Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn
From iPods to smartphones to Facebook, today's youth are more plugged in than ever before, and it's becoming increasingly clear that they do not respond to traditional teaching methods—textbooks and lectures—in the same way as previous generations. What should parents and educators expect, socially and academically, from their wired children and adolescents? Rewired is a groundbreaking book that shows teachers and parents how to effectively incorporate this new generation's radically...
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Look around at today’s youth and you can see how technology has changed their lives. They lie on their beds and study while listening to mp3 players, texting and chatting online with friends, and reading and posting Facebook messages. How does the new, charged-up, multitasking generation respond to traditional textbooks and lectures? Are we effectively reaching today’s technologically advanced youth? Rewired is the first book to help educators and parents teach to this new generation’s radically different learning styles and needs. This book will also help parents learn what to expect from their “techie” children concerning school, homework, and even socialization. In short, it is a book that exposes the impact of generational differences on learning while providing strategies for engaging students at school and at home. Check out Larry Rosen's website: http://www.Me-MySpace-and-I.com
1 Why tweens and teens hate school 12 Welcome to the iGeneration 193 An explosion of WMDs : wireless mobile devices 514 Multitasking madness 755 Real life or screen life? : the educational opportunities of immersive social networking and virtual worlds 976 Tapping into a very creative generation of students 1277 Media literacy among 21st-century kids 1498 Concerns, worries, and barriers 1799 Rewiring education 199Acknowledgments 227Endnotes 229Index 249
