Best-selling author and futurist Mark R. Prensky's book of essays challenges educators to "reboot" and make the changes necessary to prepare students for 21st century careers.

Harness digital storytelling as a powerful tool to teach traditional and 21st-century literacy skills to help students reach deeper understandings in all areas of the curriculum!

This practical resource enables teachers to confidently plan and manage effective mobile technology lessons, with step-by-step instructions for digital photography, video, ePublishing and more so that students are transformed into content creators.

This book is a contemporary analysis of children’s music education, combining theoretical insight with practical application. It examines how children engage with, and think about, music and how an understanding of this can empower rich approaches to teaching and learning. Key topics include: an overview of music education as a field of study, musical imagination in thought and practice, musical worlds created with, and for, children and a range of perspectives on musicality and musical kno...

A manual to teach students the science and reality of climate change, while empowering them to take action in their own communities.

This book scaffolds teachers as they learn to develop effective text dependent questions across ELA, science, and social studies/history with the goal of assisting students to read closely and comprehend deeply.

This title is designed to institutionalize a "common engagement literacy" for schools and districts to use in creating a culture of "passionate learners."

This book provides elementary school teachers with strategies to unleash the learning superpowers of students that foster inquiry-based, student-driven classrooms.

While most books focus on transition from secondary education to the immediate future (college or initial employment), this book addresses adulthood from a developmental perspective that includes educational, vocational, social, interpersonal, and emotional dimensions throughout the lifespan.

In this user-friendly compilation, leading experts discuss topics vital to primary school educators including classroom management, using technology, co-teaching, and diverse student populations.