- “Being able to read and write multiple forms of media and integrate them into a
meaningful whole is the new hallmark of literacy.”
Read Orchestrating the Media Collage at the Educational Leadership site.
meaningful whole is the new hallmark of literacy.”
A book about understanding the many issues we face personally and in our schools as we come to grips with blending our many lives: real or virtual, digital or analog, local or global. Above all, it is about helping our students see critically and wisely the technology that is so invisible to them, and about challenging school systems to adopt the following as a mission statement: Students will study the personal, social, and environmental impacts of every technology and media application they use in school.
This book is all about using storytelling for transformative purposes, and how to go digital with the stories that you and your students create. Find out more at the Digital Storytelling in the Classroom website.
gets to tell their own story in their way on the great stage of the Internet, then why not write a novel instead of a tome about the future of technology and learning? That is exactly why Jason wrote Then What? Everyone's Guide to Living, Learning and Having Fun in the Digital Age. It is a wild, serious roller coaster of a book that will make you laugh, think and demand a new approach to education.
Neil Postman said of Taming the Beast, "...a wonderful book and quite ground breaking... Of all the books now appearing on what to do about media in the education of our youth, Jason Ohler's is, in my opinion, the best."
It includes chapters by Bill Gates, Ray Kurzweil, Larry Cuban, Esther Dyson, Neil Postman, and many more. Future Courses gives you a peek into the future of technology and learning through the eyes of the pros. Edited by Jason.
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