Teaching the iGeneration: Five Easy Ways to Introduce Essential Skills With Web 2.0 Tools, July/2010
| Author(s) | William M. Ferriter, Adam Garry |
| ISBN10 | 1935249932 |
| ISBN13 | 9781935249931 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 256 |
| Year Publish | 2010 July |
Synopsis
You know what the iGeneration in your classroom looks like. They're the students willing to experiment their way through anything, confident that trial and error can crack the code better than reading manuals or following directions. They’re turning to the Internet first and the library second when assigned research projects. Their minds are working fast, but not always as deeply or as accurately as the adults in their lives would like. Yet teachers can capture the attention of the iGeneration and help them grow by integrating technology into classrooms in a way that focuses on the skills that have been important for decades.
Find the natural overlap between the work you already believe in and the digital tools that define tomorrow's learning. Each chapter introduces an enduring skill: information fluency, persuasion, communication, collaboration, and problem solving. Then, the authors present a digital solution that can be used to enhance traditional skill-based instructional practices. A collection of handouts and supporting materials tailored to each skill and tool type ends each chapter.
Benefits
- Includes a wealth of handouts and activities focused on each skill and digital tool discussed
- Explores practical methods to connect the enduring skills taught for generations with the technology that students are using every day
- Presents concrete ways for students to make a difference around the world
- Provides student and teacher step-by-step directions for each digital tool
- Investigates numerous online resources and discusses the pros and cons of each
- Provides step-by-step tutorials of online resources at go.solution-tree.com/technology
About The Authors:
William M. Ferriter is a sixth-grade teacher in a professional learning community near Raleigh, North Carolina. A National Board Certified Teacher, Bill has designed professional development courses for educators nationwide. His trainings include how to use blogs, wikis, and podcasts in the classroom; the role of iTunes in teaching and learning; and the power of digital moviemaking. Bill has also developed schoolwide technology rubrics and surveys that identify student and staff digital proficiency at the building level. He is a founding member and senior fellow of the Teacher Leaders Network and has served as teacher in residence at the Center for Teaching Quality.
An advocate for PLCs, improved teacher working conditions, and teacher leadership, Bill has represented educators on Capitol Hill and presented at state and national conferences. He has received the rare honor of being twice-certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, earning his first certification among the first 100 teachers in North Carolina and the first 1,000 in the United States. Bill has been a Regional Teacher of the Year in North Carolina, and his blog, The Tempered Radical, earned Best Teacher Blog of 2008 from Edublogs.
Bill has had articles published in the Journal for Staff Development, Educational Leadership, and Threshold magazine. He earned a bachelor of science and master of science in elementary education from the State University of New York at Geneseo.
Adam Garry is a former elementary school teacher, he has presented at numerous conferences around the world, including for the International Society of Technology in Education. Over the past several years, he has consulted in school districts across the United States on school reform, professional development, 21st century skills, technology integration, curriculum and instruction, and leadership. He was also one of the facilitators for the Partnership for 21st Century Skills professional development affiliates program and ISTE’s School 2.0 workshops.
Adam has written many articles on technology integration for several education magazines and authors his own blog.
He received a bachelor’s in elementary education, a master’s in teaching and learning with a technology emphasis, and a certificate in administration and supervision from Johns Hopkins University.
