From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom

Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning
Marc R. Prensky - Games2Train
From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom
January 2012 | 240 pages | Corwin
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An expert perspective on 21st century education

What can you learn on a cell phone? Almost anything! How does that concept fit with our traditional system of education? It doesn't. Best-selling author and futurist Marc Prensky's
book of essays challenges educators to "reboot" and make the changes necessary to prepare students for 21st century careers. His "bottom-up" vision is based on interviews with young people and includes their ideas about what they need from teachers, schools, and education. Also featured are easy-to-do, high-impact classroom strategies that help what he calls "digital natives" acquire "digital wisdom." This thought-provoking text is organized into two sections that address:

• Rethinking education
• 21st century learning and technology in the classroom (including games, YouTube, and more)

In addition to valuable knowledge, this compelling collection offers inspiration, new perspectives, and ideas that work. Our educational context has changed, and a new context demands new thinking. This book will broaden your mind, spark new insights regarding how and what you teach, and reshape your vision of 21st century education.

Contents

Foreword by Milton Chen

Foreword by Milton Chen

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction

Introduction

I. Rethinking Education

  • 1. The Reformers Are Leaving Our Schools in the 20th Century
  • 2. On Learning
  • 3. Educaiton as Rocket Science
  • 4. Turning On the Lights
  • 5. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
  • 6. The Emerging Online Life of the Digital Native
  • 7. Young Minds, Fast Times
  • 8. Blame Our Young? Or Use Their Passion!
  • 9. To Educate, We Must Listen
  • 10. Bringing the Future to School: The Prensky Challenge
  • 11. An Open Letter to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Questions for Reflection

Questions for Reflection

II. 21st Century Learning, and Technology in the Classroom

  • 12. The Role of Technology in Teaching and the Classroom
  • 13. Backup Education?
  • 14. Simple Changes in Current Practices May Save Our Schools
  • 15. The Longer View: Why YouTube Matters
  • 16. Beyond the Lemonade Stand
  • 17. Types of Learning and Possible Game Styles
  • 18. On Being Disrespected
  • 19. Let's Be "Digital Multipliers"
  • 20. Search Versus Research
  • 21. Simulation Nation
  • 22. What Can You Learn From a Cell Phone? Almost Anything!
  • 23. The True 21st Century Literacy Is Programming

Epilogue: From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom

Epilogue: From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom

Questions for Reflection

Questions for Reflection

Final Note

Final Note

Index

Index

Description

An expert perspective on 21st century education

What can you learn on a cell phone? Almost anything! How does that concept fit with our traditional system of education? It doesn't. Best-selling author and futurist Marc Prensky's
book of essays challenges educators to "reboot" and make the changes necessary to prepare students for 21st century careers. His "bottom-up" vision is based on interviews with young people and includes their ideas about what they need from teachers, schools, and education. Also featured are easy-to-do, high-impact classroom strategies that help what he calls "digital natives" acquire "digital wisdom." This thought-provoking text is organized into two sections that address:

• Rethinking education
• 21st century learning and technology in the classroom (including games, YouTube, and more)

In addition to valuable knowledge, this compelling collection offers inspiration, new perspectives, and ideas that work. Our educational context has changed, and a new context demands new thinking. This book will broaden your mind, spark new insights regarding how and what you teach, and reshape your vision of 21st century education.

Contents

Foreword by Milton Chen

Foreword by Milton Chen

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction

Introduction

I. Rethinking Education

  • 1. The Reformers Are Leaving Our Schools in the 20th Century
  • 2. On Learning
  • 3. Educaiton as Rocket Science
  • 4. Turning On the Lights
  • 5. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
  • 6. The Emerging Online Life of the Digital Native
  • 7. Young Minds, Fast Times
  • 8. Blame Our Young? Or Use Their Passion!
  • 9. To Educate, We Must Listen
  • 10. Bringing the Future to School: The Prensky Challenge
  • 11. An Open Letter to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Questions for Reflection

Questions for Reflection

II. 21st Century Learning, and Technology in the Classroom

  • 12. The Role of Technology in Teaching and the Classroom
  • 13. Backup Education?
  • 14. Simple Changes in Current Practices May Save Our Schools
  • 15. The Longer View: Why YouTube Matters
  • 16. Beyond the Lemonade Stand
  • 17. Types of Learning and Possible Game Styles
  • 18. On Being Disrespected
  • 19. Let's Be "Digital Multipliers"
  • 20. Search Versus Research
  • 21. Simulation Nation
  • 22. What Can You Learn From a Cell Phone? Almost Anything!
  • 23. The True 21st Century Literacy Is Programming

Epilogue: From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom

Epilogue: From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom

Questions for Reflection

Questions for Reflection

Final Note

Final Note

Index

Index

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From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom

Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning

Marc R. Prensky
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January 2012 | 240 pages | Corwin

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An expert perspective on 21st century education

What can you learn on a cell phone? Almost anything! How does that concept fit with our traditional system of education? It doesn't. Best-selling author and futurist Marc Prensky's
book of essays challenges educators to "reboot" and make the changes necessary to prepare students for 21st century careers. His "bottom-up" vision is based on interviews with young people and includes their ideas about what they need from teachers, schools, and education. Also featured are easy-to-do, high-impact classroom strategies that help what he calls "digital natives" acquire "digital wisdom." This thought-provoking text is organized into two sections that address:

• Rethinking education
• 21st century learning and technology in the classroom (including games, YouTube, and more)

In addition to valuable knowledge, this compelling collection offers inspiration, new perspectives, and ideas that work. Our educational context has changed, and a new context demands new thinking. This book will broaden your mind, spark new insights regarding how and what you teach, and reshape your vision of 21st century education.


Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword by Milton Chen
  • About the Author
  • Introduction
  • I. Rethinking Education
  • 1. The Reformers Are Leaving Our Schools in the 20th Century
  • 2. On Learning
  • 3. Educaiton as Rocket Science
  • 4. Turning On the Lights
  • 5. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
  • 6. The Emerging Online Life of the Digital Native
  • 7. Young Minds, Fast Times
  • 8. Blame Our Young? Or Use Their Passion!
  • 9. To Educate, We Must Listen
  • 10. Bringing the Future to School: The Prensky Challenge
  • 11. An Open Letter to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Questions for Reflection
  • II. 21st Century Learning, and Technology in the Classroom
  • 12. The Role of Technology in Teaching and the Classroom
  • 13. Backup Education?
  • 14. Simple Changes in Current Practices May Save Our Schools
  • 15. The Longer View: Why YouTube Matters
  • 16. Beyond the Lemonade Stand
  • 17. Types of Learning and Possible Game Styles
  • 18. On Being Disrespected
  • 19. Let's Be "Digital Multipliers"
  • 20. Search Versus Research
  • 21. Simulation Nation
  • 22. What Can You Learn From a Cell Phone? Almost Anything!
  • 23. The True 21st Century Literacy Is Programming
  • Epilogue: From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom
  • Questions for Reflection
  • Final Note
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

I think this is better as a supplemental resource than a text. Still, I think it's a great book!
Dr Paul Beaudoin, Humanities Dept, Fitchburg State College
"My 6 year old son really opened my eyes to the truth in your writings. My son is very bright, but he claims he hates school and he fights me at home when I try to get him to read or practice his writing. But he LOVES games! Some days he would come home from school and ask to go online and have me find a website for him that they used at school. These games got him to practice the skills I wanted him to but in a way that engaged him."
Emily, Teacher, South Dakota
"The author's first-person experiences as an educator directing these young 'digital natives' with the wisdom of an experienced educator makes this rich with examples pulled from classroom interactions."
Midwest Book Review, April 2012
“Bringing together several of his always-provocative essays to describe his vision for the future of education, Marc Prensky offers several insights that are sure to spark a conversation and force you to question your convictions about education. Perhaps the most important one is that we should listen to the students themselves and use their insights to inform us in how we can help them succeed.”
Michael Horn, Co-Author of Disrupting Class and Executive Director, Education of Innosight Institute
undefinedundefinedundefined "Marc Prensky has been a thought leader for this generation of forward-thinking educators. This collection of essays will push you, inspire you and challenge your beliefs about what students can do."
Chris Lehmann, Founding Principal, Science Leadership Academy

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