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A digital innovator shows how we can thrive in the new technological age When Cathy Davidson and Duke University gave free iPods to the freshman class in critics said they were wasting their money Yet when students in practically every discipline invented academic uses for their music players suddenly the idea could be seen in a new light-as an innovative way to turn learning on its head This radical experiment is at the heart of Davidsons inspiring new book Using cutting-edge research on the brain she shows how attention blindness has produced one of our societys greatest challenges while weve all acknowledged the great changes of the digital age most of us still toil in schools and workplaces designed for the last century Davidson introduces us to visionaries whose groundbreaking ideas-from schools with curriculums built around video games to companies that train workers using virtual environments-will open the doors to new ways of working and learning A lively hybrid of Thomas Friedman and Norman Doidge Now You See It is a refreshingly optimistic argument for a bold embrace of our connected collaborative future.
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Cathy N. Davidson (cathydavidson.com) is a lifelong educational innovator--and instigator! She came to CUNY in August 2014 to direct the Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center, after twenty-five years as a professor and an administrator leading innovation at Duke University. Appointed by President Obama to the National Council on the Humanities, she also sits on the Board of Directors of Mozilla. The author of many books, including Now You See It, she has written for the Wall Street Journal and Fast Company, among other publications. The 2016 recipient of the Ernest L. Boyer Award for Significant Contributions to Higher Education, Davidson lives in New York City, NY. Find out more about her and her upcoming author tour for THE NEW EDUCATION: HOW TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE UNIVERSITY TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A WORLD IN FLUX (Basic Books, Sept 2017) at cathydavidson.com
