Teach Boldly for Grades 6-12 - (Jump Start Guide) by Jennifer Williams & Billy Spicer (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Get practical resources and nine ready-to-go project plans to drive student inquiry and help your secondary students thrive!

In the book 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 impact. This follow-up jump start guide focuses on middle-grade and high school students, offering nine project ideas that prioritize access to action, student inquiry and innovation.

The projects are divided into Practices, which are regular, ongoing activities that students can engage in every day; Processes, continuing projects that progress, evolve and increase in complexity and difficulty over time; and Pursuits, major one-time endeavors that challenge and stretch students.

The guide:

• Prioritizes class-to-class collaborations and community and global partnerships.
• Helps educators amplify student voice and inspire elementary student activism with students as knowledge constructors and global storytellers.
• Connects to the ISTE Standards (Student section) as well as the ISTE+ASCD Transformational Learning Principles.

The related jump start guide for elementary students is Teach Boldly for Grades K-5: Projects to Help Learners Connect to Self, Planet and People.

(ISTE Jump Start Guide, 8.5" x 11", 3 laminated panels, 6 pages)

Audience: Secondary educators; secondary school leaders and coaches; preservice teachers

About the Author

Billy Spicer 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. He previously 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 ISTELive, 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.