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Digital Life Together : The Challenge of Technology for Christian Schools / David I. Smith, Kara Sevesma, Majorie Terpstra, Steven McMullen. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Wm. B Eerdmans Publishing Company, (c)2020.Description: x, 377 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802877031
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB1028.S645.D545
  • LB1028
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Contents:
A shifting landscape -- A faith tapestry -- What is technology? -- What this book offers -- Modern Christian schools in context -- Part summary.
Understanding the schools' mission -- Why technology? -- Communicating the mission -- Do laptops support the schools' mission? -- Reaching beyond the mission statement -- Part summary.
Pursuing pedagogical play -- Digital or not? -- Pursuing inquiry and lifelong learning -- Promoting higher-order thinking -- Differentiation and inclusion -- The benefits of efficient tools -- Completing assignments but cheating ourselves -- Part summary.
What is Christian discernment? -- Christian discernment and digital citizenship -- How does discernment shape school policy? -- Are students getting too much screen time? -- Keeping the good from the bad -- Filtering and monitoring internet use -- Discernment and consumerism -- Teaching a Christian perspective -- Part summary.
How do beliefs relate to practices? -- How do laptops foster connections to the Wider World? -- Limitations of digital engagement with the Wider World -- Are students really paying attention? -- Teaching slow learning -- Can spiritual disciplines help with technology? -- Who takes responsibility for distraction? -- Part summary.
Faith, practices, and community -- Shifting relational dynamics -- Does technology use increase collaboration? -- Parents' roles and perspectives -- Parent communication and information overload -- Time, workload, and boundaries -- Part summary -- The finish line keeps moving.
Subject: How digital technologies are impacting Christian education, and how to respond. Digital technologies loom large in the experience of today's students. However, parents, teachers, and school leaders have only started to take stock of the ramifications for teaching, learning, and faith. Digital Life Together walks educators, leaders, and parents through some of the big ideas that are hidden in our technology habits. Moving beyond general arguments for and against digital devices, the book draws from extensive interviews, surveys, classroom observations, and school records to examine the real impact of technology on Christian learning. Based on a three-year, in-depth study of Christian schools, authors David Smith, Kara Sevensma, Marjorie Terpstra, and Steven McMullen offer resources to inform conversations in school communities about the role of digital technologies in students' formation. With a wealth of new research findings, short, readable chapters, and accompanying discussion questions, Digital Life Together sets the stage for individual reflection, book club discussions, professional development conversations, or strategic reflection by school leaders. https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Life-Together-Challenge-Technology/dp/0802877036/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9780802877031&qid=1589486058&sr=8-1
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ColoradoNTEXT -- A shifting landscape -- A faith tapestry -- What is technology? -- What this book offers -- Modern Christian schools in context -- Part summary.

MichiganSSION -- Understanding the schools' mission -- Why technology? -- Communicating the mission -- Do laptops support the schools' mission? -- Reaching beyond the mission statement -- Part summary.

TEACHING AND LEARNING -- Pursuing pedagogical play -- Digital or not? -- Pursuing inquiry and lifelong learning -- Promoting higher-order thinking -- Differentiation and inclusion -- The benefits of efficient tools -- Completing assignments but cheating ourselves -- Part summary.

DISCERNMENT -- What is Christian discernment? -- Christian discernment and digital citizenship -- How does discernment shape school policy? -- Are students getting too much screen time? -- Keeping the good from the bad -- Filtering and monitoring internet use -- Discernment and consumerism -- Teaching a Christian perspective -- Part summary.

FORMATION -- How do beliefs relate to practices? -- How do laptops foster connections to the Wider World? -- Limitations of digital engagement with the Wider World -- Are students really paying attention? -- Teaching slow learning -- Can spiritual disciplines help with technology? -- Who takes responsibility for distraction? -- Part summary.

ColoradoMMUNITY -- Faith, practices, and community -- Shifting relational dynamics -- Does technology use increase collaboration? -- Parents' roles and perspectives -- Parent communication and information overload -- Time, workload, and boundaries -- Part summary -- The finish line keeps moving.

How digital technologies are impacting Christian education, and how to respond. Digital technologies loom large in the experience of today's students. However, parents, teachers, and school leaders have only started to take stock of the ramifications for teaching, learning, and faith. Digital Life Together walks educators, leaders, and parents through some of the big ideas that are hidden in our technology habits. Moving beyond general arguments for and against digital devices, the book draws from extensive interviews, surveys, classroom observations, and school records to examine the real impact of technology on Christian learning. Based on a three-year, in-depth study of Christian schools, authors David Smith, Kara Sevensma, Marjorie Terpstra, and Steven McMullen offer resources to inform conversations in school communities about the role of digital technologies in students' formation. With a wealth of new research findings, short, readable chapters, and accompanying discussion questions, Digital Life Together sets the stage for individual reflection, book club discussions, professional development conversations, or strategic reflection by school leaders.

https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Life-Together-Challenge-Technology/dp/0802877036/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9780802877031&qid=1589486058&sr=8-1

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