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This text provides practical information on how to use current technology to improve the quality of physical education classes. Written specially for technology novices, this primer explains classroom applications for: fitness training equipment, camcorders and video recorders, and computers…. More >>
Using Technology in Physical Education
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Many teens today who use the Internet are actively involved in participatory cultures—joining online communities (Facebook, message boards, game clans), producing creative work in new forms (digital sampling, modding, fan videomaking, fan fiction), working in teams to complete tasks and develop new knowledge (as in Wikipedia), and shaping the flow of media (as in blogging or podcasting). A growing body of scholarship suggests potential benefits of these activities, including opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, development of skills useful in the modern workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship. Some argue that young people pick up these key skills and competencies on their own by interact… More >>
Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century
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Praise for Liberating Learning “Moe and Chubb have delivered a truly stunning book, rich with the prospect of how technology is already revolutionizing learning in communities from Midland, Pennsylvania to Gurgaon, India. At the same time, this is a sobering telling of the realpolitik of education, a battle in which the status quo is well defended. But most of all, this book is a call to action, a call to unleash the power of technological innovation to create an education system worthy of our aspirations and our childrens’ dreams.” —Ted Mitchell, CEO of the New Schools Venture Fund “As long as we continue to educate students without regard for the way the real world works, we will continue to limit … More >>
Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education
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This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors propose that the twentieth century was not only the American Century but also the Human Capital Century. That is, the American educational system is what made America the richest nation in the world. Its educational system had always been less elite than that of most European nations. … More >>
The Race between Education and Technology
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”The most convincing account I’ve read about how education will change in the decades ahead the authors’ analyses are impressive, fair-minded, and useful. -Howard Gardner, author of Five Minds for the Future and Frames of Mind
”A breakthrough book that goes well beyond the idea of adding technology to existing schools. This will be a must read for my students and research collaborators.” -John Bransford, author of How People Learn and… More >>
Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America
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