Teaching Tech-Savvy Kids
Bringing Digital Media Into the Classroom, Grades 5-12
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Teaching, Computers & Technology
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781452296197 | |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications | Publication: | May 3, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Corwin | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781452296197 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Publication: | May 3, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Corwin |
| Language: | English |
Students are plugged in, powered up, and connected. Are you?
The author gives teachers a deeper understanding of the dynamic potential for increasing student learning through digital media. Based on a three-year study of youth and their use of new media, this teacher-friendly resource includes:
- Descriptions of digital tools such as social networking platforms, YouTube, Wikipedia, virtual worlds, digital music, and more
- Vignettes about how young people use digital media
- Sidebars debunking common myths about technology
- Advice about navigating digital media for both novice and expert teachers
- Pedagogical implications and practices, including sample activities
Students are plugged in, powered up, and connected. Are you?
The author gives teachers a deeper understanding of the dynamic potential for increasing student learning through digital media. Based on a three-year study of youth and their use of new media, this teacher-friendly resource includes:
- Descriptions of digital tools such as social networking platforms, YouTube, Wikipedia, virtual worlds, digital music, and more
- Vignettes about how young people use digital media
- Sidebars debunking common myths about technology
- Advice about navigating digital media for both novice and expert teachers
- Pedagogical implications and practices, including sample activities
