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Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out Of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning (2012)

by José Antonio Bowen(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1118110358 (ISBN13: 9781118110355)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Jossey-Bass

review 1: Yet another effort to grapple with the role of "technology" (by which is meant digital resources such as Google or Wikipedia, and digital devices such as smart phones) in teaching, this time at the college level. Bowen avoids a "rah rah" approach in favor of a more balanced discussion that stays focused on tried and true values such as encouraging critical thinking, allowing more time for meaningful engagement between faculty and students, and preparing students to be informed citizens. Thus he advocates using technological tools outside of the classroom rather than in. His discussion of social media, forms of communication, and ways of assessment are useful and may be helpful to teachers. I know I found some useful ideas and suggestions.
review 2: I'm not sure... more how interesting this book is to non-educators and people who are not working in higher ed. That said, it was very well-written and Bowen has great ideas for fixing higher ed. He has the background of an administrator (and is going to soon be the president of Goucher College) but the passion of a professor.I enjoyed this much more than I expected to, and there are some great tips in here. less

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