Press Kit
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About The Book/DVD
Respected authors, educators and keynote speakers Andrew Churches, Lee Crockett and Ian Jukes cook up a tasty treat in the brand new "Digital Diet". Their unwavering commitment to inspiration and innovation in today's classrooms continues with this addition to the 21st Century Fluency Series, dedicated to making learning relevant to life in the 21st Century.
Understanding the technology-driven world we and our students live in today can be a daunting process for the newcomer. To make it both easy and engaging, the authors invite you to try a "Digital Diet", in which you'll experience the tantalizing buffet of digitized fare that is commonly used in our everyday lives. Over the course of this book and DVD, you are encouraged to sample the delights of each chapter at your own pace, so that you truly come to appreciate the dishes served up in this scrumptious multi-course educational menu.
Within are all the main ingredients used in our recipes for working, playing, learning and interacting in a largely online society. It includes topics on blogs, wikis, online video, search engines, media sharing, the social networking of Facebook and Twitter, and so much more. In addition to an entertaining overview of all these wonderful techno-bites, "Digital Diet" offers concise guidance for users of all skill levels, from beginner to more advanced. It also demonstrates how effectively these tools can be incorporated into the classroom environment, in order to foster an enjoyable and productive learning experience for teachers and students alike.
"Digital Diet" is a must-have for any collection of educational cookbooks. It provides a great frame of reference for the most common and popular technologies that allow teachers, trainers, business people and others to explore and become adept in using, sharing and collaborating in the 21st Century. It's for anyone wanting to relate to today's digital generation, or just be in-the-know about the various kinds of digital delicacies we enjoy in everyday 21st Century life.
About The Authors
Andrew Churches is a teacher and ICT enthusiast. He teaches at Kristin School on Auckland's North Shore, a school with a mobile computing program that sees students with personal mobile devices and laptops. He is an edublogger, wiki author and innovator. In 2008, Andrew's wiki, Educational Origami, was nominated for the Edublogs Best wiki awards. He contributes to a number of websites and blogs including Techlearning, Spectrum Education magazine and the Committed Sardine Blog. Andrew believes that to prepare our students for the future we must prepare them for change, and teach them to question and think, adapt and modify.
Lee Crockett is a national award winning designer, marketing consultant, entrepreneur, artist, author and international keynote speaker. He is the Director of Media for the InfoSavvy Group and the managing partner of the 21st Century Fluency Project. He has co-authored 3 books with writers and educators Ian Jukes and Ted McCain. Lee is a "just in time learner" who is constantly adapting to the new programs, languages and technologies associated with today's communications and marketing media. Understanding the need for balance in our increasingly digital lives, Lee has lived in Kyoto, Japan where he studied Aikido and Tea Ceremony as well as Florence, Italy, where he studied painting at the Accademia D'Arte.
Ian Jukes is the founder and Director of the InfoSavvy Group, an international consulting firm. He has been a teacher at all grade levels, a school, district and provincial administrator, a university instructor, and a national and international consultant. But first and foremost Ian is a passionate educational evangelist. To date he has written or co-written twelve books, 9 educational series and had more than 200 articles published in various journals around the world. From the beginning, Ian's focus has been on the compelling need to restructure our educational institutions so that they become relevant to the current and future needs of children. As David Thornburg writes - "to prepare them for their future and not just our past." That's why his materials tend to focus on the many pragmatic issues that provide the essential context for educational restructuring. Ian can be reached at iajukes@me.com.
