Meaningful Learning with Technology

by David H. Jonassen, Jane Howland, Rose M. Marra

Grounded in constructivist teachings, this book will help teachers demonstrate ways that technology can be used to engage and support meaningful learning. Much different than the last edition, the 3rd edition of this popular text is now organized around learning processes that engage and support different learning activities such as investigating, exploring, writing, modeling, community buildiing, communicating, designing, visualizing, and assessing. Rather than the reader learning how to use specific technologies this book demonstrates for the reader how learners can use different technologies for meaningful learning. PreK-12 preservice & Inservice teachers

288 pages, Paperback

First published June 11, 2007

Reviews

[Jenni Parker]

This book does not focus on learning to use specific technologies, it describes how various technologies can be used as cognitive tools by students to support their learning and demonstrate their understanding of the topic they are studying.

An excellent book to gain ideas about how to integrate technology in the classroom in a meaningful way. Howland et al. provide lots of real-life examples that teachers can adapt for use in their own classrooms.

Each chapter in the book is "organized around learning processes, such as inquiring, experimenting, writing, modeling, community building, communicating, designing, visualizing and assessing (Howland, Jonassen & Marra, 2012, pxi).

[Erika]

Read for my edtech class. Really liked the approach the authors took that focused on meaningful, authentic learning, not just flashy use of technology.