The Best Education & Software Books 2025

1. Using Moodle : Teaching with the Popular Open Source Course Management System

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Developed by an extremely active open source community, Moodle is a sophisticated course management system that's ideal for creating dynamic online learning communities and for supplementing face-to-face learning. Used in more than 115 countries and supporting over 60 languages, Moodle can scale from a single-teacher site to a 40,000- student university. Teachers who use Moodle have access to an array of powerful tools such as assignments, forums, journals, quizzes, surveys, chat rooms, and workshops. "Using Moodle" is a comprehensive, hands-on guide that explains how the system works, with plenty of examples and best practices for its many features and plug-in modules. Authored by a member of the Moodle community, this authoritative book also exposes little-known but powerful hacks for more technically savvy users. For anyone who is using-or thinking of using-this CMS, "Using Moodle" is required reading.

2. A Teacher's Guide to Digital Media in the Classroom

In this Apple-certified guide, Richard Harrington shows teachers how to integrate digital media arts into their existing curriculum using iLife '08, iWork '08, and practical, step-by-step projects. Developed in collaboration with the Pearson Education Foundation in accordance with the National Educational Technology Standards council, the book includes class-room tested guidelines from the Foundation's Digital Media Arts program, as well as inspirational profiles of successful digital media classroom projects around the world. Designed to be used with Apple Training Series: iLife '08 and Apple Training Series: iWork 08, this guide covers everything from designing a photo essay to creating polished video projects, and will have teachers and students producing websites, podcasts, video blogs, and DVDs in no time. Students learn to: - Express a Feeling: Create a photo-essay slideshow, add sound, and publish it on the web- Make a Factual Case: Track data in a spreadsheet, organize it into charts, then deliver it as a Keynote presentation- Make a Persuasive Case: Research an issue, develop an argument, and create a PSA in iMovie and burn it to DVD- Solve a Problem: Reconcile income and expenses in a household budget and chart financial scenarios- Tell a Story: Document the personal history of a community leader in a short, sophisticated movie

Apple Training: A Teacher's Guide to Digital Media in the Classroom (Paperback)