Partners in literacy schools and libraries building communities through technology /
"Why have libraries and schools - both public institutions committed to community-based learning - adopted new technologies in dramatically different ways? Exploring the differences in technology use between schools and libraries across the country, the authors describe ways that these two inst...
| Main Author: | Cuban, Sondra. |
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| Other Authors: | Cuban, Larry. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York : Chicago :
Teachers College Press ; ALA Editions,
[2007]
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| Physical Description: |
ix, 150 pages ; 23 cm. |
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| Summary: |
"Why have libraries and schools - both public institutions committed to community-based learning - adopted new technologies in dramatically different ways? Exploring the differences in technology use between schools and libraries across the country, the authors describe ways that these two institutions can collaborate to improve teaching and learning while building communities. With a focus on literacy development, they investigate how new technologies are implemented and the lessons that institutions can learn from one another."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: technology in libraries and schools in the early 21st century -- Social forces affecting public libraries and schools -- Explaining libraries' and schools' different strategies toward technology -- Libraries, literacy, and instructional technology -- Technology in public schools -- Schools and libraries as partners in community technologies: special projects or permanent promise? "Why have libraries and schools - both public institutions committed to community-based learning - adopted new technologies in dramatically different ways? Exploring the differences in technology use between schools and libraries across the country, the authors describe ways that these two institutions can collaborate to improve teaching and learning while building communities. With a focus on literacy development, they investigate how new technologies are implemented and the lessons that institutions can learn from one another."--Jacket. Marmot Digital Library - Colorado State Government Documents online. |
| Physical Description: |
ix, 150 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780807747957 0807747955 9780807747964 0807747963 |