Richardson



Will Richardson is a Parent, former educator,and a trainer for current educators. He is on the National Advisory Board for the George Lucas Foundation, and owner of the Connective Learning, where is contracts with companies to speak, and conduct workshops, with educators and individuals. He is also part owner of a company called [|Powerful Learning Practice], where he completes professional development for a year to schools around using web 2.0 tools.

Richardson believes that this is a very difficult time for teachers with failing schools and our country's education being outscored by other countries. Government is attempting to reform schools the easiest and cheapest way possible and there will be no true reform if it occurs in this manner. We determine everything in education on whether or not students can pass the test or not. In order for reform to be successful we must move from "standardization" to "personalization".

He believes the way to do that is to rethink the way we as teachers educate our students, and make a shift from the learning process not the knowing process. By doing this we teach our students the tools to find this information they need to be successful in todays world. Transition the teaching approach to that of a student centered, learning by doing environment. With the use of web 2.0 tools classrooms can be transformed from boring classroom to that of positive, enthusaistic learners.THe vision of the traditional classroom physical space could be changing as students have access to learning all the time, instead of just during the school hours. JF

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