Book Review: Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching

Annotated Bibliography

Roblyer, M.D. & Doering, A. (2013). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching. Pearson, 454 pp.

M.D. Roblyer has been focusing on teaching with technology for almost 40 years. Roblyer has written numerous books, articles and essays on the topic of technology's benefits for teaching. She first began exploring these benefits in 1971 as a graduate student at Pennsylvania State University. 

Roblyer is currently a Adjunct Professor of Instructional Technology and Distance Education at Nova Southeastern University. 

A. Doering is an associate professor in the Learning Technologies program at the University of Minnesota. Doering has served on many different editorial books and actively speaks on topics of adventure learning, engagement and motivation. His main focus is on how to design and develop adventure learning environments. 

Doering has always appreciated a healthy learning environment and the importance of it. He has worked inside middle and high school classrooms, as well as with the National Geographic Society.

Integrating Education Technology into Teaching gives teachers ideas on how we can better prepare ourselves for using technology in the classroom, focusing primarily on the proper use of computer technology. Various websites are given as examples, allowing the reader to explore and have more of a "hands on", learning experience. Different ideas on how to incorporate technology into curriculum is also discussed and explored. 

Book Review

I have to give this book a 2 thumbs up. The book was easy to navigate through when searching for specific definitions and/or topics and proved to include beneficial and up to date information in regards to relevant technology in the classroom. I can see however, that this book can quickly become outdated, given the constant innovative technology that is being incorporated in the classroom. This book would need to be revised and reviewed, regularly. 

I believe that teachers would find this book helpful, one to keep on their shelves in the classroom. The book does a good job in providing specific websites and software applications to use, which gives teachers a clear idea on what were reading and learning about. The book covers how to integrate technology across the curriculum as well as how to use and understand technology tools for 21st century teaching. These two topics, in my mind are huge, as it is our job to keep students innovative, up to date, and in tune with our ever changing world and standards. 

Reference

Roblyer, M.D., & Doering, A. H. (2013). Integrating educational technology into teaching. (6th ed.). Uppersaddle, NJ: Pearson.