Integrating Technology

four dimensions

consumption of media to curation, creation, and connection

flexible, mobile device for creating multimedia performances of understanding

foster critical reading of text, images, audio, and film

read in communal settings, leveraging social technologies to allow users to share notes, highlighted passages, questions, and ideas.

focused reading mode, we hope young people will engage deeply with a text.

imagine how differentiated reading experiences in classes could be more social, how literature circles or book groups could collaborate in reading at home and then discuss their insights together in class.

it will be practices rather than apps that help students develop the capacity to read deeply.

learn both habits of mind for disciplined reading and how to control their technology environment to minimize distraction.

recognize how to strike the right balance between exploring a networked of hyperlinked texts while not wandering away from the core purpose of one’s reading

shutting down all apps before reading can be a kind of ritual of concentration, like clearing way books and papers from a desk before sitting down to read

develop new habits to make the most of our new tools. If our tools can distract us, then we need to learn more about focusing attention and managing distraction.