Teaching Digital Natives : Partnering for Real Learning

"This book is a must-read for any educator who wants to successfully work with the digital generation, because it is so practical and filled with ideas to engage 21st-century students."
—Ian Jukes, Author of Teaching the Digital Generation

"A truly great and inspiring book. My students are a testament that partnering does work."
—Randon Ruggles, Teacher
FAIR School, Minneapolis, MN

"Finally someone has written a book for teachers that goes beyond pedagogy and philosophy, giving teachers something they can use on Monday morning!"
—Sandy Fivecoat, CEO
WeAreTeachers

"The good news: teachers don′t have to be masters of technology to master the 21st-century classroom. Prensky has developed a map for a new era of teaching and learning that educators will find a breeze to navigate, and well worth the trip!"
—Jonathan Ben-Asher, Principal
Henry and Wrightstown Elementary Schools, Tucson, AZ

A new paradigm for teaching and learning in the 21st century!

Students today are growing up in a digital world. These "digital natives" learn in new and different ways, so educators need new approaches to make learning both real and relevant for today′s students.

Marc Prensky, who first coined the terms "digital natives" and "digital immigrants," presents an intuitive yet highly innovative and field-tested partnership model that promotes 21st-century student learning through technology. Partnership pedagogy is a framework in which:

• Digitally literate students specialize in content finding, analysis, and presentation via multiple media
• Teachers specialize in guiding student learning, providing questions and context, designing instruction, and assessing quality
• Administrators support, organize, and facilitate the process schoolwide
• Technology becomes a tool that students use for learning essential skills and "getting things done"

With numerous strategies, how-to′s, partnering tips, and examples, Teaching Digital Natives is a visionary yet practical book for preparing students to live and work in today′s globalized and digitalized world.