Revel(tm) is Pearson''s newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel offers: Dynamic content designed for the way today''s students read, think, and learn brings concepts to life Integrated within the narrative, interactives and videos empower students to engage with concepts and take an active role in learning. Revel''s unique presentation of media as an intrinsic part of course content brings the hallmark features of Pearson''s bestselling titles to life. Revel''s media interactives have been designed to be completed quickly, and its videos are brief, so students stay focused and on task. TechTutors offer video training and instruction for key technologies, software, and instructional concepts. TechTutors for Adobe products of particular interest to educators, including Creative Cloud software and Adobe mobile apps, have been added to this powerful multimedia resource. Voices from the Classroom includes video of educators both in and out of the classroom demonstrating and discussing the technology relevant to that chapter. These voices of real teachers telling their own stories about technologies they have integrated into their classrooms help readers to see how educational technology is relevant to real classrooms.
Check Your Understanding multiple-choice assessment questions test students'' knowledge of the content they have just read at the end of each major section. Feedback for the correct answer is provided. Consider This interactive questions appear at the end of each major section. This feature allows students an opportunity to stop and informally review critical content and think about how it can be applied in the digital classroom before moving to the next topic. Interactive Reflections --short-answer questions with feedback at the end of each chapter--provide additional opportunities for students to think about how they would apply what they have learned to their own teaching and student learning experiences. Learning Together exercises--short-answer prompts at the end of each chapter--allow students to share their thoughts and ideas on key issues. With this feature, students can read and respond to their classmates'' comments in a discussion board-like setting. Flash Reviews --interactive flash card reviews provided at the end of each chapter--offer students an opportunity to test their knowledge of key terms in an interactive format.
An Interactive Glossary links bolded key terms in the text to glossary definitions, enabling students to comprehend what they are reading while they are reading, without having to skip concepts they do not understand. The Revel mobile app lets students read, practice, and study-anywhere, anytime, on any device. Content is available both online and offline, and the app syncs work across all registered devices automatically, giving students great flexibility to toggle between phone, tablet, and laptop as they move through their day. The app also lets students set assignment notifications to stay on top of all due dates. Highlighting, note taking, and a glossary let students read and study however they like. Educators can add notes for students, too, including reminders or study tips. Superior assignability and tracking tools help educators make sure students are completing their reading and understanding core concepts Revel''s assignment calendar allows educators to indicate precisely which readings must be completed on which dates. This clear, detailed schedule helps students stay on task by eliminating any ambiguity as to which material will be covered during each class.
When they understand exactly what is expected of them, students are better motivated to keep up. Revel''s performance dashboard empowers educators to monitor class assignment completion as well as individual student achievement. Actionable information, such as points earned on quizzes and tests and time on task, helps educators intersect with their students in meaningful ways. For example, the trending column reveals whether students'' grades are improving or declining, helping educators to identify students who might need help to stay on track. Revel''s Blackboard Learn(tm) integration provides institutions, instructors, and students easy access to their Revel courses. With single sign-on, students can be ready to access Revel''s interactive blend of authors'' narrative, media, and assessment on their first day. Flexible, on-demand grade synchronization capabilities allow educators to control exactly which Revel grades should be transferred to the Blackboard Gradebook. Additional text features and benefits include: REVISED: With renewed and revamped content, this edition is designed to deliver the most meaningful, current survey of educational technologies.
Chapters are consolidated and content is refocused to incorporate the newest and most relevant technologies used in the digital classroom. UPDATED: A comprehensive review of the latest digital technologies- from mobile devices to cloud computing to augmented reality to the role of the Internet of Everything in education-has been included throughout this edition. Related teaching and learning strategies have been revised to reflect the most current digital age instructional approaches, from the flipped classroom, to gamification, to the most current adaptive learning tools. UPDATED: Expanded web coverage delves into the educational application of current and evolving web tools including an introduction to Web 3.0 and 4.0. The role of these innumerable tools to support teaching and learning is presented with emphasis on best practices. NEW: Search4This feature boxes are integrated throughout every chapter and offer readers a listing of search terms for websites and apps to further explore.
This feature increases depth of content and lets students familiarize themselves with the wealth of resources available to them. UPDATED: Learning Outcomes at the beginning of each chapter identify what students should be able to master after reading the chapter by providing measurable and observable goals. ISTE Standards for Teachers are aligned with learning outcomes and chapter content to raise students'' awareness of relevant standards. Teacher2Teacher interviews spotlight the accomplishments of educators from across the globe as they describe their experiences in their own classrooms and schools. Skills Builders Activity Lists provide a follow up to TechTutor tutorials by offering a series of online and downloadable PDFs of step-by-step, hands-on practice activities in Microsoft Office productivity packages for PC and Mac, Adobe software, and other useful software. Hands-On Learning Activities are pop-up downloadable PDFs of hands-on activities that ask students to apply and use the technology under study. TechTips offer educators useful how-tos and resources to help them manage and maximize the usefulness of the technologies in their schools and classrooms. Techtools4schools provide online and classroom tools of particular usefulness in the classroom, offered within the context of each chapter''s content focus.
Chapter Summaries provide a review of the section''s content and associate it with applicable learning outcomes. Chapter Projects ask students to solve a problem based on a scenario that involves the types of situations discussed throughout the chapter. Rubrics appear in the text as figures and as pop ups in the Revel version. Students can print these rubrics to evaluate characteristics of software, hardware, apps, online resources, and other tools in order to make informed decisions about those products that would be most valuable to them in their classrooms.