Technology and the Digital Generation

Contemporary Issues and Trends in Education

Young people now grow up with connected devices in hand, while much of the teaching they receive was designed for an earlier time. This chapter looks at what that gap asks of a school: adding technology as a basic skill, using tools that let students learn across the world, borrowing what students already do well outside class, and reshaping lessons around how different students actually learn.

Digital Natives and the Fourth R

Why students learn differently from the adults teaching them, and what a fourth basic skill adds.

Technology Erasing Distance in Learning

Collaborating across the world, multiple perspectives, and a global economy’s demands.

The Education Revolution: Old and New

Tools borrowed from business, information fluency, and old problems met with new means.

Transforming Curricula for How Students Learn

Practice over theory, customized learning, and a careful look at learning styles.