Rewired Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn
by Rosen, Larry D., Ph.D.Edition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2010-03-30
Publisher(s): St. Martin's Griffin
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Summary
Rosen explores how the new, charged-up, multitasking generation responds to traditional textbooks and lectures. "Rewired" helps educators and parents teach to this new generation's radically different learning styles and needs.
Author Biography
Dr. Larry Rosen is a professor of Psychology and the author of Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation and TechnoStress: Coping with Technology @ Work @ Home @ Play. He has over 25 years of research experience on the impact of technology among children, adolescents, young adults, parents, school teachers, and business people in more than 30 countries. Dr. Rosen is often quoted in magazines and newspapers such as Newsweek, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune; regularly appears on television and radio; and gives keynote speeches around the world regarding the psychology of technology. He lives in Dominguez Hills, CA.
Table of Contents
| Why Tweens and Teens Hate School | p. 1 |
| Welcome to the iGeneration | p. 19 |
| An Explosion of WMDs: Wireless Mobile Devices | p. 51 |
| Multitasking Madness | p. 75 |
| Real Life or Screen Life? The Educational Opportunities of Immersive Social Networking and Virtual Worlds | p. 97 |
| Tapping into a Very Creative Generation of Students | p. 127 |
| Media Literacy among 21st-century Kids | p. 149 |
| Concerns, Worries, and Barriers | p. 179 |
| Rewiring Education | p. 199 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 227 |
| Endnotes | p. 229 |
| Index | p. 247 |
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