Homo Zappiens: Growing up in a digital age - Softcover

This is a very lively read with plenty of bits you'll be quoting to your friends and collegues. --Sanford Lakoff ...illustrates well the challenges that the digital lifestyle of many young minds creates for teachers, schools and education in general. --Sanford Lakoff ...a brilliant, insightful read...a guide for anyone who wants to understand what drives children to concentrate, learn and develop.--Sanford Lakoff

Teaching and learning is a two-way street, and most teachers will tell you they learn so much from the pupils they teach. Nowhere is this more true than in the field of technology. Often the pupils come to school with a great knowledge of information technology than the teachers, with can be viewed as an opportunity or a threat depending on the viewpoint of the teacher. It is, in fact, a great opportunity for teachers and this book shows what the new generation of learners can bring to schools and how teachers can interpret what they observe in schools. It also gives suggestions on how to respond to the need to adapt teaching practices for a society where dealing with knowledge is a matter of negotiation and creativity.