Education for a Digital World: Advice, Guidelines, and effective practice from around the globe is a 516 page anthology written by David Harper and Sandy Hirtz. It was published in the year 2008. The book contains all information which is useful in a Digital world. It is suitable for both beginers and those who have embraced IKT verktyg in their teaching.
The book is interesting and one does not feel as if she/he is reading a text book when reading it. What I like about it is that it contains a systematic and detailed explanation of how the world was before the arrival of digital competence and how it is at present. Teaching and learning has undergone positive milestones: The learners are eager to learn more than ever, and the teachers work has been made easier.
Among the Instructional tools discussed in the book are Cell phones, Computers, PC tablet and palm top. These IKT tools make learning accessible to teachers and learners regardless of where they are in the world. The learners do not neccessarily need to meet their teacher in order to go through some instructions before doing an exam. Learning has also become learner centred. This makes it possible for learners to learn more things than they would have actually done. Teachers become excited when learners show that they have learnt something and that is why the continue imparting knowledge. The emergence of IKT tools and Web 2.0 has and will continue making learning and teaching better.
The book does not only introduce the learners and the teachers to the digital world, but it also provide information on how to select different media categories to be used in teaching. A good example is animations, which makes teaching interesting, and the effects on the learner are positive and long lasting. Videos, texts and real objects are also discussed. This section helps the teachers to choose appropriate methods for different age groups since each category has both advantages and disadvantages.
A very captivating section in this book also is the online tools like Blogs, Wikis and digital stories. My interest for digital stories and Wikis have grown since I read this book. The fact that several students can work on the same wiki is fascinating. Imagine them reading others' work and adding more information or even deleting the information which may not be required.
One other thing which endears me to the book is that it is available as an e-book. It can be read online in the following link:
David Harper and Sandy Hirtz have succeeded in their well detailed book. Whoever reads the book will not come out without having been inspired. A wonderful book for every one who is interested in learning something about our digital world.
