JANE PIIRTO is Trustees' Distinguished Professor at Ashland University. Her doctorate is in educational leadership. She has worked with students pre-K to doctoral level as a teacher, administrator, and professor. She has published 11 books, both ...

This action tool can help teachers engage students in learning the essential skills of critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, communication, and collaboration.

Learning is at its best when it is goal-oriented, contextual, interesting, challenging, and interactive. These same winning characteristics also define the best computer games, which suggests that the most effective learning experiences are also ...

Business as usual is a bust. The old guard is losing ground, whereas the upstarts—the mavericks—are growing fast. The reason? In an age of hyper-competition and nonstop innovation, the only way to stand out is to be truly original. That's the ...

Tackles the big ideas about language, literacy and learning. Why do poor and minority students under-perform in school? Do computer games help or hinder learning? What can new research in psychology teach our educational policy makers?

Written for both the computer layperson and the experienced programmer, this book explores the tenents of the UNIX operating system in detail, dealing with powerful concepts in a comprehensive, straightforward manner. It is a book to be read ...

Google is challenging the venerable Microsoft Office suite with its own Web-based office applications. This book offers scores of clever hacks and workarounds that enable power users to get more out of various applications.

Michael Fullan is arguably one of the world's leading authors on the issue of educational change. In this eagerly awaited trilogy Fullan explores why school reform is not as easy as first expected.

Praise for Randi Stone's Best Practice collections: "Will live up to its title and become a favored reference for any teacher, whether in a primary or public, rural or urban, or preschool through high school setting." -Wisconsin Bookwatch, July ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Farsighted Forget everything you’ve ever read about the age of dumbed-down, instant-gratification culture. In this provocative, unfailingly intelligent, thoroughly researched ...

'Leadership & Sustainability' examines how the opportunity for new leadership can be leveraged to focus on sustainability of reform, & will identify barriers & strategies for moving in new directions. Fullan defines the meaning of 'sustainability ...

MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES IN PRINT • “One of the seminal management books of the past seventy-five years.”—Harvard Business Review This revised edition of the bestselling classic is based on fifteen years of experience in putting Peter Senge ...

A practical guide for teachers and students that assists them in doing Internet research, and offers tips on addressing plagiarism.

Discusses the advantages and pitfalls of using computers in childhood education, and suggests ways parents can help children who are more computer-literate than they

Many people dream of starting a business, but fear that without an MBA they'll get lost in the maze of government red tape. Here's the handbook they need. Step-by-step, The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California outlines how to set up a ...

The first business plan is often the most difficult to write. A company may have little or no history, and often may not know lender requirements, what to stress and what to avoid. Your First Business Plan simplifies the process by outlining the ...

This text provides a comprehensive treatment of virtual world design from one of its pioneers. It covers everything from MUDs to MOOs to MMORPGs, from text-based to graphical VWs.

Beim Schutz von Unternehmenswerten geht die größte Gefahr von den Mitarbeitern des Unternehmens selbst aus. Obwohl die meisten Unternehmen die neuesten Sicherheitssysteme installieren, ignorieren sie doch meist die Gefahr aus den eigenen Reihen ...

Got Game shows how growing up immersed in video games has profoundly shaped the attitudes and abilities of this new generationThough little-noticed, these ninety million rising professionals, through sheer numbers, will inevitably dominate ...

The book that has helped thousands of Californians incorporate their businesses!

"A no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods--with dramatic and practical proposals on how education can be made relevant to today's world"--Jacket subtitle.

With this newly updated edition, the experts show you how to make your dreams of starting a business come true!

Acknowledging the current reality--that many schools ban student cell phone use in the classroom--Kolb discusses a host of innovative and highly interesting uses for the technology that do not require using the phones in the classroom. She also ...

Using everyday objects and familiar language systems such as Braille and Morse code, Petzold weaves an illuminating narrative about the secret inner life of computers and other smart machines.

Outlines a strategy for attaining wealth by looking for business opportunities and investing wisely, rather than seeking security through employment.