Jennifer Williams

Broschiertes Buch

Teach Boldly

Using Edtech for Social Good

Beschreibung

Transformational education leader Jennifer Williams offers design- and empathy-driven practices to help teachers activate positive change in student learning. Today's students are ready to design, dream and MAKE the future. Teach Boldly: Using Edtech for Social Good is a guide for educators ready to apply innovative practices, meaningful technology use and global collaboration to drive the change they want to see in the world. Readers will learn how to create a customized plan for education innovation, with strategies for constructing agile classroom environments, digital storytelling and communicating across lines of difference, and prioritizing feedback and active listening. This book: Showcases the power of narrative and bringing focus to the need for storytelling in education. Offers direction for seeking out authentic feedback and steps for iterating on ideas, emphasizing preservation of voice and creative expression. Discusses learning space design through the lens of empathy and amplification of student voice. Provides easy-to-implement ideas for transforming learning and classroom culture through space. With inspiration from real-world peaceMAKERS in education, Teach Boldly invites readers to create ready-to-go action plans for themselves as educators, for classroom communities and for the global community.

Autor

Recognized as a transformational leader in education, Jennifer Williams (@JenWilliamsEdu) has dedicated herself to the field of education for more than 20 years through her roles as a professor, school administrator, literacy specialist and classroom teacher. In her current work as the co-founder and director of outreach and community for the nonprofit organization Take Action Global (@TakeActionEdu), Williams helps build schools in refugee camps and in remote areas of Africa, Asia and South America, and supports global school programs to empower students and teachers to take action on social good. She's also the co-founder of TeachSDGs, the United Nations-appointed organization that has connected more than 30,000 international educators to the Sustainable Development Goals. Williams is a professor at Saint Leo University in both the College of Education and the College of Graduate Education where she champions teachers, preservice teachers and students to prepare for their futures in a world that will prioritize ingenuity, innovation and exploration. Williams writes for Edutopia, Education Week and the International Literacy Association, and is the co-founder of Edcamp Tampa Bay and Edcamp Literacy. She's a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, a Kahoot! Founding Ambassador, a Nearpod PioNear and a Squirrels Alpha Squirrel. In 2016, Williams was named No. 33 of the 200 Top Education Influencers. In 2017, she was named No. 13 of the Top Women Edtech Influencers by Onalytica, based on her work in education and educational technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: International Society for Technology in Education
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781564847942
• ISBN-10: 1564847942
• Artikelnr.: 55786467