Teach Boldly - by Jennifer Williams (Paperback)

About the Book

"Today's students are ready to design, dream and MAKE the future. Teach Boldly: Using Edtech for Social Good is a guide for educators ready to activate positive change in teaching and learning through innovative practices, meaningful use of technology and global collaboration. The book offers a human-centered approach with design- and empathy-driven practices that address many aspects of teaching and learning. Topics covered include constructing agile classrooms, digital storytelling and communicating across lines of difference, and prioritizing feedback and active listening. This book invites readers to create a customized plan to leverage innovative practice, education technology and global networks to activate positive change in the classroom and the world; discusses learning space design through the lens of empathy and amplification of student voice; provides easy-to-implement ideas for transforming learning and classroom culture through space; showcases the power of narrative and bringing focus to the need for storytelling in education and the world; and offers direction for seeking out authentic feedback and steps for iterating on ideas with emphasis on preservation of voice and prioritization of creativity in expression of ideas. With inspiration from real-world peaceMAKERS in education, Teach Boldly invites readers to create ready-to-go action plans for themselves as educators, for classroom communities and for the global community"--

Book Synopsis

Transformational education leader Jennifer Williams offers design- and empathy-driven practices to help teachers activate positive change in student learning.

Today's students are ready to design, dream and MAKE the future. Teach Boldly: Using Edtech for Social Good is a guide for educators ready to apply innovative practices, meaningful technology use and global collaboration to drive the change they want to see in the world. Readers will learn how to create a customized plan for education innovation, with strategies for constructing agile classroom environments, digital storytelling and communicating across lines of difference, and prioritizing feedback and active listening.

This book:

• Showcases the power of narrative and bringing focus to the need for storytelling in education.
• Offers direction for seeking out authentic feedback and steps for iterating on ideas, emphasizing preservation of voice and creative expression.
• Discusses learning space design through the lens of empathy and amplification of student voice.
• Provides easy-to-implement ideas for transforming learning and classroom culture through space.

With inspiration from real-world peaceMAKERS in education, Teach Boldly invites readers to create ready-to-go action plans for themselves as educators, for classroom communities and for the global community.

Audience: K-12 educators

Review Quotes

A superb resource for educators who are looking to incorporate lessons for social good into their classroom and design learning experiences that help students see the impact they can have not only in their classroom or school, but on a global scale. The enormous collection of resources, real-world examples, tips, and strategies provide a wealth of ideas that teachers can draw on. Plus, Williams has done a wonderful job writing about social good in an approachable and accessible way, with plenty of entry points and onramps for teachers who have never done this type of work before.--Mike Karlin

Apart from the very relevant (and needed) focus on educating for social good, one of the greatest strengths of Teach Boldly is its abundance of tools, projects, and design ideas, with real-world examples...From the human-centered design of Google's Next Lab to leveraging Adobe Spark and Weebly for digital storytelling, the book is imbued with inspirational profiles and examples of educators and students who are deeply involved in doing good while teaching and learning well.--Henno Kotzé