The Socially Networked Classroom: Teaching in the New Media Age

Product Description
Incorporate social networking into instruction, no matter your level of technological expertise or Internet access!
With appropriate guidance, students’ social networking skills can be harnessed for teaching and learning in the 21st century. William Kist demonstrates how pioneering teachers have successfully integrated screen-based literacies into instruction and provides: 

Real-world activities and lesson examples for Grades 5–12, with assignment sheets, assessments, and rubrics
Ideas on fostering collaborative learning using blogs, wikis, nings, and other interactive media.
Tips on Internet safety, blogging etiquette, protected blogging sites, and more
Blog entries from classroom teachers

Review
"Kist chronicles his journey in both the classroom and online, as well as that of many other teachers navigating these new spaces with their students. He writes as a learner should, sharing what he discovers along the way. I appreciate the notes from the road, and I suspect educators will find much to take back to their classrooms. I like even more that he asks important questions while capturing how he and several other master teachers have attempted to ask and answer them with their own students. You will, too." -- Bud Hunt, Blogger at Bud the Teacher Published On: 2009-07-15


"The innovative classroom activities in this engaging book will inspire teachers to help students acquire digital-media literacies for collaborating on and sharing their work―literacies essential for participation in a networked world." -- Richard Beach, Professor of English Education Published On: 2009-06-25


"A veritable smorgasbord of ideas and suggestions. This text grabbed me right away, and I started flagging all sorts of ideas even in the earliest chapters. It is as if Bill Kist met me in the hallway, took me by the hand, and simply said, ′Come here, I want to show you something.′" -- Sheila M. Gragg, Technology Integration Coach Published On: 2009-05-26


"This book marks our place in the whirlwind transformation of Internet technology that launched users in a surprisingly sudden (and often unnoticed) leap from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0. Kist shows educators both a mirror and a map, explaining where we are and where we might go in this vastly rich frontier of knowledge and learning. The paths he shows us spill into layered networks of inter-crossing connections and intersections―a true ′web′ of knowledge―replacing old, tired, and narrow paths." -- Sharon Elin, Instructional Technology Integrator Published On: 2009-05-26


"I loved this book. I learned a great deal about ′texts′ and about how to teach ′texts′ to students in the digital age. But what was so compelling about this book was the genuineness of the author; he cares passionately about his students and passionately about the subject matter. As Dewey points out, effective education must have an emotional component; indeed, the book’s credibility and authority derives from its core emotional energy." -- Elliot Soloway, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Published On: 2009-05-26


"This book is totally compelling and geared to a slice of the teaching profession that is in desperate need of the kind of guidance and insight that Kist offers. By sharing his creative teaching methods, he points out the openings in teachers’ practice where shift can happen." -- Sue Collins, Integration Technology Specialist Published On: 2009-05-26


"This book is the push that many educators need to seriously think about why and how they ′do′ technology in schools and implement the changes necessary to ensure our students are networked and connected 21st-century learners. It should be in the hands of all teachers and teacher-librarians." -- Joanne de Groot Published On: 2011-10-11
About the Author
William Kist, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Kent State University. Previously, a middle school and high school English teacher and a Language Arts and Social Studies curriculum