MOBILE LEARNING MINDSET: The Parent’s Guide to Supporting Digital Age Learners - Softcover

The Mobile Learning Mindset series offers practical knowledge and strategies for successful implementation of K-12 BYOD programs and 1:1 initiatives. This six-book collection provides district leaders, principals, teachers, IT staff, educational coaches and parents with the information they need to make any mobile learning program a success. One key to any 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. Establish household guidelines.

Carl Hooker is director of innovation and digital learning at Eanes Indepenedent School District in Austin, Texas. He is the founder of "iPadpalooza," 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.