A Good Book for Teachers and Parents

Rewired by Larry D. Rosen, PhD

Dr. Larry Rosen takes a look at how research indicates that the “iGeneration” – the younger Millenials born in the  1990’s -2000’s – have a distinctive approach to learning and technology. Raised in a media-saturated, always online environment, the restless iGeneration have an intuitive affinity for using technology and rapidly thinking along multitasking lines in a way that frustrates slower moving, “unitasking”, digital immigrant teachers and parents.

“Teaching 2.0 – Doing More with Less” John Seely Brown

Annenberg Senior Fellow, Former Chief Scientist of Xerox and learning and organizational theorist John Seely Brown on “Teaching 2.0”

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New Unit: Globalization & War

This short unit on contemporary history looks at how the fall of Communism, the Information Revolution, Globalization and the evolution of War are shaping events today and in the future.

UNIT VOCABULARY – Part I. Information Revolution:

Information Revolution   ARPNET   Internet   World Wide Web   DOS  Windows Operating System   Browser  

Hardware   Webpage   Web 1.0    Web 2.0    Semantic Web   Platform   App   Social Networking   Social Media

Social Learning    Blog   Wiki   Podcast   P2P   Vblog   Open Source   Mash-Up   Dead Tree  e-Commerce 

Data Mining   TIA    Virtual Reality   Avatar   MMORPG   Cyberwar/Cyberterrorism   Information Operations

Hacking   Identity Theft   Cybersecurity   Firewall   Netizen   Virtual Nation   Telecommuting

Software