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Teaching Tech-Savvy Kids

Bringing Digital Media Into the Classroom, Grades 5-12

By: Jessica K. Parker

Foreword by Glynda Hull

Gain a deeper understanding of the dynamic potential for increasing student learning through digital media such as social networking platforms, YouTube, Wikipedia, and more!

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Grade Level: 5-12
ISBN: 9781412971508
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2010
Page Count: 216
Publication date: March 07, 2013

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"Until we understand the powerful learning, collaborating, and producing that teenagers do with their cell phones, mp3 players, laptops, and the Internet, we won't understand how we can best utilize those technologies in our classrooms. Whether you're a digital native new to the classroom or a veteran teacher struggling to learn your students' Internet lingo, this book is your guide to 21st-century teenagers, literacy, and learning. After 17 years teaching middle school English, I know that I can't teach literacy today without this book."
—Laura Maslin Bradley, English Teacher
Kenilworth Junior High School, Petaluma, CA

Students are plugged in, powered up, and connected. Are you?

Digital media presents powerful tools for engaging students in developing critical thinking, collaboration, and other 21st-century skills. Written for middle and high school teachers, this resource explores the relationship between students and digital media and shows how to design learning opportunities that harness today's technology.

Jessica K. Parker gives teachers a deeper understanding of the dynamic potential for increasing student learning through new technologies. Based on a three-year study of youth and their use of digital media, this teacher-friendly book 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 for both novice and expert teachers
Pedagogical implications and practices, including sample activities

Teaching Tech-Savvy Kids shows how to integrate digital media into your classroom and create more engaged, student-centered learning opportunities.

Key features

Based on a seminal, three-year study on the interaction between today's youth and digital media
Presents numerous examples of youth using digital media in informal settings
Provides a wealth of detailed stories and cases from classroom teachers about their students' use of new media for learning
Includes strategies, ideas, and initial activities for discussing and introducing digital media into the classroom
Offers additional references, a glossary, and a link to the author's Web site for additional materials
Join a community of educators discussing the book and issues related to digital media and learning: http://teachingtechsavvykids.com.

Author(s)

Jessica K. Parker

Jessica K. Parker is currently an assistant professor at Sonoma State University, and she studies how high schools integrate multimedia literacy into academic literacy learning. She has taught middle school, high school and college students for over a decade and has also created and taught professional development courses for teachers. She has published teacher-researcher articles in English Journal, and has presented at national conventions such as AERA, National Media Education Conference, NCTE Assembly for Research, and many others. Jessica completed her undergraduate and graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley; she has a B.A. in Media Studies and a M.A. and a Ph.D. in Education.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Glynda Hull

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Contributors

1. Understanding Youth and New Media

2. Hanging Out With Friends: MySpace, Facebook, and Other Networked Publics

3. YouTube: Creating, Connecting, and Learning Through Video

4. Wikipedia: The Online Encyclopedia Based on Collaborative Knowledge

5. Role-Playing: Writing and Performing Beyond the Classroom

6. Virtual Worlds: Designing, Playing and Learning

7. Remix Culture: Digital Music and Video Remix, Opportunities for Creative Production

8. Conclusion

Glossary

Index

Reviews

"Until we understand the powerful learning, collaborating, and producing that teenagers do with their cell phones, mp3 players, laptops, and the Internet, we won’t understand how we can best utilize those technologies in our classrooms. Whether you’re a digital native new to the classroom or a veteran teacher struggling to learn your students’ Internet lingo, this book is your guide to 21st-century teenagers, literacy, and learning. After 17 years teaching middle school English, I know that I can’t teach literacy today without this book."

Laura Maslin Bradley, English Teacher
Kenilworth Junior High School, Petaluma, CA

"A concise, well-written book, perfect for teachers who are unfamiliar with the technology their students use and how to apply it in their classrooms in a meaningful way."

Karen Scott
Library Media Connection magazine, November/December 2010

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