This book will feature cases of teaching and learning with digital technologies in P-16 educational settings, focusing specifically on what learners do with technology. Historically, technology has been leveraged in educational settings, dating back to the advent of the radio all the way up to contemporary digital technologies, to transmit content knowledge to students in a passive manner. This book seeks to share cases of teaching in which technologies were leveraged in student-centered ways that transform learning and allow students to engage in authentic, meaningful learning experiences, including those that transcend the brick-and-mortar walls of classrooms and school buildings. The cases in this book will emphasize Paulo Freire's concept of "problem posing education" rather than "banking education."
So many studies about digital pedagogy utilize knowledge-centric frameworks, such as TPACK (technological pedagogical content knowledge), that do not capture the essence of what it means to learn to teach and develop approaches that are mediated by digital technologies. In the call for submissions for this book, it will be made clear that authors should detail the stories and processes that went into forging the teaching approaches they are sharing. Specifically, the sections of this book will be organized by "verbs" and what students in the cases did with technologies (along with effectively learning content knowledge and meeting state/national learning standards). This book can help shift thinking in the research community about what it means to leverage digital technologies in ways that are unique to the use of technology and make the otherwise impossible not just possible, but probable.
P-16 educators, leaders, stakeholders, and policymakers are the targeted audience of this proposed book to inform and inspire practice and decision-making with how digital technologies are used to transform teaching and learning outcomes. The stories shared in the cases can also inform the design and implementation of teacher education coursework and professional development experiences.