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From digital natives to digital wisdom : hopeful essays for 21st century learning / Marc Prensky ; foreword by Milton Chen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prensky, Marc.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Education--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education.
- Education--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 227 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Best-selling author and futurist Mark R. Prensky's book of essays challenges educators to 'reboot' and make the changes necessary to prepare students for 21st century careers.
- Contents:
- part 1. Rethinking education: The reformers are leaving our schools in the 20th century ; On learning ; Education as rocket science ; Turning on the lights ; Digital natives, digital immigrants ; The emerging online life of the digital native ; Young minds, fast times ; Blame our young? Or use their passion! ; To educate, we must listen ; Bringing the future to school : the Prensky challenge ; Open letter to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ; Questions for reflection
- part 2. 21st century learning, and technology in the classroom: The role of technology in teaching and the classroom ; Backup education? ; Simple changes in current practices may save our schools ; The longer view : why YouTube matters ; Beyond the lemonade stand ; Types of learning and possible game styles ; On being disrespected ; Let's be "digital multipliers" ; Search versus research ; Simulation nation ; What can you learn from a cell phone? Almost anything! ; The true 21st century literacy is programming.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781452279756
- 1452279756
- 9781452284194
- 1452284199
- 9781483387765
- 1483387763
- OCLC:
- 903238842
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