Vision to Action Book Titles
On this page, you'll find books that are still available through Vision to Action.
AIM Your Project with Flash
Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson
2nd Edition (2009)
ISBN 1-891917-09-9
117 pages
$22.36
Animation, interaction, and multimedia are three elements that can make your informational or instructional projects come alive. However they can also cause your user to become distracted, lost, and overwhelmed. Adobe Flash is a great tool for creating cool multimedia animations, but did you know that this popular software is also used to produce effective, efficient, and appealing instructional materials? In this fast-paced book with an accompanying website, you’ll create exciting, engaging Flash projects to address standards across content areas. Just like a flashlight, all you need to do is AIM!
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Building Treehouses for Learning: Technology in Today's Classrooms
Annette Lamb
4th Edition (2006)
ISBN 1-891917-08-0
570 pages
$45.99
Explores the design, development, and integration of traditional and emerging technologies into today's classrooms including educational software, video production, DVDs, desktop publishing and presentations, Internet (websites, blogs, forums, IM, chat), web project development, and multimedia. Explores lesson planning and classroom management considerations.
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The Magic Carpet Ride: Integrating Technology into the K-12 Classroom
Annette Lamb
3rd Edition (2002)
ISBN 1-891917-06-4
169 pages
$23.95
Focuses on integrating CD-ROM, laserdiscs, and student-produced multimedia technology into the classroom including digitizing images, video, and sounds. Incorporates elements from Treehouses for Learning into a concise multimedia applications book for teachers.
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Catching the Best of the Web: Practical Ideas for Internet Integration
Annette Lamb
1st Edition (2002)
ISBN 1-891917-07-2
142 pages
$21.95
Learn to locate and select quality Internet resources, adapt online educational materials, develop realistic web-based classroom activities, and build quality web pages and projects. Includes materials from three prior books: Cruisin', Surfin', and Spinnin' the Web plus lots of new websites, resources, and project ideas!
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Virtual Sandcastles: Teaching and Learning at a Distance
Annette Lamb & William L. Smith
1st Edition (1999)
ISBN 1-891917-01-3
214 Pages
$23.95 (Discount Price $19.95)
Virtual Learning Environments allow students to learn when they have time, where they need to be, and how they learn best. This book explores options for teaching and learning at a distance including surface mail, telephone, email, forums, web pages, live and recorded video, and computer software. Examines the design and development of virtual learning environments including projects and online courses and programs. Learn more at http://eduscapes.com/distance
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Newberys and the Net: Thematic Technology Connections
Annette Lamb & Nancy Smith
1st Edition (2000)
ISBN 1-891917-02-1
350 Pages
$28.95 (Discount Price $19.95)
For nearly eighty years students have been reading Newbery Medal winning books. From historical fiction set during the Dustbowl or World War II to contemporary issues such as animal abuse and divorce, these award winning authors can bring reading alive for students. By adding the power of Internet and other technologies, educators can build information-rich, thematic technology connections. This book explores how to connect popular, award winning books with online resources and technology-based classroom projects. Readers will explore book lists, web addresses, and software titles that can lay the foundation for your technology connections.
Each Newbery medal and honor book is highlighted on a two-page spread that provides background, thematic, and author information, along with activities and suggested websites. The book includes resources for over 150 Newbery medal and honor books. All the Newbery medal books have been included. All honor books from 1980 through 1999 and selected honor books from 1922 to 1979 are included. The Preface includes resources for locating your own lesson materials including good starting point, author, and book websites. In addition, links to general and book-specific lesson planning sites are also included.
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