Learning on the Blog: Collected Posts for Educators and Parents by Will Richardson
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1412995701 | 144 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1412995701 | 144 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB
Education reform: We don’t need better, we need different
Today’s students are immersed in the digital age, but can our educational system keep up? Best-selling author Will Richardson's comprehensive collection of posts from his acclaimed blog, weblogg-ed.com, spells out the educational reform we must achieve. The book’s entries present a multifaceted vision of the 21st-century classroom and describe how a social media-changed world has created new opportunities for:
• Project-based learning
• Student-created media that develops critical thinking
• Extending learning beyond the classroom and school hours
• Cooperative and collaborative learning
• Student empowerment and career readiness