Teach Boldly in the K-6 Classroom - Jennifer Williams, Billy Spicer

Teach Boldly in the K-6 Classroom

18 Lesson Plans to Use Edtech for Social Good
Buch | Softcover
200 Seiten
2025
International Society for Technology in Education (Verlag)
978-1-56484-934-2 (ISBN)
38,60 inkl. MwSt
Takes readers through an interactive reading journey, examining the evolving role of today's teacher; the needs and interests of today's students; and the critical importance of research-based instructional design principles in teaching and learning.
Get practical resources and 18 ready-to-go lesson plans to inspire your practice, drive student inquiry and help your elementary students learn!

In Teach Boldly: Using Edtech for Social Good, education leader Jennifer Williams invited educators to purposefully use technology and innovative teaching practices to connect students to causes of social good and social impact. In this follow-up to that groundbreaking book, Williams and co-author Billy Spicer take readers through an interactive reading journey, examining the evolving role of today's teacher; the needs and interests of today's students; and the critical importance of research-based instructional design principles in teaching and learning.

In this book, you'll find 18 high-quality lesson plans that prioritize access to action, student inquiry and innovation, meaningful use of technology and global collaboration. Each lesson is presented by a global educator who provides examples, along with sample learning products, classroom photos, and teacher and student testimonials and reflections.

The book:Prioritizes global sustainability in teaching and learning, and support of class-to-class collaborations and community/global partnerships.
Helps educators amplify student voice and inspire elementary student activism with students as knowledge constructors and global storytellers.
Unpacks the ISTE Standards (students section) and provides a framework to prepare readers to make connections as instructional designers.
Builds the capacity and knowledge base of educators as instructional designers, while offering multiple perspectives of teachers from diverse backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities.


This book will leave you feeling inspired and interested in seeking out new viewpoints – and with a clear plan for putting your ideas into practice.

Audience: Elementary educators; Elementary school leaders and coaches; preservice teachers

Recognized as a transformational leader in education, Jennifer Williams, Ed.D., (@JenWilliamsEdu) has dedicated herself to the education field for over 25 years as an education activist, professor, school administrator, literacy specialist and classroom teacher. She speaks, writes, and consults on practices that develop global perspectives and social good through creative uses of technology, and her research interests include innovations in teaching and learning, equity and diversity in education, and social action. As an educator and author of the ISTE book Teach Boldly: Using Edtech for Social Good, she empowers teachers to use educational technology purposefully for the planet and its people. She is the co-executive director of the nonprofit organization Take Action Global, a professor at Saint Leo University and the founder of TeachSDGs. She's been named Top 30 for K12 IT Educators (2020), No. 8 for Top Academics in STEM (2018) and No. 9 Top Campaigners in Sustainability (2018). Billy Spicer (@MrBillySpicer) teaches in Winnetka Public Schools 36 in Chicago. After spending more than a decade teaching in elementary grades and working as an instructional coach, Spicer currently serves students and teachers as an integration specialist. He recently spent time in the Bahamas with the Shedd Aquarium where he lived on a research vessel conducting scientific inquiry. Prior to teaching in Lake Zurich, he worked in entertainment, education and conservation for Walt Disney World's Animal Programs Department. He inspires students to be passionate about literacy, learning and social media as avenues to meet their individual learning needs. He enjoys sharing and learning as a presenter at local, regional and national events, including the annual ISTE conference, the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) and iEngage. Spicer earned his bachelor's in elementary education at Illinois State University, and a master's in literacy and reading from Benedictine University.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Eugene
Sprache englisch
Maße 191 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Vorschulpädagogik
ISBN-10 1-56484-934-1 / 1564849341
ISBN-13 978-1-56484-934-2 / 9781564849342
Zustand Neuware
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