As the multifaceted environment of the Internet continues to evolve, web accessibility has become a major issue in terms of providing effective communication to the public. Although web accessibility guidelines exist, there are some academic institutions and areas of industry that have not developed guidelines to ensure that web documents are accessible. The primary objective of Design and Implementation of Web-Enabled Teaching Tools is to explore the myriad of issues regarding web accessibility, specifically focusing on those areas that cover the design and implementation of web-enabled teaching tools.

Coffee Culture: Local Experiences, Global Connections (Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology)

From the coffee producers who tend the plantations in tropical nations, to the middlwmen and processors, to the consumers who drink coffee without ever having to think about how the drink reached their hands, here is a commodity that ties the world together.

Understanding and Developing Science Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge

There has been a growing interest in the notion of a scholarship of teaching. Such scholarship is displayed through a teacher's grasp of, and response to, the relationships between knowledge of content, teaching and learning in ways that attest to practice as being complex and interwoven. Yet attempting to capture teachers' professional knowledge is difficult because the critical links between practice and knowledge, for many teachers, is tacit.

This book has been brought together from two broad sources of interest and concern. All contributors would like to see more teachers doing their own research, but at the same time believe that such research must have a sharp methodological focus for it to have sufficient rigour to be of any practical use at all.

Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use

Intended for introductory courses in computer applications for education taken by future teachers. Most often taken by sophomores, juniors or seniors. Many education programs require pre-teachers take this course in preparation for K-12 teaching. The course typically details how to integrate technology resources (especially computers) into everyday teaching practices. National (ISTE) and state standards require teachers demonstrate competencies in specific computer/technology skills.