Digital Life Together: The Challenge of Technology for Christian Schools

Digital technologies loom large in the experience of today's students. However, parents, teachers, and school leaders have only started to take stock of the ramifications for teaching, learning, and faith.

Based on a three-year in-depth study of Christian schools, Digital Life Together walks educators, school leaders, and parents through some of the big ideas that are hidden in our technology habits, going beyond general arguments for or against digital devices to address the nuanced realities of Christian education in a twenty-first-century context.

Author: David I. Smith, Kara Sevensma, Marjorie Terpstra
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 05/05/2020
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780802877031
ISBN10: 0802877036
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Computers & Technology
- Religion | Christian Living | Social Issues
- Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects

About the Author
David I. Smith is director of the Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning and professor of education at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and he serves as editor of the International Journal of Christianity and Education. His books include On Christian Teaching, Teaching and Christian Practices (with James K. A. Smith) and Teaching and Christian Imagination(with Susan Felch). Visit him online at onchristianteaching.com.

Kara Sevensma has over 15 years of educational experience, first as a K-12 special education teacher and then as an assistant professor of Education at Calvin College. Her most recent work explores the intersections of digital technologies, school culture, and Christian education.

Marjorie Terpstra, chair of the Education department and associate professor of education at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, brings many hours of classroom observation experience as part of her instructional work at Calvin and elsewhere. Her research has focused on the complexities of teaching with digital technologies and on leveraging digital technologies for learning to teach.

Steven McMullen is associate professor of economics at Hope College, the executive editor of the journal Faith & Economics, and fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. He has done substantial work on the ethics and theology of economic life, with an emphasis on animal ethics, the environment, consumerism, and technology, including the book Animals and the Economy.