Robert Furman: 8 books
by L. Robert Furman EdD
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
The use of instructional technology in twenty-first-century classrooms is not a subject to be debated. Rather, it needs to be embraced as a standard practice rather than an enriching activity. In Instructional Technology Tools: A Professional Development Plan, author L. Robert Furman presents a comprehensive...
The Future Ready Challenge
Improve Student Outcomes in 18 Weeks
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Incorporating digital age skills into curriculum can be daunting for educators, and getting started can be the hardest part. In this book, author and education leader L. Rob Furman breaks down the process into 18 easy-to-follow challenges so that teachers can improve student outcomes based on digital...
Brooklyn Heights
The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America's First Suburb
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
Settled in the 1600s, Brooklyn Heights is one of New York's most historic neighborhoods. Its strategic location overlooking the harbor proved instrumental during the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brooklyn. In the 1830s, steam ferries transformed it into America's first suburb, where abolitionism flourished...
Personalized Reading
Digital Strategies and Tools to Support All Learners
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Due to the diversity of readers in today’s classrooms, teachers are called upon to teach not reading, but readers. Personalized Reading highlights four different types of readers -- the struggling reader, the reluctant reader, English learners and advanced readers -- and presents ways to use technology...
Engaging Young Readers
Practical Tools and Strategies to Reach All Learners
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Educators need to be able to engage with readers at every level, and part of their role is to evaluate where each student lies on the continuum and to improve their skills to bring them to the appropriate level. This book is a beginner-level guide focusing on developmental reading strategies for elementary...
Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization
Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful...
Technology, Reading and Digital Literacy
Strategies to Engage the Reluctant Reader
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2015
This new book offers strategies teachers can use to motivate all students, including the most reluctant, to rediscover the joys of reading, share what they’ve read and discover innovative ways of exploring new things using technology as a springboard. Learn about exciting educational websites that...
Women in the Church (Third Edition)
An Interpretation and Application of 1 Timothy 2:9-15
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
The role of women in the church is highly debated, with Christians on all sides using Paul’s teachings in 1 Timothy to justify their positions. Now in its third edition, this classic book edited by Andreas Köstenberger and Thomas Schreiner offers a robust exegesis of 1 Timothy 2:9–15, looking...