{"product_id":"digital-schools-how-technology-can-transform-education-9780815725442","title":"Digital Schools: How Technology Can Transform Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eNearly a century ago, famed educator John Dewey said that if we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow. That wisdom resonates more strongly than ever today, and that maxim underlies this insightful look at the present and future of education in the digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Darrell West makes clear, today's educational institutions must reinvent themselves to engage students successfully and provide them with the skills needed to compete in an increasingly global, technological, and online world. Otherwise the American education system will continue to fall woefully short in its mission to prepare the population to survive and thrive in a rapidly changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWest examines new models of education made possible by enhanced information technology, new approaches that will make public education in the post-industrial age more relevant, efficient, and ultimately more productive. Innovative pilot programs are popping up all over the nation, experimenting with different forms of organization and delivery systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDigital Schools\u003c\/i\u003e surveys this promising new landscape, examining in particular personalized learning; realtime student assessment; ways to enhance teacher evaluation; the untapped potential of distance learning; and the ways in which technology can improve the effectiveness of special education and foreign language instruction. West illustrates the potential contributions of blogs, wikis, social media, and video games and augmented reality in K-12 and higher education.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology by itself will not remake education. But if today's schools combine increased digitization with needed improvements in organization, operations, and culture, we can overcome current barriers, produce better results, and improve the manner in which schools function. And we can get back to teaching for tomorrow, rather than for yesterday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Darrell M. West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brookings Institution Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815725442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDarrell M. West\u003c\/b\u003e is vice president and director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he also directs the Center for Technology Innovation. His many books include the Brookings titles \u003ci\u003eThe Next Wave: Using Digital Technology to Further Social and Political Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eBrain Gain: Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and \u003ci\u003eDigital Medicine: Health Care in the Internet Era\u003c\/i\u003e, written with Edward Alan Miller (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brookings Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40202799513715,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_968d3757-e249-405e-a028-61208ed64fc8.jpg?v=1656252619","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/digital-schools-how-technology-can-transform-education-9780815725442","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}