Technology will be part of the future for all our children. 21st century skills are all the buzz as schools and families... More > work to prepare their kids for successful lives. But effective use of technology requires a healthy emotional foundation built on rich real-world, people-connected experiences, and those experiences are sadly lacking for too many kids. This book helps families and educators support the development of kids who understand and take advantage of both real-world and virtual experiences, with the real-world ones serving as the foundation. < Less

Simple things make Jim think about bigger ideas, and he consistently observes the world through an educator's lens. This... More > book features a collection of 24 essays, each originally published as a post on Jim's Spiral Notebook blog at Edutopia.org < Less

Simple things make Jim think about bigger ideas, and he consistently observes the world through an educator's lens. This... More > book features a collection of 24 essays, each originally published as a post on Jim's Spiral Notebook blog. < Less

Simple things make Jim think about bigger ideas, and he consistently observes the world through an educator's lens. This... More > book features a collection of 24 essays, each originally published as a post on Jim's Spiral Notebook blog at Edutopia.org < Less

Technology will be part of the future for all our children. 21st century skills are all the buzz as schools and families... More > work to prepare their kids for successful lives. But effective use of technology requires a healthy emotional foundation built on rich real-world, people-connected experiences, and those experiences are sadly lacking for too many kids. This book helps families and educators support the development of kids who understand and take advantage of both real-world and virtual experiences, with the real-world ones serving as the foundation. < Less