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Then What? A Funquiry into the Nature of Technology, Human Transformation and Marshall McLuhan - Softcover
Synopsis
The world didn’t need another tome about education in the Digital Age. So Jason Ohler wrote a novel. A fun, fantasy-filled, prophetic novel. Part science fiction adventure, part Monty Python, part treatise on the state of education in a high tech world, Ohler imparts what he has learned in two decades of being a pioneer in the world of high tech learning. He wants you to understand the world you are living in and have a good time doing it.
Join computer savant William Tell as he tries to find a path with a heart among the glitz of the high tech world. Led by his mentor Credo--a dot-com dropout turned street urchin turned time-traveling troubadour--and joined by a group of insanely wise helpmates, William discovers what it means to be human in a world filled with intelligent machines. In the end, he finally finds the crusade he has been looking for: creating new schools for new times. Read, laugh, ponder, then go to your next school board meeting and demand we begin rethinking how we prepare our young, not just for the world of work, bur for the world of community.
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From the Inside Flap
Between digital and ditch-it-all lies the land of THENW HAT?
THEN WHAT? IS FUN, WISE, POWERFUL AND RATED "NT" FOR "NON-TECHNICAL!"
Finally, a book for the rest of us about living in the Information Age.
THEN WHAT? is a story – everyone’s story – about trying to understand where we fit in the changing world around us, which our kids call normal, and how schools much change if they are going to help us take back the future...today.
Join computer savant William Tell as he tries to find a path with a heart among the glitz of the high-tech world. Led by his mentor Credo—a dot-com dropout turned street urchin turned time-traveling troubadour—and joined by a group of insanely wise helpmates, William discovers what it means to be human in a world filled with intelligent machines and finally finds the crusade he has been looking for: creating new schools for new times. Read, laugh, ponder, then go to your next school board meeting and demand we being rethinking how we prepare our young, not just for the world of work, bur for the world of community.
"I’m pleased to report that the new McLuhan has now arrived, in the person of Jason Ohler..."
Robert Sawyer, Nebular Award0-winning author of Calculating God.
"Reminiscent of the world of Harry Potter...a book for adults who want to understand the Digital Age and have a good time doing it. It’s a must read for teachers and a great read for the rest of us...When they make the movie it will be a cartoon with big-name actors doing the voices. Can’t wait!"
Christine Dray, Director, Yukon Arts Corporation
"One of the few technology critics who has both a sense of humor and the ability to tell a story..."
Howard Rheingold, author of Tools for Thought and Virtual Community
"Brilliant...Truthful...Delightful..."
Beth Vishnevsky, poet and columnist for the Greenwich Village Gazette
"I am very selective – this is a book I will read several times..."
Dr. Rob Reilly, MIT Media Lab
"Just the right mixture of humor and serious insight...profound, intelligent, powerful..."
From the Foreword by Ian Jukes, author of NetSavvy and Windows On the Future
"Both a delightful romp through and serious treatise on a lot of important subjects in today’s technologically dependent worlds...invaluable and insightful..."
Michael A, Burstein, Winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (1997)
"This book is for everyone...an instant classic..."
Diana Kirk, author of 2000 EPPIE winner, A Caduceus Is For Killing
About the Author
Dr. Jason Ohler is director of the Educational Technology Program at the University of Alaska Southeast, which he helped create two decades ago. The Program focuses on the effective, creative and wise use of technology in learning and teaching and offers on-site and distance delivered programs in technology infusion in learning environments. Jason speaks internationally about the future of living and learning in the Digital Age and is well known for his insight, humor and passion. He is author of numerous articles and books, (Taming the Beast- Choice and Control in the Electronic Jungle; Future Courses: A Compendium of Thought about Technology, Learning and the Future). In addition he writes a column for the Juneau Empire called TechWit, which is a humorous and often satirical look at living with technology.
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- PublisherBrinton Books
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 097118240X
- ISBN 13 9780971182400
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages278
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