Part of the Solutions for Digital Learner-Centered Classrooms series
As we gain access to more and more knowledge and information online, the future will belong to those who are powerful, literate, curious learners. That means emphasis in classrooms must move toward helping students develop the skills, literacies, and dispositions to be powerful, self-organized learners. Teachers who are themselves master learners in new, modern contexts are crucial to making that happen.
Benefits:
- Examine the ways in which the modern, connected world fundamentally impacts the work of teachers.
- Explore the differences between a culture of teaching and a culture of learning in classrooms.
- Create ways to bring online tools such as Twitter and blogs into your classroom and professional practice.
- Reflect on the changing expectations of literacy.
- Understand how learning changes in online networked spaces.
Content:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Teachers as Learners First
Chapter 2: Qualities of Modern Learning
Chapter 3: Qualities of Modern Teacher-Learners
Chapter 4: The Toolkit for Teachers as Modern Learners
Chapter 5: The Future of Teaching and Learning
Appendix: Reading List
References and Resources
A parent of two teenagers, Will Richardson has spent the last dozen years developing an international reputation as a leading thinker and writer about the intersection of social online learning networks and education. He was one of a handful of original education bloggers (willrichardson.com) and his work has appeared in numerous journals, newspapers, and magazines such as Ed Leadership, District Administration, Education Week, the New York Times and English Journal. He is an outspoken advocate for change in schools and classrooms in the context of the diverse new learning opportunities that the web and other technologies now offer.
Will has authored four books, most recently Why School? How Education Must Change When Learning and Information are Everywhere (September, 2012) published by TED books and based on his TED talk in Melbourne, Australia. Why School? is a best-selling TED book. In total, his books have sold over two hundred thousand copies worldwide.
A former public school educator of twenty-two years, Will is a co-founder of Modern Learner Media and copublisher of Educating Modern Learners (modernlearners.com) which is a site dedicated to helping educational leaders and policy makers develop new contexts for new conversations around education. Over the past eight years, he has spoken to tens of thousands of educators in over a dozen countries about the merits of online learning networks for personal and professional growth. Will lives in rural New Jersey with his wife Wendy and his children Tess and Tucker.
