"Integrating Information & Communications Technologies Into the Classroom" examines topics critical to business, computer science, and information technology education, such as: school improvement and reform, standards-based technology education programs, data-driven decision making, and strategic technology education planning. This book also includes subjects, such as: the effects of human factors on Web-based instruction; the impact of gender, politics, culture, and economics on instructional technology; the effects of technology on socialization and group processes; and, the barriers, challenges, and successes of technology integration into the classroom. "Integrating Information & Communications Technologies Into the Classroom" considers the effects of technology in society, equity issues, technology education and copyright laws, censorship, acceptable use and fair use laws, community education, and public outreach, using technology. Chapters of this book include: (1) Using "Blended Learning" to Develop Tertiary Students' Skills of Critique (Paul Lajbcyier and Christine Spratt); (2) The Effects of Human Factors on the Use of Web-Based Instruction (Sherry Chen); (3) Who's Talking Online II (Taralynn Hartsell); (4) Using a Blended Model to Improve Delivery of Teacher Education Curriculum in Global Settings (Vivian Wright, Ronnie Stanford, and Jon Beedle); (5) The Genesis, Political, and Economic Sides of the Internet (Andrew Targowski); (6) Writing-Across-the-IT/MIS Curriculum (Stephanie Etter and Jeffrey Merhout); (7) Learning IT (Tanya McGill and Samantha Bax); (8) Training Sequences and Their Effects on Task Performance and User Outcomes (Clive Sanford and Anol Bhattacherjee); (9) Group Process and Trust in Group Discussion (Lorna Uden and Linda Wojnar); (10) Task-Orientation Online Discussion (Byron Harvard, Jianxia Du, and Anthony Olinzock); (11) Addressing the Cultural Dimensions of E-Learning (Andrea Edmundson); (12) Project-Based Online Group Collaborative Learning Characteristics (Jianxia Du, Byron Harvard, James Adams, Gang Ding, and Wei-Chieh Yu); (13) Information Technology Certification (Tanya McGill and Michael Dixon); (14) Management of Telecommunications Services (Faye Teer, Young Choi, and Harold Teer); (15) Mind the Gap! (Andrew Madden, J. Baptista Nunes, M. McPherson, Nigel Ford, and Dave Miller); (16) An Interactive Tool for Teaching and Learning LAN Design (Nurul Sarkar); (17) Diffusion of Educational Technology and Education Reform (LeAnne Robinson); (18) Perspectives on 21st Century E-Learning in Higher Education (Lalita Rajasingham); (19) Guiding Our Way (Kathleen King, Frank Melia, and Marlene Dunham); and (20) Quality of Online Learning Applications (Leping Liu).