Courtney Butler's List: Books

"Carrots, Kites and Traffic Lights" is a valuable resource for teachers. It features detailed lesson plans for upper primary technology. This link is for a portion of the portion of the book available online.

This book "Exploring technology: activities for the middle and upper primary teacher" is a good book for any upper primary teacher to have when planning technology lessons and units for the classroom.

This book "Getting Started in Technology: all you need to know to get the ball rolling in your classroom" is great for teachers who want to integrate Technology Education into their classroom.

This book "Helping Children Understand Technology : a handbook for teachers" is as the title suggests a handbook for teachers to help their students understand technology.

"Ideas for Technology : examples of practical activities for the P-8 classroom" is a good resource for teachers as it provides them with many practical activities. The ideas in the book have been developed and trialled by practicing teachers.

This is an online copy of the book "I Can Make My Robot Dance", which includes material to help teachers develop an integrated, comprehensive technology program for three to eight year olds. The book is a valuable source for teachers full of unit ideas.

This is a digital sample of the book "Technology Design, Create and Evaluate" for lower primary. It includes 15 very detailed and easy to follow technology activities. This is a fantastic book for lower primary teachers complete with assessment check lists.

This is a digital sample of the book "Technology Design, Create and Evaluate" for middle primary. It includes six very detailed easy to follow technology unit plans. This book is complete with helpful hints, evaluation and student proforma. This is a fantastic book for upper middle primary teachers.

This is a digital sample of the book "Technology Design, Create and Evaluate" for upper primary. It includes six very detailed easy to follow technology unit plans. Complete with helpful hints, evaluation and student proforma. This is a fantastic book for upper primary teachers.

This book "Technology for Children : research-based approaches" is a good book for teachers to look into the research-based approaches regarding technology for children.

"The Five Dangerous Trends Concerning Kids, Technology and the Internet" is a book that has insight, tools, facts, resources, guidelines and tips that are valuable to any teacher as all their students access the internet.