| Description |
xiii, 188 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Science Reference Center |
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Science Reference Center
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| Contents |
The Risky Promises and Promising Risks of New Information Technologies for Education -- Dilemmas of Access and Credibility: Access for Whom? Access to What? -- Hypertext: Knowledge at the Crossroads -- Critically Reading the Internet -- Misinformation, Malinformation, Messed-Up Information, and Mostly Useless Information: Is Censorship the Best Response? -- Surveillance and Privacy: Can Technology Protect What Technology Takes Away? -- Information for Sale: Commercialization and the Educational Potential of the Internet -- What Kind of Community Can the Internet Be? |
| Summary |
"This book takes a close look at the complex and contradictory consequences of new technologies in the classroom. In a series of interrelated essays, the authors explore such issues as access, credibility, new approaches to reading and writing, the glut of information, privacy, censorship, commercialization, and online community."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Educational innovations -- United States.
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Educational anthropology -- United States.
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Educational technology -- United States.
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Information technology -- United States.
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| Author |
Callister, Thomas A.
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| LC no. |
99049176 |
| ISBN |
0813390826 paperback alkaline paper |
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0813390834 alkaline paper |
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