Learn how to establish a positive leadership culture at the staff and district levels.
Cultivate interpersonal and team-building skills to foster collaborative, harmonious work environments.
Make informed, ethical decisions as the rapid evolution of technology often outpaces the development of ethical guidelines.
Build strategic planning and performance management skills to prepare to move into top education technology leadership positions.
Map out a plan to support a school system’s vision, and influence others to buy into and support that vision.

Tackling diverse challenges that professionals in educational technology face, this book equips readers with the knowledge and practical strategies needed to bring about meaningful change.

Audience: Leaders and aspiring leaders seeking higher-level education technology leadership positions, including educators, education leaders and coaches.

Fearless Teaching (25-Pack)

$274.99

Learn how to develop skills to identify areas of strength and potential growth to innovate in your teaching and deepen your professional satisfaction with this inspirational and accessible guide.

Educators have limited bandwidth and need manageable strategies to support them in their everyday work. This practical guide is filled with immediately applicable insights that lead teachers on a path of self-discovery. Educators will find guidance on how to start a journey toward action and growth, put a vision into action, overcome fear of failure, receive and deliver meaningful feedback, and embrace habits of self-reflection.

Features include:

Meditation prompts for self-reflection.
Tips and insights related to online and pandemic-era learning.
A “Flexibility Quiz” to help assess your practice and guide you in a path toward self-growth.
Connections to the educators section of the ISTE Standards.

With this creative resource as your guide, embrace curiosity and wonder as you set forth on a journey toward self-discovery and fearlessly grow your teaching practice.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages, 25-pack)

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators

Well-Being for Educators (25-Pack)

$274.99

Based on the popular book Pathways to Well-Being, this guide offers practical ideas to help educators reduce stress and enhance their well-being.

All of us, especially educators, influence those around us — in our schools, our communities and, ultimately, throughout the world. When we work toward supporting well-being for ourselves and others, our lives are enriched immensely. With this mindset as a jumping-off point, this guide discusses how applying six key elements — gratitude, positivity, focus, empathy, kindness and movement — can help you find the balance you need in your life and work.

The guide includes:

Suggested positive practices and habits to incorporate into your daily life.
Ideas for how to share what you learn to improve the lives of those around you.
Tips and insights on how to use technology in positive, healthy ways to enhance, rather than hinder, your daily life.
“Questions for Reflection” that challenge you to take what you’ve read and make it your own.
QR codes linking to additional resources, including articles, books and websites.
Connections to the Educators and Education Leaders sections of the ISTE Standards.

Through the resources and activities in this guide, you’ll discover practical steps to enrich your life, while supporting the well-being of others.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages, 25-pack)

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators; education leaders

Understanding Student Data Privacy (25-Pack)

$274.99

This accessible guide offers educators strategies and tools for protecting student data, meeting legal obligations and fostering a secure learning environment.

Educational technology offers easy access to resources, empowering students to shape their learning experiences. But it also brings challenges, such as managing student data privacy, that must be addressed. This guide explains the basics of student data privacy, dispels some common myths and offers steps that teachers and administrators can take to prevent and respond to cyberattacks, data breaches and other digital threats.

The guide includes:

An overview of U.S. laws pertaining to student data privacy.
Specific considerations for emerging technologies and activities related to artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, and eSports.
Connections between student data privacy and digital citizenship.
Examples drawn from real-world incidents.
A Supplemental Padlet presentation with continually updated resources.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages, 25-pack)

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators, pre-service teachers, teacher trainers and educational leaders.

Understanding Student Data Privacy (25-Pack)

How to Teach AI

$34.99

Get practical tools and strategies for teaching AI across the K-12 curriculum with this accessible guide.

As AI continues to transform our world, educators have a responsibility to stay current with the changes, and ensure that students have the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed in the future. Written by an educator who is currently teaching on this topic, How to Teach AI shares practical strategies and tools based on what good practice looks like in the classroom right now. Readers will build confidence in integrating AI into their curriculum so they can effectively prepare students for their careers.

Taking a friendly and accessible approach, the book covers a range of topics related to AI, such as machine learning, robotics and natural language processing, and includes examples of how these technologies are being implemented in different industries and their impact on education. The book includes a chapter dedicated to the ethics of AI, addressing issues around bias, intellectual property, student data privacy and more.

The book includes:

Ideas for using generative AI in the classroom and tips for writing effective prompts.
Activity ideas across content areas, including computer science, economics, literature, music and more.
Time-saving ideas for teachers, and study aids for students to explore.
AI-powered tool recommendations for teachers.
Questions for reflection in every chapter.

With examples from educators in the field, and a variety of resources to apply in the classroom, this book helps educators become comfortable with this important topic and create meaningful learning experiences for their students.

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators and technology coaches

Teaching News Literacy in the Age of AI

$34.99

Get the tools and strategies you need to help students understand why news matters and how to navigate the journalism landscape in the age of AI, misinformation and conspiratorial thinking.

News literacy is critical to understanding the role that information and a free press play in our lives, and to maintaining a robust democracy. However, effective news literacy education resources at the K-12 level are hard to find. This book fills the gap, offering a civic-minded and globally oriented perspective to help teachers integrate news literacy across curriculum areas to guide students in learning about the importance of journalism in a democracy and in our world.

Through practical tools, resources and lesson plan ideas, the book helps educators foster the skills students need to become discerning consumers and creative producers of news. Educators will develop strategies for sparking meaningful classroom discussions that empower students to evaluate, interpret and synthesize information, pushing students beyond the concept of “fake news” to become expert critical thinkers and content creators.

This book includes:

Guidance in every chapter on how to address news literacy in the context of AI.
A menu of resources for further exploration, such as podcasts, videos and digital tools, in each chapter.
Guiding and reflection questions, with a link to an online Padlet for real-time sharing.
An Action Plan Template to help teachers integrate news literacy in classrooms and learning spaces.
An introduction to tools such as the News Literacy Project’s Framework for Teaching News Literacy and the MediaWise Teen Fact-Checking Network.

The cross-disciplinary approach of this book gives readers knowledge and resources to help students navigate today’s news and media landscape as expert chroniclers, curators and content creators.

Audience: Elementary and secondary classroom teachers, library media specialists

The National Park Classroom

$34.99

Bring proven teaching methods from the national parks into your classroom to address common instructional challenges and improve student outcomes.

The U.S. National Park Service describes its parks as “America’s largest classrooms,” and for years, its rangers have been developing educational approaches that invite visitors to engage with their surroundings in active, participatory ways. This book shows classroom teachers how they can use these same methods, as well as a vast array of national park resources, to address common instructional challenges and boost student engagement and retention, integrate equity, improve college and career readiness, and more.

This book introduces the National Park Classroom (NPC) Framework, which enables teachers of all subject areas and grade levels to take advantage of national park resources and educational practices. Park rangers draw on pedagogies such as project-based learning, inquiry-based learning and culturally responsive teaching in their lessons, and the book shows how the NPC Framework can help classroom educators use those same approaches to design engaging units and projects for subjects like math, science and language arts. These lessons are anchored in the ISTE Standards and incorporate content standards such as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

The book:

Highlights resources available to teachers and their students through the U.S. National Park System and other public land agencies across the globe.
Provides insights and tools for leading high-quality project-based learning.
Offers guidance for transitioning from a teacher-centered classroom to a learner-centered classroom.
Shows how to apply successful equity and inclusion practices from the national parks in classrooms and schools.
Provides examples of “place-conscious learning,” with strategies for connecting students to distant parks and other places.

With strategies backed by research and reflecting best practices from proven learning models, this book shows educators how to integrate the great outdoors and park-inspired learning into their classrooms to drive student engagement and agency, and better prepare students for college and beyond.

Audience: Elementary and secondary teachers and administrators

AI for School Leaders

$37.99

This practical guide helps school leaders leverage the power of AI to explore possible solutions to problems and generate actionable steps toward positive change.

Imagine a world where educators can boost their productivity, task management and overall well-being with the aid of an AI assistant. In this groundbreaking book, an experienced school leader offers practical strategies for leveraging AI to support a more efficient and effective way to work.

The 62 strategies in this book will help leaders – including those with limited technical knowledge – use AI tools to address critical aspects of leadership in education, such as collaborative decision-making, building relationships and trust, personalized professional learning, data analysis and improvement, and parent and community engagement.

Featured examples show how using AI can speed up or eliminate administrative tasks, leaving more time for human interaction. With detailed prompts and instructions on how to write them, the book offers fun, innovative ideas that promote work-life balance and sustainable wellness in leadership roles, with strategies for managing workload and fostering personal growth.

The book:

Follows a structured format, with each example offering a problem, solution, action steps, acceleration tips and cautions.
Shows how to formulate effective AI prompts that yield accurate and meaningful responses from AI tools.
Addresses safety and ethical considerations, highlighting potential risks, challenges and cautions school leaders need to be aware of when using AI-powered solutions.

Whether you’re an experienced leader or just starting out, this book equips you with the tools and insights needed to lead with confidence, collaboration and compassion. Stay ahead of the curve and embrace the transformative potential of AI with this essential resource.

Audience: Education leaders and administrators

Understanding Student Data Privacy

$12.99

This accessible guide offers educators strategies and tools for protecting student data, meeting legal obligations and fostering a secure learning environment.

Educational technology offers easy access to resources, empowering students to shape their learning experiences. But it also brings challenges, such as managing student data privacy, that must be addressed. This guide explains the basics of student data privacy, dispels some common myths and offers steps that teachers and administrators can take to prevent and respond to cyberattacks, data breaches and other digital threats.

The guide includes:

An overview of U.S. laws pertaining to student data privacy.
Specific considerations for emerging technologies and activities related to artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, and eSports.
Connections between student data privacy and digital citizenship.
Examples drawn from real-world incidents.
A Supplemental Padlet presentation with continually updated resources.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages)

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators, pre-service teachers, teacher trainers and educational leaders.

Putting Out Fires

$32.99

This practical, interactive guide provides a framework for educators to solve a variety of problems they face by leveraging design thinking to evaluate potential solutions.

Many educators say they spend much of the school day tackling one problem after another, making them feel like they’re constantly “putting out fires.” This book will help educators solve problems using the author’s “Putting Out Fires Framework,” which demonstrates how sorting possible solutions – into Extinguish, Detect, Contain and Prevent categories – can help teachers and administrators think through the impact of various solutions and make a more informed decision before implementing a solution.

In this interactive book, readers will apply a design thinking process to identify a problem, consider the people involved and analyze possible solutions. Each chapter features two example problems related to edtech – one for classroom teachers and one for administrators – to illustrate how to apply the framework for effective problem-solving. In the process of working through the book, you’ll discover how selecting the best solution is dependent on several variables, including impact, outcome and the people involved.

This book:

Introduces a unique problem-solving framework to help educators address challenges in an effective and efficient way.
Provides educators with practical tools for solving problems to create an environment that meets the needs of all students – from general education classrooms to secure schools.
Offers a highly interactive approach, with a workbook component in each chapter that readers can complete to learn how to address a range of problems.

Follow along as Holland provides deep insights and surefire strategies gleaned from years of experience working in the most diverse and restrictive classroom settings across the U.S.

AUDIENCE
Elementary and secondary teachers, instructional coaches and school leaders

What the Tech?

$34.99

Help students navigate the world of emerging tech and cultivate a more engaged – and empowered – generation of learners who can drive positive change in the world.

With artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), blockchain, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the metaverse and Web3 being used in the world of work and education, students need opportunities to learn about, explore and create with emerging technologies. At the same time, educators need the right resources to stay current with the changes, and be able to provide the guidance students need to develop the skills that are essential today – and are likely to be in demand for the jobs of the future.

Based on a course developed by the author, this book explores how to create impactful learning experiences so that students can apply their knowledge to real-world problems, collaborate with peers from around the world and develop critical thinking skills, while expanding their understanding of the world and their place in it.

The book:

Includes examples and activities to help educators who might feel overwhelmed by new technologies embrace these topics and bring new learning opportunities into their classes.
Features vignettes from educators who have implemented some of the tools and practices shared in the book, highlighting their challenges, risks taken, failures experienced and the overall impact on learning.
Offers a model in course creation by breaking down the author’s thought process in developing a course on emerging technology and her preparation for teaching it.

Educators who are unfamiliar with the technologies discussed in this guide will walk away with practical takeaways to help students understand best practices for using these tools in school and beyond.

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators and technology coaches

AI in the Classroom (25-Pack)

$274.99

This handy, accessible guide provides tips and guidance on how to navigate AI in education and teach students what they need to know about this quickly evolving topic.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most pressing topics facing our world – including our classrooms – today. Educators and education leaders urgently need to get up to speed and equip themselves to teach students about AI. With this guide, you’ll explore a variety of AI technologies that have incredible potential to impact teaching and learning, and discover strategies for designing and implementing AI lessons and projects that empower students as creative communicators, innovative designers and digital citizens.

The guide includes:

Ethical and instructional considerations to help you carefully examine and evaluate a diverse range of AI resources.
Guidance on how to connect AI concepts to the curriculum and standards you’re already teaching.
Student-friendly AI tools that can be used to boost creativity and communication.
Complete AI projects with extension activities ready to roll out in the classroom.
A look at coming advances in the field of AI, along with guidance for navigating new questions related to AI.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages, 25-pack bundle)

AI in the Classroom

$12.99

This handy, accessible guide provides tips and guidance on how to navigate AI in education and teach students what they need to know about this quickly evolving topic.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most pressing topics facing our world – including our classrooms – today. Educators and education leaders urgently need to get up to speed and equip themselves to teach students about AI. With this guide, you’ll explore a variety of AI technologies that have incredible potential to impact teaching and learning, and discover strategies for designing and implementing AI lessons and projects that empower students as creative communicators, innovative designers and digital citizens.

The guide includes:

Ethical and instructional considerations to help you carefully examine and evaluate a diverse range of AI resources.
Guidance on how to connect AI concepts to the curriculum and standards you’re already teaching.
Student-friendly AI tools that can be used to boost creativity and communication.
Complete AI projects with extension activities ready to roll out in the classroom.
A look at coming advances in the field of AI, along with guidance for navigating new questions related to AI.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages)

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators; education leaders

Leading From the Library, Second Edition

$29.99

In this new edition of the popular book Leading From the Library, you’ll gain insights into becoming a leader in your school community, with strategies for developing partnerships, empowering students and more.

Join a librarian and an education leader as they team up once more to explore the librarian’s role as a leader who works collaboratively to build relationships, mold culture and advocate for the needs of students and the community. Authors Shannon McClintock Miller and William Bass discuss the benefits of bringing the outside world into the library through tools that allow librarians to partner with others. Then, they expand upon these connections by addressing how librarians can lead in the greater education community by sharing resources and strategies, and partnering with school leaders to tell the story of the school community.

The new edition includes two brand-new chapters. The first reflects on the experiences of librarians during the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing stories of how library programs supported students and teachers during shutdowns and virtual learning. The authors propose that these strategies can serve as foundational practices for libraries, and provide an opportunity to reflect on what library programs can offer. Another new chapter is dedicated to expanding the definition of literacy, with topics such as media and information literacy, and the importance of critical thinking and research as essential skills for students.

This revised edition:

Highlights the potential of librarians to empower their students, their schools and their communities, and be learning leaders in the digital age.
Includes stories of partnerships – from librarians and administrators – illustrating how they can collaborate to create change by harnessing the influence of the school library program to enhance the educational experience.
Explores how librarians serve as mentors to their students, delving into many topics that define digital age literacy, including the librarian’s role in reading advocacy and digital citizenship.
Draws connections to the ISTE Standards, including the Student, Educator and Education Leader sections, in each chapter.

Through this book, librarians will discover the influence they can have on the school community as the library becomes the heart of the school, a place where problems are solved, content is explored, connections are made and discovery happens.

Audience: Elementary and secondary school librarians/media specialists; education leaders

Leading From the Library, Second Edition

Fearless Teaching

$12.99

Learn how to develop skills to identify areas of strength and potential growth to innovate in your teaching and deepen your professional satisfaction with this inspirational and accessible guide.

Educators have limited bandwidth and need manageable strategies to support them in their everyday work. This practical guide is filled with immediately applicable insights that lead teachers on a path of self-discovery. Educators will find guidance on how to start a journey toward action and growth, put a vision into action, overcome fear of failure, receive and deliver meaningful feedback, and embrace habits of self-reflection.

Features include:

Meditation prompts for self-reflection.
Tips and insights related to online and pandemic-era learning.
A “Flexibility Quiz” to help assess your practice and guide you in a path toward self-growth.
Connections to the educators section of the ISTE Standards.

With this creative resource as your guide, embrace curiosity and wonder as you set forth on a journey toward self-discovery and fearlessly grow your teaching practice.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages)

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators

Elevate Equity in Edtech

$34.99

Discover the connections between technology and equity, and develop a road map for integrating the ISTE Standards into your work to help foster equity in your school community.

School leaders and administrators often view themselves as the instructional leaders of their schools, and for good reason. So much of what happens in a school revolves around leaders guiding educators to provide high-quality, engaging instruction. But due to their multiple responsibilities, some administrators are not fully aware of the technology and tools teachers are using, and could use additional insight into how technology can be used to innovate instruction and foster equity.

This book addresses these issues, with guidance on how to create an equitable technology landscape by implementing the ISTE Standards, which can provide structure for assessing technology use and serve as a gateway to equity for students, teachers, school leaders and more.

This book will:

Help education leaders and coaches understand how technology can assist them in achieving greater equity in their school community.
Demonstrate how effectively integrating the ISTE Standards can lead to greater tech equity in schools.
Help readers formulate a plan for their school’s edtech mission and vision, with guidance and examples on technology visits and evaluations.
Guide readers in implementing a system of technology accountability in their schools.
Support educators with practical resources and introduce the author’s comprehensive process for selecting technology tools with equity in mind.

Through this book, school leaders will gain a deeper understanding of the connections between technology and equity, and get actionable steps for building a whole-school approach to elevating equity.

Audience: Education leaders; instructional coaches

Digital Literacy Made Simple

$34.99

Discover and explore simple ways to teach digital literacy skills throughout the day and across various content areas, without a formal digital literacy curriculum.

Digital literacy describes skills and ways of thinking related to the use of technology, including the technical competence to communicate, evaluate and interpret digital information, navigate websites and understand why all these skills are important.

All students need these skills to be responsible participants in school and society. However, teaching digital literacy can be challenging for teachers who have many other content standards they must address. In this book, two innovative educators demonstrate how to weave digital literacy skills throughout instruction in small ways, with simple strategies to discuss, model, mentor, build a learning culture and create digital experiences to improve students’ digital literacy skills and habits.

The book:

Defines the fundamental elements of digital literacy and why they are important for students to understand.
Offers teaching strategies for integrating digital literacy into lessons across a range of content areas.
Provides case studies of classroom teachers using mini-strategies to improve students’ digital literacy skills and habits.
Includes resources for teachers to use as they develop digital literacy strategies.

Through the use of practical examples that all teachers can implement immediately, this book is a useful guide for any teacher working to encourage digital literacy in their students.

Audience: Elementary and secondary teachers; instructional coaches; technology leaders; and school library media specialists

Well-Being for Educators

$12.99

Based on the popular book Pathways to Well-Being, this guide offers practical ideas to help educators reduce stress and enhance their well-being.

All of us, especially educators, influence those around us — in our schools, our communities and, ultimately, throughout the world. When we work toward supporting well-being for ourselves and others, our lives are enriched immensely. With this mindset as a jumping-off point, this guide discusses how applying six key elements — gratitude, positivity, focus, empathy, kindness and movement — can help you find the balance you need in your life and work.

The guide includes:

Suggested positive practices and habits to incorporate into your daily life.
Ideas for how to share what you learn to improve the lives of those around you.
Tips and insights on how to use technology in positive, healthy ways to enhance, rather than hinder, your daily life.
“Questions for Reflection” that challenge you to take what you’ve read and make it your own.
QR codes linking to additional resources, including articles, books and websites.
Connections to the Educators and Education Leaders sections of the ISTE Standards.

Through the resources and activities in this guide, you’ll discover practical steps to enrich your life, while supporting the well-being of others.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages)

Audience: Elementary and secondary educators; education leaders

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

$29.99

The Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE) is a premier source for high-quality, peer-reviewed research that defines the current state of, and future horizons for, teaching and learning with technology. This special issue of JRTE brings together scholarly research and theory, focusing on contemporary issues related to artificial intelligence (AI) in education. The research presented highlights how AI can support teaching and learning, and how related ethical concerns can be handled.

Learning Supercharged

$39.99

Explore how to apply innovative, technology-driven strategies in the classroom to create personalized and dynamic learning experiences for your students.

As educators seek out new ways to energize and engage their students and prepare them for the future, they need to know how to employ the latest technologies in creative and innovative ways.

Learning Supercharged looks at emerging approaches and tools, and incorporates professional educators’ stories of how and why they have implemented each trend, including information on challenges faced and overcome, how to get started and other resources to explore.

Topics covered include:

Digital equity considerations
Digital citizenship
Personalized learning Project-based learning
Blending formal and informal learning
Coding and robotics
Makerspaces
Gamification and badging
Open Educational Resources (OERs)

The book inspires educators to try new approaches with the understanding that they will devise new ways to synthesize, interpret and implement ideas to fit their context, learners and resources.

Audience: K-12 educators, teacher educators

Nurturing Young Innovators

$29.99

This book offers elementary teachers practical tools and ideas to foster risk-taking, curiosity and creative thinking in their students, helping them succeed as lifelong innovators.

Today’s students need broad skills to help them think creatively, work collaboratively and implement innovations in our complex and global society. These skills must be taught early to ensure success.

In Nurturing Young Innovators, PK-5 teachers will learn how to engage families and communities in activities that create environments where creativity, innovation and collaboration are fostered and valued, and where technology is used to redefine learning and promote responsible risk-taking.

This book includes:

Examples of how teachers can collaborate with students, parents and the community to support student success and innovation.
Practical tools, including sample projects, reflection questions and exercises to drive student learning.
An action plan to help you track the steps you’re taking to facilitate creativity in students, and a Resources section to support the content in each chapter.

Written by two experts who are passionate about supporting early learners through effective uses of technology, this book is a singular source for learning how to encourage innovation and creativity in early learners so they can develop the skills they need to thrive.

Flip Your Classroom, Revised Edition

$29.99

This revised edition of the groundbreaking book shares innovators Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams’s insights on how to successfully flip a classroom and covers new advances in the field.

It started with a simple observation: Students need their teachers present to answer questions or to provide help if they get stuck on an assignment; they don’t need their teachers present to listen to a lecture or review content. From there, Jon Bergmann and Aaron Sams began the flipped classroom. Students watched recorded lectures for homework and completed their assignments, labs and tests in class with their teacher available. What they found was that their students demonstrated a deeper understanding of the material than ever before. This is the authors’ story, updated and expanded, to ensure it’s as relevant to your classroom as ever.

The revised edition includes:

New case studies illustrating flipped learning applied by an individual teacher and across a school district.
A new appendix focused on best practices for creating videos for your classes.
Educator examples that demonstrate the ISTE Standards in action.
Updates to tools, terms and resources to reflect the current learning landscape.

In the revised edition of this landmark text, you’ll discover the flipped mastery model that allows students to learn at their own pace, furthering opportunities for personalized education. This simple concept is easily replicable in any classroom, doesn’t cost much to implement and helps foster self-directed learning.

Audience: Elementary and secondary classroom teachers

Flipped Learning for Science Instruction

$14.99

From the authors of the bestselling Flip Your Classroom, this book shows educators how to successfully apply the flipped classroom model in science classrooms.

Following up on their landmark book, flipped education innovators Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams return with a book series that supports flipped learning in the four topic areas of science, math, English and social studies, as well as the elementary classroom. This book is a practical guide for science teachers interested in flipping their classrooms.

Each chapter offers practical guidance on:

How to approach lesson planning
What to do with class and lab time
How the flipped model can work alongside learning through inquiry and project-based techniques

Flipped Learning for Science Instruction helps science teachers deal with the realities of teaching in an increasingly interconnected and digital world. This book serves as a guide for science teachers who are beginning to flip their classes, or are interested in exploring the flipped model for the first time.

Audience: K-12 science teachers

Designing Online Lessons (25-Pack)

$274.99

Discover how online learning can expand opportunities for students in myriad ways and help you individualize and personalize instruction for students of all ages.

By moving some or all of our instruction online, we can keep the learning going during a crisis or when inclement weather keeps students and staff at home. Online learning can also provide an alternate pathway to success for students who are not thriving in a traditional setting. We can also use online learning to help students stay on track to graduate, or apply it to better meet the needs of students through personalization.

Inspired by the author’s book The Perfect Blend and her ISTE U Microcourse “Designing Online Learning Experiences,” this guide helps you get up and running with online lesson design, covering topics such as:

Synchronous and asynchronous online instruction.
Selecting the best tools for online learning.
Formative assessment and online lesson design.
Supporting student agency in the digital classroom.
Self-regulation and your personalized classroom.
Design considerations such as navigation, color and fonts.

Get tips for designing and facilitating effective, impactful lessons for a digital classroom and incorporating student agency into online lessons.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages, 25-pack bundle)

In-Class Flip

$34.99

Offers a fresh, research-based approach to the popular flipped learning model, with practical strategies for both experienced practitioners and teachers new to flipped learning.

Written by two passionate teachers who have spent years testing this innovative approach to flipped learning, the book provides practical strategies and examples that support an effective in-class flip. Breaking down the idea of the in-class flip, the authors demonstrate how it differs from traditional flipped learning, and walk teachers through the many possibilities of this new approach, with details on how to implement it successfully from scratch.

In particular, the book highlights how the in-class flip supports differentiation in learning. Freeing up class time for teachers to apply strategies for learning and enabling them to better observe students’ learning processes, levels of understanding, interests, preferences and personalities, the in-class flip creates learning spaces and teaching opportunities for differentiation in every lesson. The book explores ways to differentiate learning in terms of access and resources, pace, learning preference, grouping, content, choice, feedback, student support and mastery.

The book:

Proposes solutions for a range of scenarios, including non-homework policies, differentiation, student-centered learning, non-tech settings and student-teacher relationships.
Identifies and breaks down various configurations for doing station work, depending on each teacher’s setup/environment.
Shares alternatives to station work, offering flexibility for those working in certain instructional environments where station work may not be feasible.
Offers tips for lesson planning, with insights from educators from around the world.
Offers detailed planning guidance, with the authors sharing their experiences and techniques for designing an in-class flip.

This accessible guide includes many real-world examples, lesson planning guides and templates, and information about online learning, gamification and other methodologies that in-class flip supports. Educators will discover myriad ideas to use in their classrooms immediately.

Audience: elementary and secondary educators; preservice educators and teacher educators

Make, Learn, Succeed

$39.95

Learn how to establish an instructional practice that encourages and supports the development of student creativity — a critical skill for today and the future.

Can creativity be taught? Backed by research, this book proposes that it can, and argues for the importance of nurturing creativity in students — a task that is much more complex than simply adding a new class to your course load. While curriculum need not be scrapped and rewritten wholesale, it does need to be tweaked and refined with creativity as a new focus. At the same time, schools need to be transformed into environments that encourage students to evolve and develop as creative individuals.

We are living and learning in a period of rapid and profound change in which innovation and creativity are increasingly important. With this in mind, it’s clear that educators must teach in a way that fosters creativity, to help cultivate reflective creators who understand the mental processes behind their creativity and how they can be applied to other situations, problems and challenges — beyond the context of the arts.

Today’s educators face innumerable challenges in establishing an instructional practice that supports student creativity while also meeting curricular goals and academic standards. This book addresses these challenges, illustrating how to foster creativity in your students by:

Establishing a creativity-friendly learning environment. Weaving maker, STEAM, robotics and gaming into instruction.
Encouraging motivation, entrepreneurship, curiosity and play.
Using technology tools and resources to support student creativity.

With rich examples and ready-to-implement activities, this book demonstrates how to establish a creativity-inspiring learning environment and an instructional practice that encourages curiosity and play — and to help students grow into the people we need now and in the future.

Audience: K-12 classroom teachers

Creative Journaling for Teachers

$34.99

This interactive book from the author of Sketchnoting in the Classroom shows educators how to use the practice of dot journaling to develop a personalized system for time management, goal setting and more to improve productivity and save time.

We are living in an age when “hustle” and “grind” are part of our daily lives. While teachers are expected to stay on top of their lengthy to-do list, the demands on them are greater than ever. How can we provide the tools teachers and, by extension, their students need to declutter thoughts, manage time better, and remain focused and productive?

With her approachable style, educator and trainer Nichole Carter demonstrates how unlocking the creative brain can help improve mental health and problem-solving ability, as well as lead to better self-awareness and time management. Filled with the author’s original illustrations, the book shares ideas and techniques for developing an effective, personalized system to improve productivity and address teacher burnout. The book can also help teachers help students — particularly those in older grades — prioritize and think through their thoughts, goals and actions to be more productive learners.

Throughout the book, readers will be presented with challenges and prompts that will encourage them to write and reflect.

The book:

Features beautiful full-color illustrations, including sample layouts, calendar ideas and more.
Includes access to online content available on the author’s companion website, such as journal and planner templates, additional tutorials, printables and how-to videos.
Helps teachers understand and meet their own goals, and learn metacognitive strategies for teaching students how to assess their habits and goals, and reflect on them.
Highlights a range of analog and digital tools, and shows how teachers and students can use them.

With this book, readers will discover a fun, creative and popular approach to improve their productivity and focus, and strategies for passing these skills along to their students.

Audience: K-12 educators, preservice teachers, teacher trainers

Learning Transported

$29.99

Get the practical insights and classroom examples you need to incorporate immersive technology into curriculum and create engaging, effective learning experiences for students.

Teachers nationwide are adopting immersive technology – devices and software that provide augmented, virtual and mixed reality experiences – to enable students to go on virtual field trips, manipulate 3D objects and augment the world around them. Immersive technology resources can be far less costly than many believe, but there are issues school districts should resolve before making purchases and implementing this technology.

Learning Transported helps educators plan and establish goals so that their investment in immersive technology benefits the greatest number of students.

The book includes:

Definitions and examples of augmented, virtual and mixed reality.
Comparison of devices and platforms, and tips for selecting the best one.
Lesson plans mapped to standards and content areas.
Ideas for using immersive technology tools in the classroom.

Immersive technology has great potential to transform learning and create engaging experiences for students. This book helps educators consider the most important factors in bringing this approach into the classroom: that the instruction addresses student outcomes and standards, and that the mechanism for delivering this learning is safe, affordable and suitable for the situation.

The companion jump start guide based on this book is Immerse Yourself: Create Engaging AR/VR Experiences for All Learners.

Audience: K-12 educators, technology coordinators

Dive Into UDL, Second Edition

$35.99

In this new edition of the popular book Dive Into UDL, learn how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) supports the creation of learning environments that ensure all learners feel valued, respected and understood.

UDL is a framework for designing instruction that meets the needs of every learner. This book is meant to support your professional learning, giving you options and choice in how you build your knowledge. You can wade in, take a shallow swim or dive into UDL as you develop your instructional practice and create a more inclusive learning environment that plans for variability, celebrates diversity and offers flexibility in how students learn and grow. In the process, you’ll learn how to foster high achievement for all students, including those with disabilities or limited English proficiency.

In this updated edition, readers will learn how to incorporate accessible learning materials and technologies into their instructional design to ensure choice for learners and help them develop into independent, motivated expert learners.

This edition:

Explores how UDL is key to creating an inclusive learning environment that is equitable, culturally relevant, safe and welcoming.
Expands the learning to include virtual classrooms, and emphasizes how UDL is key to ensuring rich, engaging and purposeful online learning.
Examines the application of UDL principles to multiple grade levels and subject areas in both in-person and online environments.
Dives deeper into the authors’ UDL Planning Guide guide at a variety of UDL levels of understanding (Wade in, Shallow Swim, Deep Dive).
Features ideas and examples (on the companion website) from educators around the world to illustrate multiple means of engagement, representation, and action and expression.

Along the way, the authors draw connections to the ISTE Standards (Educators and Students sections), helping teachers strategically use technology to not only support the three principles of UDL but support the development of independent, self-regulatory empowered learners.

Audience: K–12 teachers, coaches and administrators; professors in pre-service programs

SEL in Action (25-Pack)

$274.99

This guide gives educators a five-step framework to implement social-emotional learning (SEL) with their students to help them achieve success in school and life.

Not all educators teach in districts where training in SEL and related topics such as restorative justice, trauma-informed teaching and culturally responsive teaching is readily available. In this six-page guide, author and educator Jorge Valenzuela introduces educators to the Equity and SEL Integration Framework that will help them understand core SEL competencies and design lessons that activate SEL in their curriculum.

The guide features:

Online videos that explain each element of the Equity and SEL Integration Framework.
Clear explanation of SEL and the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning’s (CASEL) five core competencies.
Resources for understanding and addressing implicit bias.
Links to templates for empathy maps and emotions planners.
Information on edtech tools that can be used to integrate SEL.
Additional resources for understanding SEL and developing an SEL integration plan.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages, 25-pack bundle)

Ethics in a Digital World

$29.99

Get the knowledge and resources you need to guide students through the tough questions that reside in the gray areas of humans’ relationship with the gadgets, apps and tools that permeate our lives.

More and more, people are waking up to the notion that the technology we hold in our hands each day is not a neutral tool that individual users control. The facade has been cracking for years amid accusations of election interference, with the public being introduced to the complexities of hacking, the concept of bot accounts, the larger threat of information warfare, and more. The rise in rhetoric around “fake news” has social media companies examining their role in the spread of misinformation, the public asking who checks the fact-checkers and everyone from politicians to tech conglomerates wondering if, when and how information regulation needs to happen.

Amid this backdrop, it has become clear that society needs thoughtful, empathetic digital citizens who can navigate the important ethical questions at the intersection of technology and humanity. This book is designed to help students consider the systems and structures in which they spend so much of their time, asking them to look at the technology around them through a critical lens.

Focusing on six big ethical questions being discussed in the technology sector and larger society today, chapters include:

Key vocabulary you and your students will encounter in your investigation of each topic.
A short summary of the current research and viewpoints on the topic from leading experts in their fields.
News articles exploring the ethical questions playing out in society today.
Focused research questions that students can use to explore the various aspects of the ethical dilemma.
Stories of educators who are engaging students with lessons around tech ethics.
A “Try This” section with instructional strategies for helping students navigate open-ended questions.

There are no clear right or wrong answers to the ethical issues presented inside these pages. But if you ascribe to the idea that technology is not neutral, if your students are already users of various technologies and if you understand that many of our students will go on to tech-related careers, is it ever too soon to begin talking about the ethics of technology with them?

Audience: 6-12 educators

Creative Coding

$38.99

For math, science, English language arts and social studies teachers, this book provides the guidance and tools to start integrating coding into classes to complement and strengthen existing instruction.

Access to high-quality computer science instruction has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. Thanks to this movement, more students start middle school with some foundational knowledge of computer science and coding. This new set of creative skills empowers students to express themselves in powerful ways, but students still need opportunities and support to develop and hone those skills. Creative Coding provides the resources teachers need to help their students do just that.

This book also includes:

Lessons and projects to help students apply computational thinking and coding skills in core academic classes.
Examples from classroom teachers in different content areas to support student learning.

This book helps classroom teachers in several core content areas develop activities and projects to encourage computational thinking and coding skills, and to build bridges between those skills and practice.

Audience: 6-8 educators

No Fear Coding

$38.99

This new edition of the popular book No Fear Coding offers current research, updated tools and more cross-curricular connections for K-5 teachers to integrate into their classes.

Coding has become an essential skill for finding solutions to everyday problems, while computational thinking (CT) teaches reasoning and creativity, and offers an innovative approach to demonstrating content knowledge and seeing mathematical processes in action. No Fear Coding introduced many K-5 educators to ways to bring coding into their curriculum by embedding computational thinking skills into activities for different content areas.

This second edition features updated tools—including programmable robots and other physical computing devices—as well as new activities aligned to the ISTE Standards for Students and Computational Thinking Competencies.

Also new in this edition:

New tools for teaching coding—including physical computing devices, block-based programming and AR/VR— along with methods for introducing, tutorials and lesson plans.
Teachable examples and activities that illustrate CT concepts—decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction and algorithmic thinking.
Resources for deeper understanding and discussion questions for professional development and reflection on the practice of teaching coding and CT.
Tips on demystifying basic coding concepts so that teachers are comfortable teaching these concepts to their students.

No Fear Coding, Second Edition will help build students’ coding and CT knowledge to prepare them for the middle grades and beyond.

Audience: K-5 classroom teachers

Design Ed

$44.99

Design Ed provides a foundation for the science of learning and shows how to apply design thinking strategies to drive engagement for digital age learners.

Researchers in learning sciences are pioneering instructional technologies that have the capacity to revolutionize the educational system. By combining design thinking methodology with strong theoretical frameworks in the learning sciences, educators can improve learning to help students thrive. This book lays out the intersection between theory, design and reflective practice to help educators understand individual learner differences and the impact of context upon learning. With this foundation, you’ll develop the skills you need to design powerful and effective learning experiences, particularly when using digital technologies.

Topics covered include:

Educators as learning designers
Shaping experiences for digital age learning through digital media and digital environments
Design and format of educational interventions
The role of reflective practice and evaluating the impact on student learning

Throughout the text, the authors emphasize the “why” behind the use of technology and the “how” to enact learning design for all digital age learners.

Audience: K-12 educators, curriculum specialists

Edtech for the K-12 Classroom

$39.99

This compilation of ISTE articles and multimedia offers concrete lesson plans, inspiring reflections and advice from edtech experts on how to empower learners using technology.

Technology in the K-12 classroom is no longer an option. To prepare students for the future of work, life and citizenship, every school needs to be equipped with digital tools and staffed by educators who can harness technology to accelerate innovation in teaching and learning.

Edtech for the K-12 Classroom is designed to empower current and future teachers to use technology effectively in their classrooms and schools. Meant to supplement or replace edtech textbooks, this ebook introduces ways teachers can leverage technology for ongoing, just-in-time professional development while offering a deep understanding of the ISTE Standards, a roadmap for how to transform education with technology.

This book includes:

Readings, supplemented by videos, webinars and infographics, tied to the widely adopted ISTE Standards with examples on how to align lessons to the ISTE Standards for Students to empower learners to be effective communicators, computational thinkers, innovative designers, global collaborators and digital citizens.
Advice about how to use ISTE resources for lifelong learning.
A downloadable Instructor’s Guide offering professors ideas for helping future educators understand meaningful technology integration.

This book shows educators how to continue to improve their practice – not just now, but throughout their careers.

Audience: Students in teacher education programs and teacher educators

Building a K-12 STEM Lab

$34.99

Gain insights and clear guidelines for developing the robust partnerships and processes you need to build a successful STEM lab in your school.

Few resources are available for district and school leaders looking to establish successful STEM labs. Frequently, efforts do not gain traction because they lack a systemic approach and the support of a broad spectrum of stakeholders within the school community. Unlike other books, Building a K-12 STEM Lab addresses this challenge from the perspective of the leader, identifying opportunities for capacity building and ensuring equal access and equity for all students.

This book will:

Address key issues in building a STEM Lab, including budgetary constraints, space limitations, technology design and resources, and inclusivity.
Provide step-by-step guidelines designed to meet the diverse needs of a wide range of educational environments.
Include vignettes describing the experiences of a variety of schools – public, private, rural, urban – at different levels – elementary, middle school, and high school – that have successfully established STEM labs in their schools.

The comprehensive and flexible approach outlined in this book will help school and district leaders develop productive community partnerships in support of STEM education within the STEM lab and throughout the school.

Audience: K-12 school and district leaders, tech coaches

Flipped Learning for Social Studies Instruction

$14.99

From the authors of the bestselling Flip Your Classroom, this book shows educators how to successfully apply the flipped classroom model in social studies classrooms.

Following up on their landmark book, flipped education innovators Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams return with a book series that supports flipped learning in the four topic areas of science, math, English and social studies, as well as the elementary classroom. This book is a practical guide for social studies teachers interested in flipping their classrooms.

Each chapter offers practical guidance on:

How to approach lesson planning
What to do with class time
How to flip interactive social studies simulations

Flipped Learning for Social Studies Instruction helps social studies teachers deal with the realities of teaching in an increasingly interconnected and digital world. This book serves as a guide for social studies teachers who are beginning to flip their classes, or are interested in exploring the flipped model for the first time.

Audience: K-12 social studies teachers

ISTE Standards in Action

$12.99

This guide offers an on-ramp to the ISTE Standards, providing examples of what specific standards look like in practice and advice for getting started.

It’s one thing to read a set of standards and another to put them into practice as a professional in the classroom. This guide is your road map to understanding what the ISTE Standards look like in practice. It provides an overview of each of the standards sections—students, educators, education leaders, coaches and computational thinking competencies – along with examples of specific standards put into practice, resources to try and tips for getting started.

The guide features:

An introduction to each section of the ISTE Standards, with links to resources that illustrate them.
A section titled “Reading the ISTE Standards,” with an explanation of standards components and numbering.
Examples of specific standards and indicators put into practice in different contexts, with tools to try.
Advice for getting started by incorporating the standards in easy and practical ways.

Infusing the ISTE Standards helps create learning environments where technology used for learning is impactful, sustainable, scalable and equitable for all learners. This guide gives you everything you need to get started.

Bring History and Civics to Life

$34.99

This user-friendly guide will empower and equip teachers to take a fun, interactive approach to using technology to teach history and civics.

For years, history and civics have been put on the back burner as schools focus on subjects like math, science and English language arts. Although all U.S. states have standards for the teaching of history, there’s a lack of consistency when it comes to teaching civics. Today, we see evidence of declining levels of civic engagement, which is sadly reinforced as our educational institutions fail to prioritize history and civics education, while at the same time they often blame students for their lack of knowledge.

Amid this backdrop, how can educators better prepare their students to become engaged, informed and empathetic citizens? One way is by harnessing the power of digital learning to make history come alive for students, establishing a climate and culture that encourages students to be effective collaborators and lifelong learners who care about and contribute to society.

With this book, two dynamic, award-winning educators draw clear connections between history, civics, community – and technology – in meaningful and actionable ways to deepen students’ understanding of democratic processes and civic engagement. Using edtech and instructional design as entry points, the book highlights pedagogically sound practices to build critical thinking skills, and offers classroom examples from a wide range of educators to show how to implement these strategies in the classroom.

The book:

Illustrates how to use educational technology as a means to inspire and enable students to become empathetic, informed citizens.
Emphasizes historiography and critical-thinking skills across the curriculum and broader community.
Demonstrates how to integrate digital learning tools and strategies across history curriculum.
Provides guidance on amplifying student voice and inspiring student civic engagement with students as knowledge constructors and global citizens.
Prioritizes equity in learning by highlighting accessibility features of educational technology tools and implementation strategies to benefit all learners.

In these pages, you’ll discover how to use educational technology to help students recognize themselves in history and experience the world – and learn – in ways that only technology allows.

Audience: Grades 4-12 history/social science and civics teachers

Mobile Learning Mindset

$19.99

Mobile Learning Mindset: The Parent’s Guide to Supporting Digital Age Learners offers guidance for parents facing the challenges that accompany mobile devices, including concerns about screen time, cyberbullying and digital footprints.

The six-book Mobile Learning Mindset series shares practical knowledge and strategies for successful implementation of K-12 BYOD programs and 1:1 initiatives. The collection provides district leaders, principals, teachers, IT staff, educational coaches and parents with the information they need to make any mobile learning program a success.

This book provides advice, tools and scenarios that parents can use with their children to:

Maintain digital wellness.
Use social media safely and respectfully.
Establish household guidelines.

This fifth book in the series focuses on educating parents on the ins and outs of having mobile devices in the home. Addressing concerns about social media and more, this book serves as an instruction manual of sorts for parents raising kids in the digital age.

Audience: K-12 parents

Spark Change

$27.99

Discover the transformational work of student Olivia Van Ledtje, who exemplifies responsible online activism, inspiring both kids and adults in the global community.

Kids are naturally curious about the world around them. They seek ways to understand and interact with their environment, often using digital tools to do so. Imagine a world where children’s curiosities are amplified -- helping them see the power of their thinking, perspective and voice. Spark Change examines the multitude of possibilities available when students are given the opportunity to amplify their learning online, centering on three ideas of citizenship: be a good person, be critical and be an advocate for something you care about in life.

The book introduces readers to Liv, a young changemaker empowered to use digital tools to create and share content online. Liv’s story offers readers an opportunity to explore how students can use technology as a tool for empathy, equity and activism. Kids can’t become changemakers if they aren’t empowered to think beyond their own community. Liv’s online sense of agency serves as an example of maximizing opportunities, developing a powerful voice and making global connections that deepen her compassion for people and the world.

This book:

Follows a model of gradual release of responsibility -- I do, we do, you do -- to show how to teach kids how to approach connected-learning experiences.
Draws on rich literacy and technology research on student identity and pairing literacy and thinking in a digital age.
Illustrates the value of creation and connected learning, weaving in the critical need for digital literacy for students.
Features young students as digital leaders, providing examples of digital activism and the power of authentic student voice and participation.

Connected-learning opportunities help students develop key understandings about the world around them. This book shows how these understandings lead to social action, and how students develop a deeper sense of empathy and kindness from interacting with the world.

Audience: K-12 educators, school administrators and parents

New Realms for Writing

$34.99

Boost students’ communication and writing skills, with strategies and examples to help them craft their own stories, tell their truth and be heard.

The world should be the driving curriculum in our schools. Assignments should be authentic, have real-world connections and encourage students to create meaningful work. Accordingly, content created and read in school should go beyond books and include podcasts, popular culture, games and films to help students build writing and critical-thinking skills.

New Realms for Writing features a variety of teacher-created resources and samples of student work to illustrate how teachers can design inquiry units for their content area that are authentic and engage students while developing digital age skills.

This book:

Provides insights into creating and using innovative materials and texts that are differentiated and personalized to student learners, specifically for teaching writing.
Provides pedagogy and lesson ideas that promote student choice and voice within units of study that make cross-curricular connections.
Offers tips to ensure that tech tools support student learning -- while not driving it.

There are many great tech tools to support learning, but the conversation must center on thoughtful teaching and purpose, with tech supporting robust pedagogy. This book offers strategies and lesson ideas to help teachers make sure their instruction does just that.

Audience: K-12 educators

Closing the Gap

$29.99

Three experts on equity and technology offer research, evidence-based strategies, and examples of best practices to move toward digital equity in teacher education programs and beyond.

Closing the Gap is an ISTE book series designed to reflect the contributions of multiple stakeholders seeking to ensure that digital equity is achieved on campuses, in classrooms, and throughout education. In this series, authors Nicol R. Howard, Sarah Thomas, and Regina Schaffer offer historical and philosophical insights while exploring challenges and solutions unique to teacher preparation programs, pre-service and in-service teachers, and instructional coaches.

The first title in the Closing the Gap series, this book includes:

Discussion of historical placement of “digital equity” content in teacher education programs
Research- and evidence-based vignettes from teacher educators, higher education deans, and department coordinators demonstrating best practices
Examples of ISTE Standards in action
Practical tips for preparing future teachers to navigate the process
Positive applications of digital equity
A hypothesis for the future direction of digital equity in teacher education

This book will inform teacher education programs and future research, providing positive examples and recommendations for educational technology leaders and educators on moving toward digital equity in K12 and teacher education.

Audience: teacher educators

Esports in Schools

$12.99

This guide will help you get started in the world of school esports, offering the strategies and tools you need to build a successful program for your school and students.

What defines esports? Why build an esports program for your school? What technology do you need to get started? This guide addresses these questions and more, offering tips for setting up an effective program while helping students succeed academically and socially.

The guide includes:

Strategies for getting buy-in from the community, including administrators, faculty, parents and students.
Examples aligned to the ISTE Standards for Educators.
An overview of the technology needs for a successful program.
Ideas for creating effective virtual and physical spaces.
Tips for fostering inclusivity and building community.

Students who feel safe and connected to their school communities often perform better academically, are absent less and are more likely to find mentors and follow career paths. Games and esports can be a lifeline for students who need one most, and this guide shows how building community through an esports program can help students thrive.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", three laminated panels, six pages)

Audience: K-12 educators

Podcasting for Students (25-Pack)

$274.99

In this engaging and accessible guide, author Michele Haiken shares tips, tools and examples to get your students up and running with podcasting.

Podcasts come in a variety of formats covering a wide range of content areas. For example, informational podcasts can take the form of investigative journalism, interviews and storytelling, and can provide ways to explore problems and solutions, and cause and effect. The more students have access to high-quality podcast models, the more they’re able to think about how they want to structure their podcasts and engage their listeners.

With this in mind and informed by her book New Realms for Writing, Michele Haiken introduces teachers to the topic of podcasting, showing how to help students create informative and engaging works through this popular medium.

The guide includes:

Five reasons to use podcasts in the classroom.
Tips for planning a podcast.
Ideas for using a “podcaster checklist” to help organize a project.
Suggestions for selecting podcasting tools and equipment.
Sample podcast assignments from teachers around the world.
QR codes for easy access to resources and examples.

This fun and informative guide offers the tools you need to get your students started in the exciting world of podcasting.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages, 25-pack bundle)

Liven Up Your Library

$27.99

Learn how librarians can positively effect change in areas like digital equity and inclusiveness, while creating powerful programming for middle and high school students.

Developing programs for learners can be an ongoing challenge for librarians – especially first-year librarians. Current books on the topic primarily focus on makerspaces or read alouds, and are aimed at elementary school grades, with a surface-level approach. This book addresses deeper issues that librarians face, while illustrating how to serve teens and tweens specifically by offering programming relevant to their lives.

The authors offer practical ideas for developing effective programming through collaborating with the community to develop and implement programs, connecting programs to ISTE Standards and curriculum, and addressing curricular and socio-emotional needs. They also share practical advice on budgeting and funding to support programs, scheduling, maximizing the use of technology to aid in programming and much more. The book also explores ways library programs can have a positive impact on school culture, such as addressing the digital divide, inclusion and cultural relevance.

This book:

Discusses why programming is critical and covers how to develop library programs that are inclusive, culturally relevant and beneficial for students transitioning from high school to college.
Shows how library programming aligns with American Association of School Librarians (AASL), Future Ready Librarians framework and the ISTE Standards.
Provides checklists and templates to help readers develop their own programming ideas and lesson plans.
Offers guidance on building consensus from various stakeholders and involving students, faculty and community in the development of programs.
Shares stories from librarians in K-12 and higher education, addressing how they design their programs and offer career and educational paths for students.

Programming for teens and young adults is a catalyst for learning and exploration. The activities and learning experiences shared in this book will empower librarians and deepen student learning.

Audience: Middle and high school librarians, tween and teen public librarians, first-year experience librarians.

Rev Up Robotics

$38.99

Author Jorge Valenzuela lays out the foundational skills of computational thinking required for programming with robotics.

Unlike other robotics books and curriculum, Rev Up Robotics takes a cross-curricular approach, showing educators how to begin incorporating robotics into their content area lessons and in conjunction with other subjects.

You’ll get an overview of standards-based skills that can be covered in English language arts, math, science, social studies and robotics electives. Teachers also get tips for selecting the robot that works for them and for students, and details on the functions of gears, motors and sensors. Also included is a deep dive into more advanced topics like the intersections of computer science, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering with robotics. Finally, you’ll find advice for getting students involved with competitive robotics, and case studies that offer empirical evidence for using robotics successfully in instruction.

The book:

Shows how to help students recognize and apply the four elements of computational thinking to familiar situations.
Provides a pathway from working with visual blocks to programming in C++.
Discusses building and programming robots, with tips for adding your own code and troubleshooting.
Demonstrates how to manipulate basic movement to better understand the functions of gears, motors and sensors.

With activities and examples for grade levels K-8, teachers come away with easy-to-implement cross-curricular ideas to engage students in computer science and engineering activities.

Audience: K-8 classroom educators

Transform Your 6-12 Math Class

$34.99

Through detailed lessons and examples, discover how to integrate technology in 6-12 math to amplify and enhance your mathematics teaching and drive student learning.

Instead of drill-and-practice apps and worksheets, what if technology enabled exploration of math concepts? Instead of screens for disconnected individual learning, what if technology fostered mathematical discourse and collaboration? Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach to teaching mathematics, what if we used technology to differentiate to meet students’ diverse needs?

Technology has the power and potential to support the teaching and learning of math content at all grade levels, but the presence of technology is insufficient unless it’s paired with effective teaching practices and meaningful content. This book poses and unpacks the above questions and many more, with examples that illustrate how to integrate technology in the 6-12 math classroom, highlighting opportunities to transform mathematics teaching through strategic technology use.

The book:

Illustrates two contrasting examples in each chapter, including transcripts of sample class conversations, mathematical tasks, illustrations of student work and reflection and discussion prompts.
Features discussion of research-based ideas relating to the contrasts presented in the chapters, encouraging readers to connect what they learn from the specific cases with the research on these topics.
Covers a variety of mathematics content areas such as functions and algebraic thinking, geometry and measurement, and data and statistics.
Provides strategies for implementing the concepts in class, with ideas and examples of tools based not on how they look but what they can do in your mathematics teaching.

Today’s technology offers more possibilities than ever for supporting students in mathematics. This book draws upon the latest research in technology and math education, while providing tools to incorporate effective strategies into curriculum right away.

Audience: 6-12 educators

Chart a New Course

$29.99

Discover ways to empower students to build confidence in sharing their learning, becoming more responsible digital citizens and evolving into classroom creators.

In researching the top skills students need to succeed in the future, author Rachelle Dene Poth identified the following: ability to communicate, work in teams, think creatively, problem-solve and design. This book shows educators how to help students develop these essential skills through authentic, real-world learning experiences, building a pathway for the future of learning and work.

In Chart a New Course, educators will get the tools they need to design more purposeful learning experiences to drive student engagement and motivation, promote creativity in learning, model risk-taking and build classroom culture. Readers will discover how these activities can be woven into instruction rather than layered on existing curriculum, with ideas for getting started; suggestions in response to the statement, “If you’re doing this, try this instead;” and lessons learned along the way.

The book will:

Foster authentic learning through integration of digital tools and emerging trends.
Serve as a resource for emerging educators and those with varying levels of tech experience, helping them explore the use of different digital tools and concepts to prepare students for the future.
Offer clear examples and narratives from students and other educators who have implemented some of the tools discussed, focusing on themes of empowered learning, innovative design and student choice.
Explore risks taken, failures experienced and fun in working through the challenges, illustrating ways to weave established and emerging topics into curriculum.

This accessible resource opens up a variety of learning experiences for students and illustrates how to implement different technologies into multiple content areas and grade levels.

Audience: 6-12 educators

Fact Vs. Fiction

$34.99

Help students discern fact from fiction in the information they access not only at school but in the devices they carry in their pockets and backpacks.

The advent of the 24-hour news cycle, citizen journalism and an increased reliance on social media as a trusted news source have had a profound effect not only on how we get our news, but also on how we evaluate sources of information, share that information and interact with others in online communities. When these issues are coupled with the “fake news” industry that intentionally spreads false stories designed to go viral, educators are left facing a new and challenging landscape. This book will help them address these new realities, providing strategies and support to help students develop the skills needed to effectively evaluate information they encounter online.

The book includes:

Instructional strategies for combating fake news, including models for evaluating news stories with links to resources on how to include lessons on fake news in your curricula.
Examples from prominent educators who demonstrate how to tackle fake news with students and colleagues.
A fake news self-assessment with a digital component to help readers evaluate their skills in detecting and managing fake news.
A downloadable infographic with mobile media literacy tips.

The companion jump start guide based on this book is Fighting Fake News: Tools and Strategies for Teaching Media Literacy.

Audience: K-12 educators

Ready, Set, Robotics! (25-Pack)

$274.99

This six-page laminated reference guide shares practical strategies, tools and lesson ideas for incorporating robotics and computational thinking into your teaching.

Robotics is an excellent tool for teaching vital computational thinking (CT) and programming skills by allowing students to see and interpret results in real time. Not only are robots highly motivating for students, they can be easily incorporated into the subjects you teach or as part of an after-school club.

Based on the book Rev Up Robotics: Real-World Computational Thinking in the K-8 Classroom by Jorge Valenzuela, this guide will quickly get you up to speed on how to introduce CT and robotics in elementary and middle school classes.

The guide features:

An overview of computational thinking and resources for teaching CT concepts.
Ideas for weaving robotics into math, science, social studies and English language arts.
Advice for creating an after-school robotics club or getting started with competitive robotics.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages, 25-pack bundle)

Education Reimagined

$16.99

This guide provides district and school leaders an on-ramp for using the ISTE Standards to facilitate and implement change in their education systems.

Education leaders play a central role in developing a culture of change and providing the conditions for innovation in schools, and that role varies by job title. District leaders make changes across multiple schools, principals lead change across their schools and teacher leaders guide change within and across grade levels. But no matter the role, a framework that identifies the knowledge and behaviors required for leaders to make student learning possible and for teachers to be empowered is a necessity.

The ISTE Standards for Education Leaders offer a concrete framework to help leaders set goals and provide a vision for transformative systems change within educational institutions. The ISTE Standards for Educators and the ISTE Standards for Students are also used by leaders to provide holistic change with a shared vision and direction for all. Education Reimagined provides aspiring and established leaders an on-ramp for using the ISTE Standards to guide change in their educational systems.

This booklet contains:

Examples showing how those in specific leadership roles can use the ISTE Standards in their work.
Reflection questions applicable to all leadership roles.
Vignettes demonstrating how a variety of leaders in a diverse range of schools have embraced the ISTE Standards for Education Leaders.
Explanation of other frameworks and standards that connect with and complement the ISTE Standards for Education Leaders.
A crosswalk between the ISTE Essential Conditions and the ISTE Standards for Education Leaders.

Strong leaders use the ISTE Standards for Educators and the ISTE Standards for Students in tandem with the ISTE Standards for Education Leaders to bring about holistic change with a shared vision and direction for all. Each set of standards is relevant to the education leader and is addressed throughout this booklet.

Audience: School and district leaders

Designing Online Lessons

$12.99

Discover how online learning can expand opportunities for students in myriad ways and help you individualize and personalize instruction for students of all ages.

By moving some or all of our instruction online, we can keep the learning going during a crisis or when inclement weather keeps students and staff at home. Online learning can also provide an alternate pathway to success for students who are not thriving in a traditional setting. We can also use online learning to help students stay on track to graduate, or apply it to better meet the needs of students through personalization.

Inspired by the author’s book The Perfect Blend and her ISTE U Microcourse “Designing Online Learning Experiences,” this guide helps you get up and running with online lesson design, covering topics such as:

Synchronous and asynchronous online instruction.
Selecting the best tools for online learning.
Formative assessment and online lesson design.
Supporting student agency in the digital classroom.
Self-regulation and your personalized classroom.
Design considerations such as navigation, color and fonts.

Get tips for designing and facilitating effective, impactful lessons for a digital classroom and incorporating student agency into online lessons.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", three laminated panels, six pages)

Audience: K-12 educators

Computational Thinking Meets Student Learning

$15.99

This guide to the ISTE Standards for Educators: Computational Thinking Competencies will help educators incorporate CT in their curriculum to deepen student learning.

Computational thinking (CT) is a powerful ingredient for solving ambiguous, complex and open-ended problems by drawing on principles and practices central to computer science (CS). CT is at the core of CS and is a gateway to sparking student interest and confidence in learning CS.

The ISTE Standards for Educators: Computational Thinking Competencies were created to inspire every educator to add more computational thinking into their core problem-solving strategies. These competencies augment and home in on the competencies embedded in the ISTE Standards for Students and Educators.

The information in this guide will provide a framework and structure to build creative learning opportunities in CT and increase students’ ability to adapt to unfamiliar challenges, allowing for more success with innovative lesson plans.

This booklet contains:

An overview of computer science and computational thinking and how they interact.
Examples from across the subject/grade spectrum, including kindergarten reading, third grade math, sixth grade science and 10th grade social studies.
Ideas for adding CT to lessons to enhance the knowledge base of students, letting them build the skills and confidence to persist when unexpected obstacles arise.
Reflection questions and tips to help educators integrate CT into their lessons.
Explanation of how the CT competencies complement the ISTE Standards for Educators.

This booklet will help educators understand the CT Competencies so they can effectively build CT into their curriculum, no matter what subject they teach.

Audience: K-12 educators

Computational Thinking Meets Student Learning

Mobile Learning Mindset

$19.99

Mobile Learning Mindset: The Coach’s Guide to Implementation offers staff development activities to help education coaches prepare teachers participating in a mobile device initiative in their school.

The six-book Mobile Learning Mindset series shares practical knowledge and strategies for successful implementation of K-12 BYOD programs and 1:1 initiatives. The collection provides district leaders, principals, teachers, IT staff, educational coaches and parents with the information they need to make any mobile learning program a success. This book also features an interview with educational technology trainer and consultant Kathy Schrock.

Tools and activities throughout the book will help coaches:

Effectively model technology use.
Identify stakeholders and cultivate buy-in.
Build a culture of creativity and shared ownership.
Evaluate and adjust a mobile device program.

This book, the third in the series, focuses on best practices for professional development around a 1:1 initiative, with ideas on how to make learning more engaging for your staff.

Audience: Tech Coaches/Coordinators

The Future-Ready Challenge

$21.99

With this collection of 18 easy-to-follow challenges, learn how to promote teamwork and collaboration, motivating your students to develop the skills they’ll need for the future.

Incorporating digital age skills into curriculum can be daunting for educators, and getting started can be the hardest part. In this book, author and education leader L. Robert Furman breaks down the process into 18 challenges so that teachers can improve student outcomes based on digital age skills and future-minded progress in a single semester.

This book includes:

Weekly step-by-step challenges designed to fill one semester.
Case studies by leaders in the field and examples of how to implement the challenges for each grade level.
Coverage of key topics such as digital citizenship, communication, problem-solving and integration of technology into learning.

The Future-Ready Challenge focuses on changing the classroom, your teaching style and the related procedures to increase opportunities for your students to engage in -- and most importantly, adopt -- digital age skills.

Audience: K-12 classroom teachers

Connect to Lead

$29.99

Discover the benefits of learning networks and the ways positive relationships can enhance learning for all students, teachers and leaders.

We’re in the midst of an exciting time in education as schools are adjusting their trajectory to ensure they’re future-ready. Educators are infusing creative programs and innovative teaching practices to move our schools forward. This book encourages school leaders to consider strategies to leverage innovation in their schools, including the development of meaningful professional learning through educational networks.

This book includes:

Stories of leaders in the field who are demonstrating the innovative leadership needed to move their school systems forward.
Discussion of the four pathways to connected learning with examples from educators who are improving instruction through a connected network.
Exploration of the ways technology can be leveraged to maximize learning, including connecting learners across boundaries, creating open lines of communication, establishing a platform for idea sharing and incorporating innovation within all professional learning opportunities.
A vision for implementing the ideas discussed in the book along with practical action steps.

Through the effective use of learning networks, every part of the school community is empowered to lead change in their schools, maximizing learning for students and magnifying collaboration and innovation for educators.

Audience: K-12 educators, school and district leaders

The Boundless Classroom

$37.99

Discover how to plan effective blended instruction with purpose and intention with help from this definitive, practical guide to lesson design.

A global pandemic hit our world and education has forever changed. But have your instructional practices changed? Teachers must now leverage technology to provide students with high-quality teaching and learning experiences that transcend a traditional classroom’s walls. This is a historic opportunity to abandon antiquated teaching practices and reimagine instruction in ways that boost learning outcomes and prepare students for living and working in the digital age.

This book offers guidance for creating and sustaining rigorous and engaging blended learning solutions. Opening with lessons learned from the pandemic, the book addresses impacts on lesson design and delivery, student engagement, assessment, and teacher training and PD. The following chapters build on and address these experiences, with each chapter featuring strategies and examples of how to implement effective approaches to lesson design for blended and online instruction.

This book:

Explores seven different blended learning models, with strategies and suggestions for implementing each one.
Provides detailed guidance for planning a blended learning curriculum, from establishing a digital infrastructure to integrating students into a learning management system (LMS) to mapping a course scope and sequence.
developing a pacing guide and creating effective blended and virtual lessons.
Features downloadable templates, checklists and guided professional learning tasks in every chapter to help design virtual and blended lessons.
Includes strategies for implementing authentic, student-led assessments.

The book is sure to meet the needs of varying practitioners who are eager to learn about designing successful blended learning courses and understanding what makes each course work.

Audience: K-12 teachers and instructional designers; faculty in higher education programs

Inspiring Curiosity

$29.99

This practical resource for secondary school librarians offers guidance for collaborating with teachers and students to develop inquiry-based research projects.

With success stories from librarians all over the U.S. illustrating how they’ve guided teachers and students through the research process, this book provides strategies for using memorable events to activate students’ natural curiosity and activities for generating essential questions for exploration.

The book includes:

Ideas and resources to help librarians be more effective in research and inquiry.
Tips for developing search strategies, locating and curating resources, evaluating sources and celebrating students’ inquiry beyond the traditional research paper.
Lessons and assessment ideas to keep librarians current on information literacy topics.

Written for librarians by a librarian, this book will help librarians collaborate with classroom teachers on inquiry projects and offers new ideas and insights to inspire them in the process.

Audience: 6-12 school librarians

The Perfect Blend

$35.99

Learn how to redesign lessons with technology to individualize and personalize instruction, transforming what learning looks like for your students.

Many blended learning initiatives start from the top down and are designed for specific populations or make drastic changes to a school’s learning structure. But any K-12 classroom teacher can find ways to leverage blended learning, regardless of the constructs of their learning environment. All they need is a willingness to rethink their role — moving from content deliverer to architect of learning.

In The Perfect Blend, you’ll learn how to create a “homemade recipe” for effective blended learning for your students. Rather than focusing on finding and implementing a specific established model, author Michele Eaton shows teachers how to embrace the flexibility of blended learning to take an active role as a designer of learning and, in the process, help students become advocates for their education.

This book:

Provides an accessible resource for teachers beginning to use technology, as well as master blended teachers who are looking for new ideas or strategies.
Includes templates and planning tools that can be used as is or modified to fit the needs of your students.
Focuses on understanding and reflecting on your role as a designer of learning experiences, and creating and using digital content in the classroom.

You’ll gain practical skills, strategies and lesson ideas for various types of blended learning thanks to examples from real classrooms and educators. Along the way, you’ll discover how to build on the skills you already have to support blended learning.

Audience: K-12 teachers and instructional coaches

Mobile Learning Mindset

$19.99

Mobile Learning Mindset: The Principal’s Guide to Implementation offers lessons learned and examples to help school principals successfully implement a mobile device initiative in their school.

The six-book Mobile Learning Mindset series shares practical knowledge and strategies for successful implementation of K-12 BYOD programs and 1:1 initiatives. The collection provides district leaders, principals, teachers, IT staff, educational coaches and parents with the information they need to make any mobile learning program a success.

Tools and activities throughout the book will help principals:

Effectively model technology use.
Identify stakeholders and cultivate buy-in.
Build a culture of creativity and shared ownership.
Evaluate and adjust a mobile device program.

With this book, you’ll gain a better understanding of the effect that mobile learning can have on your staff, students and community and get guidance on modeling, risk-taking, building a culture of creativity and shared ownership, and leading the various components of a mobile device initiative.

Audience: School/district leaders

Coding + Math

$38.99

This book offers a deep dive into computer science integration, providing guidelines for designing elementary CS/math curricula through case studies and practical examples.

How-to books related to computer science (CS) and teaching CS in K-12 environments are often either step-by-step guides or reference books, with little or no connection to pedagogy. By contrast, Coding + Math offers the analytical foundation teachers need to inform their practice, specifically in mathematics.

Grounded in research, the book’s mini-lessons contrast visual-based coding with text-based programming and provide guidance in the selection and creation of lessons, instructional materials and CS platforms to help educators prepare students for the careers of the future.

The book:

Includes case studies in each chapter, with a research snapshot that contextualizes the key elements of the case study.
Offers strategies for “getting out the blocks” and introducing text-based CS when students are ready.
Examines the rationale and effectiveness of scaffolded approaches to CS — such as block coding, scripted and storyboarding — vs. traditional syntax-based and problem-solving approaches.
Ties effective teaching strategies directly to the CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards, ISTE’s Standards for Computer Science Educators and the ISTE Computational Thinking Competencies.

Coding + Math will strengthen the ties between math and CS to support students’ achievement in math, as well as their future CS course selections and pursuits of CS careers.

Audience: K-5 educators

Power Up Your Classroom

$29.99

Learn to design learning experiences that leverage gameplay to increase motivation and engagement, while building classroom community.

By the time Lindsey Blass and Cate Tolnai’s paths crossed, both had taken a path from teacher to coach to central/county office roles focused on innovative learning design, all while noticing three trends that extended beyond their classrooms: students who weren’t able to own and connect to their learning experience became disengaged; students and teachers alike had a general fear of failure; and teachers were perplexed at how to design learning experiences that fostered student choice and celebrated failure as an opportunity for iteration.

Together, they began to ask … what if? What if we designed learning experiences that leveraged the power of gameplay to create more motivated learners? What if we modeled this type of learning with educators so they could experience the impact firsthand and spread the excitement and innovation in their classrooms? What if learning was fun for both students and teachers?

This book:

Includes visual elements that model the theme of engaging in a game with tips, hints and suggestions sprinkled throughout the chapters.
Features a downloadable full-color game board that can be used in tandem with the book.
Provides access to an accompanying website that offers dynamic elements and book study questions.
Features the voices of experts and innovators in the fields of gamification and game-based learning.

With a uniquely fun and inviting format, Power Up Your Classroom helps educators implement gamification and game-based learning in their classes to drive student engagement and learning.

Audience: K-12 educators, tech coaches

Mobile Learning Mindset

$19.99

Mobile Learning Mindset: The IT Professional’s Guide to Implementation addresses the technology components needed to support a mobile device initiative, as well as how to work with others to make the initiative a success.

The six-book Mobile Learning Mindset series shares practical knowledge and strategies for successful implementation of K-12 BYOD programs and 1:1 initiatives. The collection provides district leaders, principals, teachers, IT staff, educational coaches and parents with the information they need to make any mobile learning program a success.

This book includes:

Advice on forming a digital learning task force.
Strategies for balancing IT and curriculum priorities.
Example policies and procedures including AUPs, RUGs and device contracts.

From infrastructure to break-fix scenarios, having a technology services department on board is vital. This book, the sixth in the series, is centered around that support, with guidance on how to work with leaders, teachers, trainers, and parents on making the initiative a success.

Audience: Tech Coaches/Coordinators

Flipped Learning for Math Instruction

$14.99

From the authors of the bestselling Flip Your Classroom, this book shows educators how to successfully apply the flipped classroom model in math classrooms.

Following up on their landmark book, flipped education innovators Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams return with a book series that supports flipped learning in the four topic areas of science, math, English and social studies, as well as the elementary classroom. This book is a practical guide for math teachers interested in flipping their classrooms.

Each chapter offers practical guidance on:

How to approach lesson planning
What to do with class time
How the flipped model can work alongside learning through inquiry

Flipped Learning for Math Instruction helps math teachers deal with the realities of teaching in an increasingly interconnected and digital world. This book serves as a guide for math teachers who are beginning to flip their classes, or are interested in exploring the flipped model for the first time.

Audience: K-12 math teachers

Pathways to Well-Being

$29.99

Learn how to address the unexpected consequences of technology use and increase positive connections, which ultimately lead to enhanced well-being.

We all want lives filled with balance, ease and contentment — but how do we get there? In Pathways to Well-Being, authors Susan Brooks-Young and Sara Armstrong share steps to increasing well-being and discuss how six elements — gratitude, positivity, focus, empathy, kindness and movement — impact daily life. All of us, especially educators, influence those around us — in our schools, in our communities and ultimately throughout the world. When we work toward supporting well-being for ourselves and others, our lives are enriched immensely.

This insightful book offers practical examples and activities aimed at helping educators manage their technology use, so they can find balance in work and life.

The book includes:

Real-world connections to help readers answer questions such as: “How does the topic relate to everyday life?” and “What can I do to incorporate what I’ve learned into what I do at work and at home to make my life, and the lives of those around me, better?”
Information on the positive and negative aspects of technology related to overall well-being.
Reflection questions to help readers make healthy changes.
An overview of each of the six elements of well-being with connections to the applicable ISTE Standards for Educators and the ISTE Standards for Education Leaders.
Additional resources such as research, articles, books and websites.

Through the information and activities in this book, educators and others will find ways to reduce the stress in their lives and grow their sense of well-being.

Audience: K-12 educators, education leaders

Closing the Gap

$27.99

Three experts on equity and technology offer concrete, evidence-based strategies for classroom teachers to move toward digital equity in K12 settings.

Closing the Gap is an ISTE book series designed to reflect the contributions of multiple stakeholders seeking to ensure that digital equity is achieved on campuses, in classrooms, and throughout education. In this series, authors Nicol R. Howard, Sarah Thomas, and Regina Schaffer offer historical and philosophical insights while exploring challenges and solutions unique to teacher preparation programs, pre-service and in-service teachers, and instructional coaches.

The second title in the Closing the Gap series, this book includes:

Examination of digital equity and the “problem of practice” for teachers and coaches
Strategies for connecting the ISTE Educator and Student Standards to practice
Discussion of key challenges facing teachers in today’s classrooms, such as access, connectivity, limited resources, digital divide, and the homework gap
Research-based vignettes from teachers who have encountered and conquered some of the challenges addressed in the book, and from edtech coaches who have implemented equity-centered innovative professional development

This book helps teachers address the challenges of teaching in the digital age, providing positive examples and recommendations for achieving digital equity in their classroom communities.

Audience: K-12 educators, teacher educators, education leaders

Flipped Learning for Elementary Instruction

$14.99

From the authors of the bestselling Flip Your Classroom, this book shows educators how to successfully apply the flipped classroom model in elementary classrooms.

Following up on their landmark book, flipped education innovators Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams return with a book series that supports flipped learning in the four topic areas of science, math, English and social studies, as well as the elementary classroom. This book is a practical guide for elementary teachers interested in flipping their classrooms.

Each chapter offers practical guidance on:

How to approach lesson planning
What to do with class time
How to employ project-based learning techniques

Flipped Learning for Elementary Instruction helps elementary teachers deal with the realities of teaching in an increasingly interconnected and digital world. This book serves as a guide for elementary teachers who are beginning to flip their classes, or are interested in exploring the flipped model for the first time.

Audience: K-5 classroom teachers

Infusing Technology in the K-5 Classroom

$34.99

K-5 teachers will discover how to integrate the tech requirements found within today’s academic standards into their everyday curriculum.

Perhaps your district provides current technology development for staff on a regular basis and has instructional coaches to help teachers infuse technology into their curriculum to meet various academic standards. But in reality, most districts don’t have this kind of support. In this book (the first in a two-book series), you’ll learn how to shift your instructional practice and leverage technology to meet today’s curriculum education standards for grades K-5. This book doesn’t cover every K-5 national standard, but identifies the standards with a technology component and provides resources and lessons to help you teach those standards effectively.

This book includes:

Classroom-tested lesson ideas in English language arts, math, science and social studies mapped to ISTE and tech-related standards to support college- and career-readiness.
Lists of technology-embedded college- and career-readiness standards for each grade level, along with practical ideas and up-to-date resources (apps, software and websites) that can be used in meeting these standards.
Suggestions for addressing roadblocks to incorporating technology in the classroom.
Ways to incorporate staff development and parental support at the school level.
Access to a companion website with information on the tools referenced in the text.

With the implementation of these strategies, you’ll help your students become self-directed and critical readers, writers and thinkers so they’re better prepared for the future!

Audience: K-5 educators, curriculum specialists, tech coordinators

Infusing Technology in the K-5 Classroom

Teach Boldly

$35.99

Transformational education leader Jennifer Williams offers design- and empathy-driven practices to help teachers activate positive change in student learning.

Today’s students are ready to design, dream and MAKE the future. Teach Boldly: Using Edtech for Social Good is a guide for educators ready to apply innovative practices, meaningful technology use and global collaboration to drive the change they want to see in the world. Readers will learn how to create a customized plan for education innovation, with strategies for constructing agile classroom environments, digital storytelling and communicating across lines of difference, and prioritizing feedback and active listening.

This book:

Showcases the power of narrative and bringing focus to the need for storytelling in education.
Offers direction for seeking out authentic feedback and steps for iterating on ideas, emphasizing preservation of voice and creative expression.
Discusses learning space design through the lens of empathy and amplification of student voice.
Provides easy-to-implement ideas for transforming learning and classroom culture through space.

With inspiration from real-world peaceMAKERS in education, Teach Boldly invites readers to create ready-to-go action plans for themselves as educators, for classroom communities and for the global community.

Audience: K-12 educators

Reimagining Library Spaces

$24.99

This inspiring book invites librarians to rethink the library space and embrace the changing role of technology, with suggestions on how to transform how students learn in and use these spaces.

With the advent of modern technologies and the rise of participatory and active learning pedagogy, the traditional school library model is no longer as effective as it once was. Now more than ever, it is vital to cultivate and transform these spaces to create positive learning experiences for students.

Reimagining Library Spaces addresses these realities, offering the guidance you need to make smart and efficient updates to your library space that encourage the use of technology to improve student learning.

This book includes:

Tips and strategies for transforming your outdated library space on a small budget.
How-to’s for addressing the challenges and opportunities brought about by the changing role of technology, including collaborative learning labs, makerspaces and ways to support BYOD.
Practical suggestions for finding ideas to improve your space, inventory your library and survey your community.

Amazing things can happen when school librarians are willing to take the risks and the initiative to reimagine their library spaces with their students’ success in mind. In this book, you’ll go on a journey to reimagine your space so you can make it the best possible library for your students.

Audience: K-12 school librarians, administrators, district leaders

Championing Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation

$49.99

Educators learning how to meaningfully integrate technology into their teaching practice will find resources and action plans to prepare them for today’s tech-infused lessons.

Advancing teacher preparation to full adoption of technology infusion is no small undertaking. Written by 20 experts in the teacher prep field, Championing Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation provides research- and practice-based direction for faculty, administrators, PK-12 school partners and other stakeholders who support programwide technology infusion in teacher education programs. Such organizational change involves almost every individual and system involved in teacher preparation.

Topics addressed include:

Defining technology infusion and integration.
Systemic planning and readiness of college-level leadership.
Programwide, iterative candidate experiences across courses and clinical work.
Technology use and expectations for teachers and students in PK-12 settings.
Instructional design in teacher preparation programs to include integration of technology in face-to-face, blended and online PK-12 teaching and learning.
Strategies to support induction of new teachers in PK-12 settings.
Technology use, expectations, and professional development for teacher educators
Models for effective candidate and program evaluation.
Roles for government agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in nationwide collaboration for technology infusion in teacher preparation.

This book will help administrators in colleges and schools of education as well as teacher educators in preparation programs support the developmental needs of teacher candidates as they learn how to teach with technology. With action steps and getting started resources in each chapter, the book is well-adapted for small group study and planning by collaborative leadership teams in colleges and schools of education. The book is also appropriate for the study of effective organizational change in education by graduate students.

Audience: Teacher educators, professional developers, instructional designers, district and school administrators

Championing Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation

Mobile Learning Mindset

$19.99

Mobile Learning Mindset: The Teacher’s Guide to Implementation offers insight and inspiration to teachers who are about to participate in a mobile device initiative or already have.

The six-book Mobile Learning Mindset series shares practical knowledge and strategies for successful implementation of K-12 BYOD programs and 1:1 initiatives. The collection provides district leaders, principals, teachers, IT staff, educational coaches and parents with the information they need to make any mobile learning program a success.

The next generation of learners must be able to think critically about real-world problems and come up with creative solutions. While technology can help facilitate these goals, teachers must understand how to effectively integrate technology to drive deeper learning. That’s where The Teacher's Guide to Implementation comes in.

Through practical examples, the book addresses how to leverage mobile technology to:

Center learning around the student.
Provide efficient formative assessments.
Facilitate parent communication and professional development.

This fourth book in the series is an in-depth look at how mobile devices affect the classroom and what teachers can do both right out of the box and further down the road to sustain a successful student-led learning environment.

Audience: K-12 classroom teachers

Reinventing Project Based Learning

$39.99

This updated edition of the bestselling Reinventing Project-Based Learning offers examples of the latest tools, assessment strategies and promising practices poised to shape education in the future.

This popular ISTE title follows the arc of a project, providing guided opportunities to direct and reflect educators’ own learning and professional development. This book shows how to design authentic projects that make the most of available and emerging technologies.

This new edition:

Provides examples of how to merge personalized learning, flipped classrooms, and PBL for effective teaching and learning.
Includes coverage of computational thinking and coding, demonstrating ways to develop new approaches to solving problems as well as new forms of expression.
Discusses PBL as an equity consideration, with opportunities for personalization and empowerment, addressing issues of social justice and closing the achievement gap.
Includes coverage on new trends like augmented and virtual reality; and new and updated Spotlights from educators featured in the first edition and others.
Features deeper focus on Gold Standard and High Quality PBL, the P21 Framework, and ISTE Standards for Students and Educators.

With this book, teachers will come to appreciate the importance of problem-finding and problem-posing — thoughtful activity that needs to precede problem solving in any context.

The companion jump start guide based on this book is Project-Based Learning: Strategies and Tools for Creating Authentic Experiences.

Audience: K-12 classroom teachers, teacher educators

Moviemaking in the Classroom

$34.99

Written by an award-winning classroom teacher with years of experience integrating moviemaking into curriculum, this book offers quick-start lesson plans for any content area and grade level, helping students amplify their voices and effect change through moviemaking.

Our world hinges on storytelling and the ways in which stories can be told are always evolving. For students to become future-ready, confident creators of original content, they need opportunities to share their stories. Moviemaking helps students showcase their learning, process their lives and connect with others in a meaningful way.

Moviemaking in the Classroom breaks down the process of digital storytelling to help teachers plan efficient and effective instructional sequences. The book provides guidance on how to purposefully build visual and audio literacy skills to improve student work and increase student efficacy in the creative process. Also included are practical suggestions for removing barriers from the storytelling process, such as how to provide more opportunities for students to tell their stories during a single academic year.

This book:

Shows teachers how to create efficient and effective lesson sequences with digital storytelling in mind, particularly in a blended learning environment.
Supports teachers who are new to digital storytelling by showing the impact and importance of providing students with multiple opportunities to tell their stories.
Offers project ideas for teachers already implementing digital storytelling in their classes and shows how to streamline workflow and improve their professional practice.
Supports distance and remote learning through a full chapter on strategies for applying these practices to a distance learning environment.
Fosters diversity, inclusion and student empowerment by showcasing student examples on topics including racism, death and illness, immigration, gun violence and pollution.

This book provides insight, inspiration and practical ideas to empower teachers of all content areas to implement moviemaking projects with their students using best practices.

Audience: 3-12 educators

Edtech for the K-12 Classroom, Second Edition

$39.99

This compilation of thought-provoking ISTE articles illustrates how infusing technology can empower learners and inspire meaningful learning experiences in the classroom and beyond.

Edtech can take many forms in K-12 education, not all of which result in learning experiences that prepare students to be future innovators and problem-solvers. Similarly, educators aren’t always provided with training or given the opportunity to maximize technology to its full potential. Without a road map or chance to see the tool in action, it can be difficult to know how best to implement it.

Edtech for the K-12 Classroom is designed to empower current and future teachers to use technology effectively in their classrooms and schools. In this second edition, educators share their stories along with powerful tips for leveraging edtech meaningfully by connecting the ISTE Standards, a road map for transforming education with technology. The articles in this edition explore research-based approaches to teaching with technology, considerations for ensuring equity and inclusion, emerging technologies such as virtual reality and artificial intelligence (AI), and more.

Included in the second edition:

Examples for aligning lessons to the ISTE Standards to empower learners to be effective communicators, computational thinkers, innovative designers, global collaborators and digital citizens.
Digital resources – including videos, infographics and templates — for deeper learning.
Stories and tips from educators providing guidance on integrating technology, with suggestions for specific grade levels and subject areas.
Discussion questions to guide conversations about meaningful technology integration.
Educators should never feel they must go it alone. This connects the reader to a community of passionate educators who offer lessons learned and guidance on the transformative power of technology for education.

Audience: Students in teacher education programs and teacher educators