Mobile Learning Mindset ― The Parent Guide to Supporting Digital Age Learners

 

One key to a successful 1:1 initiative is keeping parents informed on the ins and outs of having mobile devices in the home. The Parent’s Guide to Supporting Digital Age Learners offers insight and guidance for parents facing some of the new challenges that come with mobile devices, including concerns about screen time, cyberbullying and digital footprints. This book provides advice, tools and scenarios parents can use with their children to maintain digital wellness, use social media safely and respectfully and establish household guidelines.

Carl Hooker has been part of a strong educational shift with technology integration in schools since 1998. His unique blend of educational background, technical expertise, and humor make him a driving force for this change. As director of innovation and digital learning at Eanes ISD in Texas, he helped spearhead a mobile learning program that put iPads in the hands of all 8,000 students across the district. He is also the founder of “iPadpalooza” (http://ipadpalooza.com), a three-day learning festival in celebration of the shift iPads have brought about in education and beyond. Hooker was named Tech & Learning Magazine’s 2014 Leader of the Year and he is a member of the Apple Distinguished Educator class of 2013.