ENHANCING THE ART & SCIENCE OF

TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY

A Book Review By Josephine Valadez

AUTHORS

Sonny Magana- Sonny has been

in education for more than thirty
years. He has been a teacher,
principle, administrator, state
technology project director,
speaker trainer, and is currently
the associate vice president of
Marzano Research Laboratory.
Sonny has a masters degree in
educational technology from City
University of Seattle. He
currently works with teams of
teachers and leaders to support
and enhance instruction through
technology.

AUTHORS

Robert Marzano- Robert

has been in education for
over forty years and is the
cofounder of Marzano
Research Laboratory.
Robert has authored and
coauthored over thirty
books and one hundred
and fifty articles and
journals. Strategies from
his books are known
internationally and used
throughout schools. His
strategies are based on

BACK COVER HIGHLIGHTS

This book gets great reviews from people in the

educational world.
Angela Mcfarlane, writes At last we have a book that
breaks down the elements of effective teaching
practice and explains clearly proven methods can be
enhanced through judicious use of technology.
In short the back cover explains that the book contains
over 100 strategies organized under 41 elements of
effective teaching helping teachers in all grades use
technology effectively in their practice.

REVIEW

This textbook was very informative. The book

had 10 chapters each of which had multiple
subtopics. Each chapter focused on a different
aspect or strategy used in the classroom. At the
end of each chapter there was a subtopic
dedicated to teaching with technology as it
related to the overall theme of the chapter. The
book contained a lot of great information but
was a bit overwhelming for a book on
technology and could have been condensed
down to the subtopics on teaching with
technology to make it an easier read. Many of
the strategies were useful and the book came

HIGHLIGHTS AND
TAKEAWAYS

CHAPTER 1 RESEARCH AND

THEORY (P.19)

"there is difference betweenusing

technology in the classroom and using it
well (p.19)."
Technology in the classroom should be
purposeful and enhance content.

CHAPTER 2 COMMUNICATING
GOALS (P. 28)

With technology teachers can expose

students to learning goals of a lesson prior
to the start of the lesson itself (p.28).
Using classroom websites or blogs can
help teachers highlight important lesson
information and learning goals before and
throughout the lesson.

CHAPTER 7 ENGAGING
STUDENTS (P.105)

best practices for instructional

engagement are still affective in the
classroom. Furthermore, teachers can
harness the engaging potential of
technology for instructional purposes
(p.105).
Students are naturally engaged with
technology, teachers can use this
engagement to their advantage to help
students become engaged in a lesson .

CHAPTER 9 MAINTAINING
EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS
WITH STUDENTS (P.134)

Create a class website and encourage

students to contribute by posting
comments that reflect their interests
thought and feelings (p.134)
Technology can be used not only for
content and engagement but it can be used
to get to know your students and build
important relationships .

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sonny Magana, R. M. (2014). Enhancing the Art and Science

of Teaching With Technology
Classroom Strategies. Bloomington: Marzano Research
Labratory.