Meg Ormiston

The function of a publisher’s editorial staff is to give guidance to the author of a proposed work about the direction a particular manuscript should take, not only to maximize its acceptance by the targeted purchasers, but also to shape the work to be useful to its reader. That obviously did not happen in Ormiston’s case. The problem that is recognized in some of the major works issued by Solution Tree is that it takes a collaborative group of teachers to make any kind of difference in today’s educational climate with all its challenges. Works by Richard DuFour and published by Solution Tree are just one example. Yet, in this book, we are back to the notion that the isolated classroom teacher can and should become some sort of wizard who uses technology in this case to transform the current generation into achievers parexcellance! This book is a list of several hundred Web 2.0 tools that are briefly described as useful but there is no reference I could find of a teacher technologist, a teacher librarian, a tech director or other collaborative support groups that help beginners and even experienced folks with the maze of tools out there that will engage and support the the learners of today. For example, Google Apps for Education gets a couple of paragraphs and some of its tools are mentioned other places. Experienced technologists will be interested in the tools mentioned to check any gaps they have in their knowledge, but I doubt that any inexperienced teacher would spend any real time on this book because it starts to look like a maze that is impossible to wander through. We do not doubt the abilities of the author to deliver a great book on technology; however, this is not that book. Pass this one by.… (plus d'informations)