Teaching the Digital Generation

No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools
Frank S. Kelly - SHW Group, LLP
Ted McCain - Thornburg Center for Professional Development
Ian Jukes - The InfoSavvy21 Group
Teaching the Digital Generation
September 2008 | 280 pages | Corwin
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"This might well be THE contemporary manual for effective education reform. In a world where the future is now, schools are falling behind. It is a lag we can no longer afford."
—Sean M. Nosek, Principal
Westview Secondary School, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada

"This is the most important book about high schools since Breaking Ranks for school facilities planners."
—David E. Anstrand, Principal, Education Environment Planning Consultants
Board Member, Council of Educational Facility Planners International

Discover options for instruction and school design that reflect the needs of 21st-century students!

Preparing students to meet the demands of a constantly changing, technology-driven environment presents today's educators with unique challenges. This innovative resource demonstrates how traditional, industrial-type high schools have become outdated and helps school leaders plan facilities and curriculum in ways that benefit students' academic development and performance.

Teaching the Digital Generation examines how educators can address the learning needs of secondary students immersed in a digital world by designing and implementing new instructional models and technology infrastructure. The authors explore ten alternative high school models that address 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and digital literacy, and pose five critical considerations:

  • What should instruction and learning look like in a 21st-century school?
  • How can technology foster this kind of learning?
  • What noninstructional components are required?
  • How can time be used differently to support our vision?
  • How can new facility design turn this vision into reality?

Incorporating issues of facility design with curriculum and instructional planning, the authors offer educational leaders a new vision for schools.

Contents

Foreword by Michael Hinojosa

Foreword by Michael Hinojosa

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

Introduction

Part 1

  • 1. Schools Must Change
  • 2. Changing the Process of Designing Schools
  • 3. No More Cookie-Cutter Schools

Part 2

  • 4. Models for High Schools
  • 5. Industrial Age High Schools: Schools for a World That No Longer Exists
  • 6. Academies
  • 7. Instructional Centers
  • 8. Academic Focus
  • 9. Learning Labs
  • 10. Self-Directed Learning
  • 11. Time - Less + More
  • 12. Individualized Instruction
  • 13. Cyber Schools
  • 14. Diverse Learning Communities
  • 15. Diverse High Schools: No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools

Summary

Summary

References

References

Schools References

Schools References

Index

Index

Description

"This might well be THE contemporary manual for effective education reform. In a world where the future is now, schools are falling behind. It is a lag we can no longer afford."
—Sean M. Nosek, Principal
Westview Secondary School, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada

"This is the most important book about high schools since Breaking Ranks for school facilities planners."
—David E. Anstrand, Principal, Education Environment Planning Consultants
Board Member, Council of Educational Facility Planners International

Discover options for instruction and school design that reflect the needs of 21st-century students!

Preparing students to meet the demands of a constantly changing, technology-driven environment presents today's educators with unique challenges. This innovative resource 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.

Teaching the Digital Generation examines how educators can address the learning needs of secondary students immersed in a digital world by designing and implementing new instructional models and technology infrastructure. The authors explore ten alternative high school models that address 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and digital literacy, and pose five critical considerations:

  • What should instruction and learning look like in a 21st-century school?
  • How can technology foster this kind of learning?
  • What noninstructional components are required?
  • How can time be used differently to support our vision?
  • How can new facility design turn this vision into reality?

Incorporating issues of facility design with curriculum and instructional planning, the authors offer educational leaders a new vision for schools.

Contents

Foreword by Michael Hinojosa

Foreword by Michael Hinojosa

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

Introduction

Part 1

  • 1. Schools Must Change
  • 2. Changing the Process of Designing Schools
  • 3. No More Cookie-Cutter Schools

Part 2

  • 4. Models for High Schools
  • 5. Industrial Age High Schools: Schools for a World That No Longer Exists
  • 6. Academies
  • 7. Instructional Centers
  • 8. Academic Focus
  • 9. Learning Labs
  • 10. Self-Directed Learning
  • 11. Time - Less + More
  • 12. Individualized Instruction
  • 13. Cyber Schools
  • 14. Diverse Learning Communities
  • 15. Diverse High Schools: No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools

Summary

Summary

References

References

Schools References

Schools References

Index

Index

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Teaching the Digital Generation

No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools


September 2008 | 280 pages | Corwin

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"This might well be THE contemporary manual for effective education reform. In a world where the future is now, schools are falling behind. It is a lag we can no longer afford."
—Sean M. Nosek, Principal
Westview Secondary School, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada

"This is the most important book about high schools since Breaking Ranks for school facilities planners."
—David E. Anstrand, Principal, Education Environment Planning Consultants
Board Member, Council of Educational Facility Planners International

Discover options for instruction and school design that reflect the needs of 21st-century students!

Preparing students to meet the demands of a constantly changing, technology-driven environment presents today's educators with unique challenges. This innovative resource 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.

Teaching the Digital Generation examines how educators can address the learning needs of secondary students immersed in a digital world by designing and implementing new instructional models and technology infrastructure. The authors explore ten alternative high school models that address 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and digital literacy, and pose five critical considerations:

  • What should instruction and learning look like in a 21st-century school?
  • How can technology foster this kind of learning?
  • What noninstructional components are required?
  • How can time be used differently to support our vision?
  • How can new facility design turn this vision into reality?

Incorporating issues of facility design with curriculum and instructional planning, the authors offer educational leaders a new vision for schools.


Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword by Michael Hinojosa
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • Part 1
  • 1. Schools Must Change
  • 2. Changing the Process of Designing Schools
  • 3. No More Cookie-Cutter Schools
  • Part 2
  • 4. Models for High Schools
  • 5. Industrial Age High Schools: Schools for a World That No Longer Exists
  • 6. Academies
  • 7. Instructional Centers
  • 8. Academic Focus
  • 9. Learning Labs
  • 10. Self-Directed Learning
  • 11. Time - Less + More
  • 12. Individualized Instruction
  • 13. Cyber Schools
  • 14. Diverse Learning Communities
  • 15. Diverse High Schools: No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools
  • Summary
  • References
  • Schools References
  • Index
  • Foreword by Michael Hinojosa

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Dr April Sanders, Teacher Education Division, Spring Hill College
"The authors make a strong case for dismantling the traditional industrial model in favor of smaller learning communities. This would make a great book to discuss at a board retreat or for beginning the discussion on the question, 'What kind of education do we want for our kids?'"
Jeff N. Turner, Superintendent, Coppell Independent School District, TX
"Teaching the Digital Generation might well be the contemporary manual for effective education reform. In a world where the future is now, schools are falling behind. It is a lag we can no longer afford."
Sean M. Nosek, Principal, Westview Secondary School, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada
"This is the most important book about high schools for school facilities planners since Breaking Ranks: Changing an American Institution. The authors have made a strong case for change and defined a new process of designing schools. No other source allows an 'apples to apples' comparison of various models."
David E. Anstrand, Principal, Education Environment Planning Consultants, Board Member, Council of Educational Facility Planners International

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