[MACEP] Dave Moursund's new free 157 page book on games in education

[David Moursund]

As many of you know, two of my main professional interests are  
computers in education and math education. I have recently completed  
writing two books that will likely be of interest to you if you have  
children in elementary or middle school. The following two books are  
available free on my Website:

Moursund, D.G. (June 2006). Introduction to Using Games in Education:  
A Guide for Teachers and Parents. (157 pages.) Access at http:// 
darkwing.uoregon.edu/~moursund/Books/Games/games.html

Moursund, D.G. (June 2006). Computational Thinking and Math Maturity:  
Improving Math Education in K-8 Schools. (108 pages.) Access at
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~moursund/
Books/ElMath/ElMath.html

My next book will address the general topic of Information Age  
Education, with the main focus being on how to improve education  
through appropriate use of Information and Communication Technology.  
It will be written specifically for parents of elementary and middle  
school students, and the teachers of these students. I am looking for  
input from parents of children in those grades, or older. I would  
appreciate your comments on:

1.          What your children learned about computers at home versus  
what they learned about in school.

2.          What you think that elementary and middle school students  
should be learning about computers in school.

Feel free to send comments directly to me, or post them to my Blog at  
http://cate.blogs.com/moursund/ under the category Parents and ICT in  
Education.

Five other books on computers in education that I have written in  
recent years are available free at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/ 
~moursund/dave/Free.html#Books.


Thanks,

Dave Moursund
Teacher Education, College of Education
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~moursund/dave/index.htm
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~moursund/dave/Free.html

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