Understanding the Digital Generation

Teaching and Learning in the
New Digital Landscape

There comes a time where every generation looks at the one ahead and experiences the moment where they ask, "what's wrong with these kids today?" The truth is kids today are different - they think, learn and interact in a whole different way than we did growing up. So what's the deal? Why are they resistant to the ways we did things when we were young? How is it traditional teaching methods aren't as effective now as they were with our generation and the ones before? What are today's digital children doing to stay engaged, informed, entertained and connected?

The answers to these questions and more can be found in "Understanding the Digital Generation". This book examines the effects that digital bombardment and constant technological interaction has had on digital learners, and how it shaped the young impressionable brain. It also takes a detailed look at the defining attributes that make today's kids so different, and how we can better understand the children who will be the leaders of the future.

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The Digital Diet

Today's digital tools in small bytes

Blogs, wikis, Twitter, Facebook, online video, search engines, social networking - are any of these terms utterly unfamiliar and alien? Today we have an amazing selection of online applications that allow us to work, play and interact in ways we never dreamed possible, or even likely. Understanding the digital world we live in can be a daunting process for the newcomer. To make it both easy and enjoyable, we offer "The Digital Diet".

n this book, over the period of several weeks readers are invited to feast on a tantalizing buffet of the digital fare used extensively in our technology-driven lives. It provides a great frame of reference for anyone wanting to relate to today's digital generation, or just be "in the know" about the vast array of digital tools being used in everyday 21st Century life.

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Living on the Future Edge

The Impact of Global Exponential Trends
on Education in the 21st Century

Does it ever feel like our society is always in fast-forward? Are you frustrated by the experience of technologies becoming obsolete almost immediately after they're introduced? Do you struggle just to grasp how quickly and relentlessly things are changing? Change is the law of life, and is absolutely necessary in our lives. Our world today is in a constant state of flux, transforming and ever-evolving. It's often difficult to understand where it all might be leading.

"Living On The Future Edge" is a glimpse into that astounding technological future that awaits us all. In addition to providing a pragmatic look at the powerful and pervasive impact rapid digital evolution has on our culture, this book covers 6 exciting exponential trends that are affecting our world and shaping our future. This title takes us into a future world where the changes we are facing now can truly connect and benefit us all.

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Teaching for Tomorrow

Teaching Content and
Problem Solving Skills

In this vast new electronic landscape we face a totally different kind of student than we were when we were in the classrooms. Indeed, today even the definition of the classroom itself has been revolutionized and completely redefined by the digital age. "Teaching for Tomorrow" is a handbook to guide you in your quest to uncover the new and different ways our digital generation is redefining the experience of learning. Within is a detailed explanation of what it truly means to "teach for tomorrow".

Using innovative models for the instructional process and in-depth fictional scenarios geared toward promoting an active participation in learning, you'll get a sense for an alternative approach to the traditional full-frontal lecture. This book aims at helping educators shift the responsibility for learning from the teacher to the student, and seeks to bridge the gap between two very different generations to breathe new life into learning.

Literacy is Not Enough

21st Century Fluencies
for the Digital Age

In our present society we are seeing powerful technologies and information systems causing a parallel change in the knowledge base. Why are facts are becoming obsolete faster and knowledge built on these facts less durable? What are the new methods for learning, communicating and collaborating both in business and education? With so much information at our fingertips, how do we discern the good from the bad, the correct from the incorrect, and the empty from the meaningful?

In today's world, traditional literacy alone is insufficient for success in the classrooms and the workforces of the new digital age. The rapid advancements in technology leading us into the future call for a whole different set of skills to utilize it all to its full potential. "Literacy is Not Enough" defines the essential skills and mindsets our children need to survive and thrive in 21st Century digital culture, through the understanding and application of essential new 21st Century fluencies.

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Teaching the Digital Generation

No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools

Ever wonder what learning would look like in a 21st Century School? Preparing students to meet the demands of a constantly changing, technology-driven environment presents today's educators with unique challenges. "No More Cookie Cutter Schools" demonstrates how traditional, industrial-type high schools have become outdated and helps school leaders plan facilities and curriculum in ways that benefit students' academic development and performance.

This innovative resource provides an interesting guide to completely redefining what it means to "be in school". Today learning is an anytime/anywhere process, thanks to efficient new technologies linked to an online world that places learning tools and methods directly into the hands of our digital students. As we break down the walls of traditional methods, the barriers to learning also come down. This book looks at how to create dynamic teaching and learning environments that are not limited to the "brick and mortar" buildings of the past.