Educational technology (EdTech) is the effective use of technological tools in learning. As a concept, it concerns an array of tools, such as media, machines and networking hardware, as well as considering theoretical perspectives for their effective application. EdTech is not restricted to high technology. Nonetheless, electronic educational technology has become an important part of society today. To learn more about it, please click here.

In a recent issue of EdTech Digest, some especially valuable information is provided in an article that lists the Top 25 EdTech Books from some brilliant minds that will keep the conversation about 21st-century learning very much alive. Some are more recently released while others have been out for some time but are just as relevant and thought-provoking as the year they were written. Here are the first ten. Enjoy!

1 Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America
Collins and Halverson, 2009.

2 The Race Between Education and Technology
Goldin and Katz, 2010.

3 The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education
Bonk, 2011.

4 What’s So Funny About Education?
Fournier and McKeith, 2003.

5 The World is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the 21st Century
Friedman, 2007.

6 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times
Trilling and Fadel, 2009.

7 21st Century Skills: Rethinking How Students Learn
Bellanca and Brandt, 2010.

8 Teaching with the Tools Kids Really Use: Learning With Web and Mobile Technologies
Brooks-Young, 2010.

9 The Cluetrain Manifesto: 10th Anniversary Edition
Levine, Locke, Searls and Weinberger, 2009, 2000.

10 The Flickering Mind: Saving Education from the False Promise of Technology
Oppenheimer, 2004.

Here is a direct link to the complete list.

You may also wish to check out an article by Natasha Singer for The New York Times, Silicon Valley Turns Its Eye to Education, by clicking here.