Teaching Tech-Savvy Kids
Bringing Digital Media Into the Classroom, Grades 5-12
- Jessica K. Parker - Sonoma State University, USA
Foreword by Glynda Hull
Based on the findings of a three-year study on youth and their use of digital media for informal learning, this book gives teachers a deeper awareness of the characteristics of "iGeneration culture" and the dynamic potential for student learning through digital media, such as fostering collaboration, creativity, feedback, and critiques.
Presented in a teacher-friendly format, each of the chapters include:
- A description of each digital medium
- A vignette about a young person using the medium
- Advice about navigating digital media for both novice and expert teachers, plus activities and sidebars
- A section addressing myths related to each medium
- A section on pedagogical implications and practices, including activities
Teaching Tech Savvy Kids provides examples of how to integrate digital media into secondary classrooms, explains how key characteristics of digital media can help to revitalize pedagogical practices, and increases teachers' options for offering more engaged, student-centered learning opportunities.
"Until we understand the powerful learning, collaborating, and producing that teenagers do with their cell phones, mp3 players, laptops, and the Internet, we won’t understand how we can best utilize those technologies in our classrooms. Whether you’re a digital native new to the classroom or a veteran teacher struggling to learn your students’ Internet lingo, this book is your guide to 21st-century teenagers, literacy, and learning. After 17 years teaching middle school English, I know that I can’t teach literacy today without this book."
"A concise, well-written book, perfect for teachers who are unfamiliar with the technology their students use and how to apply it in their classrooms in a meaningful way."
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