As most Radical readers know, I'm the author of Teaching the iGeneration -- a title designed to introduce teachers to ways that technology can be used to design lessons that give students opportunities to experiment with essential skills like collaboration, information management and persuasion.
It's probably the title that I'm most proud of because it is incredibly practical.
I've shared everything that I know about good teaching in the 21st Century. Readers -- especially those teaching middle and high schoolers -- should be able to pick up Teaching the iGeneration and begin changing their work immediately.
That's why YOU -- or the teachers in YOUR school -- might be interested in a series of two-day workshops that I'm delivering this spring.
Sponsored by Solution Tree, I'll be in Boston, Orlando and Dallas in March and April.
Each workshop is designed to help teachers find logical first steps towards integrating technology into their instruction. We'll look at the changing nature of today's learners and discuss the disconnect between the learning spaces that we've created and the learning spaces that our kids crave.
We'll talk about the strategies that efficient learners take to manage the crush of information in today's hyper-connected world. We'll examine the differences between students who use social spaces for networking and social spaces for learning.
We'll explore the changing nature of persuasion in a visual world and talk about how students can generate their own audiences for the issues they care about.
Most importantly, we'll look for overlaps between the work we are CURRENTLY doing and the work that we SHOULD be doing in schools. We'll innovate at the edges of the box and build bridges between what we know about efficient learning and what our students know about new tools.
Interested in learning more?
Then check out the slides that I used for a Teaching the iGeneration workshop in Union County, North Carolina last week and check out the session wiki where most of the resources for my iGeneration workshops are housed:
Then, explore the thoughts that Lesa Goodman -- an eighth grade teacher in Union County -- shared on her blog after spending two days learning with me:
Finally, you can learn more about me -- and the digital work that I do with students -- by checking out my presenter page on the Solution Tree website.
What I hope you'll find is that my status as a full time, real live, bona fide practicing classroom teacher brings credibility to conversations about teaching and learning with technology. Everything that I share with audiences are lessons learned through experience -- and that matters.
Hope you'll consider coming to a workshop this spring -- and bringing friends!
There's nothing that I like more than a room full of passionate practitioners who are interested in reimagining the work that we do with kids.
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Related Radical Reads:
What are YOU Using Technology For?
Making Good Technology Choices
Innovation and Intellectual Collisions
You were AWESOME!! Thank you so much for taking the time to share with us. The workshop rekindled my excitement of integrating technology into my lessons. I have decided to push myself to the edges of my box. I now have many new and great ideas to sprinkle into my lessons to enrich learning!!
Posted by: Butterfly530 | January 18, 2012 at 07:55 PM
Thanks for the kind words, Sister Fly.
No joke: It was great to meet you and I hope we stay in touch. Your energy and your willingness to participate was super appreciated.
HAGS,
Bill
Posted by: Bill Ferriter | January 18, 2012 at 08:01 PM