According to Pacansky, emerging technologies are " tools or types of tools that are making an impact in teaching and learning but are not yet adopted in mainstream teaching practices." Examples of these technologies include: cloud based technologies, web 2.0 tools, social media, and mobile apps.
The book places an elemental emphasis on students' experiences, provides a framework for evaluating tools, and shares stories, tips, and showcase samples from both the author's own classes as well as other instructors' classes. As Pacansky himself stated:
If professors are encouraged, inspired, and incentivized to teach with emerging technologies, the playing field will shift and college will play a formative role in mastering necessary 21st-century skills and encouraging students to develop a credible digital footprint, which will play an important role in an individual’s personal and professional success long after college.The main things you will get to learn from this book as a teacher and instructor include :
- Different strategies and techniques for integrating emerging technologies in your teaching.
- Fundamentals about student privacy and copyright issues
- The impact of web 2.0 technologies on the way we learn and socialize
- Criteria to consider when evaluating tools to use in your classes
- Introduction to a wide array of web tools to create a truly student-centered, and participatory learning experiences.
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