Learning Supercharged, Second Edition

Digital Age Strategies and Insights from the Edtech Frontier

Explore an array of cutting-edge strategies and learn how to create dynamic experiences that improve student learning from real-world examples.

As educators seek out new ways to energize and engage their students and prepare them for the future, they need to know how to employ the latest technologies in creative and innovative ways. By examining emerging approaches and tools, and including educators’ stories of how and why they have implemented each topic and approach, the first edition of Learning Supercharged offered educators guidance and insights into how to apply technology-driven strategies to create personalized and dynamic learning experiences.

This updated edition expands coverage of several topics, including those that have become even more pressing since the original book was published. Readers will find a stronger focus on artificial intelligence (AI) throughout multiple chapters, including ways AI-infused tools can support teachers in transforming course content in a variety of content areas. New “Spotlight” contributions from a broad range of educators provide real-world examples, and outline the impact, outcomes and opportunities, along with suggested action steps.

This new edition:

Includes current research and practices to address new mandates for computer science (CS) education and graduation requirements, examining how students will receive this education, how it will be funded, and what to do in the face of a limited pool of CS certified educators.
Explores ways to address new challenges and opportunities related to the digital access divide, expanding beyond the use of technology and digital tools for productivity, with concrete strategies and examples for supporting creativity and higher-order thinking.
Reimagines the content on makerspaces, with a greater focus on project-based learning and design thinking, specifically addressing issues of learner variability.
Integrates the learning sciences into the discussion of game-based learning, focusing on information retrieval, which has been shown to improve learning and memory.
Offers a new focus on experiential learning, providing a concrete basis for different pathways to incorporating experiential learning and technologies, such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) tools and examples.

This book provides educators with a current and comprehensive guide to navigating the evolving digital landscape, as well as addressing the advancements and challenges we encounter in today’s educational settings and society.

The Maker Playbook

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A Guide to Creating Inclusive Learning Experiences

School leaders and classroom teachers are looking for ways to integrate maker learning into their work in meaningful ways, but they simply don’t have the time, capacity or resources to review, synthesize or adapt existing models into their own school systems. The Maker Playbook offers a vision and the tools needed to streamline the process, including high-impact strategies you can put directly into action to foster an inclusive maker learning environment.

In these pages, you’ll find ready-to-use strategies and resources to guide learners in the design thinking maker learning process. With the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines as a basis, you’ll get ideas for helping all students learn, and guidance for developing scaffolding to help all learners reach levels of higher-order thinking and engagement.

The book:

Offers practical strategies to build an inclusive maker learning culture and program from the ground up.
Highlights “Go Remote” tips with each strategy to assist you in implementing the ideas in a virtual or blended environment.
Offers resources for engagement, representation, action and expression to improve accessibility and boost students’ executive functioning skills.
Includes QR codes and links to digital versions and templates for scaffolding learning to help you jump into action.