New Books in Technology
Milton Chen, “Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools” (Jossey Bass, 2012)
Milton Chen
Education Nation
Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools
Jossey-Bass, 2012

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in EducationNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network September 26, 2016 Trevor Mattea

It feels like schools are in the midst of unprecedented change — sometimes more in different places and sometimes more in different ways. Many people are thinking about education differently than they did a few years ago. Others still are… Read More
Marc Raboy, “Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World” (Oxford UP, 2016)
Marc Raboy
Marconi
The Man Who Networked the World
Oxford University Press, 2016

New Books in BiographyNew Books in CommunicationsNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network September 21, 2016 Mark Klobas

Our modern networked world owes an oftentimes unacknowledged debt to Guglielmo Marconi. As Marc Raboy demonstrates in Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World (Oxford University Press, 2016), it was he who pioneered the concept of wireless global communications. As… Read More
E.R. Truitt, “Medieval Robots: Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art” (U. of Pennsylvania Press, 2015)
E.R. Truitt
Medieval Robots
Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015

New Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network September 21, 2016 Carl Nellis

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Clarke’s third law, coined in 1973, expresses the difficulty that people of any era have in reconciling the bounds of current knowledge with our experiences in a world full of marvels. In… Read More
Mary Chayko, “Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life” (SAGE, 2016)
Mary Chayko
Superconnected
The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life
Sage, 2016

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network September 13, 2016 Jasmine McNealy

New technology has made us more connected than ever before. This has its advantages: instantaneous communication, expanded circles of influence, access to more information. And, of course, our connectedness has concomitant drawbacks including issues with privacy and safety. In Superconnected: … Read More
George Couros, “The Innovator’s Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity” (Dave Burgess Consulting, 2015)
George Couros
The Innovator's Mindset
Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity
Dave Burgess Consulting, 2015

New Books in EducationNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network September 13, 2016 Trevor Mattea

One of the most commonly used words right now in education is “innovation.” It seems to be part of any response to our collective anxiety over the fact that the way we educate children does not seem to have changed… Read More
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