Dynamic New Book- Power of Learning from Inquiry

The Power of Learning from Inquiry Teacher Research as a Professional Development Tool in Multilingual Schools

A New Book in the Adult Education Special Topics: Theory, Research and Practice in LifeLong Learning
by Aida A Nevárez-La Torre, TESOL Program, Fordham University

I am very pleased to announce that we have a new release in the adult education series at Information Age Publishing: The Power of Learning from Inquiry Teacher Research as a Professional Development Tool in Multilingual Schools by Dr. Aida A Nevárez-La Torre of Fordham University.

Dr. Nevárez-La Torre is director of the TESOL and Bilingual programs at Fordham’s Graduate School of Education and has extraordinary experience as a researcher and practitioner in the field. This book is truly a one of a kind human interest, life transformation and professional development research book rolled up into one compelling volume.

Last week iwas describing to some of my graduate students as a powerful demonstration of how working alongside of educators/faculty and guiding them to explore action resaerch, providing a safe space for questioning assumptions, can lead to radical transforamtion. That this book reveals that storeis- in the particiapting teachers voices- how they came to the awakening, and grew to recognize and resist the oppression which they had been silenced previously. Biligual and TESOL educators are often even MORE overlooked in k-12 systems than adult edcutoars (hard for us to belive it ispossible, but it is true. There are many reaons for this basis and oppression- not only do they serve new immigrants, ELL learners, but they may also be ELL or immigrants. The end result is that may schools do not even attempt ot hide the fact that few resources, recogniztion or concern are exercisesd towards these students, teachers or resources.

• Are you ready to discover how one group of people began changing their corner of the educational world?
• Do you want to see how action redsearch can be used to expose oppression?

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Professional Success and Social Media?

Twiitter, Facebook, Linked in, Oh MY!
New Episode from the Transformation Education Live Podcast Series – Now Available

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Twiitter, Facebook, Linked in, what does it have to do with my career? Kathy and Paige share great stories and strategies for using social media to advance your professional learning and development. Lots of resources, opportunities and top notch advice from two women who are l

iving on the cutting edge of professional social media wave.

Welcome back to Transformation Education Live with Dr Kathy King and Paige Eissinger. East meets West with the NY to Missouri connection.

Don’t forget for complete notes and resources always visit the podcast main blog and follow us on Twitter

GREAT TIME SAVING RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Copyrighted with all rights reserved by Transformation Education LLC, 2010 www.transformationed.com

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WE LEARN 7th Annual Conference on Women & Literacy

Cranston, RI – February 11, 2010

Empowering women to action is at the heart of the WE LEARN 7^th Annual (Net)Working Gathering & Conference on Women and Literacy, “Community, Leadership, Activism.” On Friday and Saturday, March 5^th and 6^th, 2010, an anticipated 200 students, teachers, community organizers, literacy workers, and professors will gather at the University of Rhode Island – Feinstein Providence Campus (80 Washington St.) to share resources, insights, and research.

Overview

Co-Sponsors

Committed to empowerment for women in all aspects of their lives, this WE LEARN event promotes civic participation as those who come together share their knowledge and experiences to draw connections between literacy, leadership, empowerment, and liberation.

Featured Speakers and Participants

Dr King’s Upcoming Speaking Events 2010

Dr. Kathy King will be presenting and keynoting at the following conferences.

I look forward to connecting in person with readers or colleagues who want to visit, or have books signed. Please contact Dr. King in advance at kpking (@) TransformationEd.com to make specific arrangements!

For more details about booking Dr Kathleen P. King for your next event visit http://transformationed.com/speaker/

UPCOMING APPEARANCES IN 2010

March 2010

3/4/10 Providence, RI WELEARN Mind-Body Spirit in Education Pre-conference – confirmed
3/ 5 – 6 /10 Providence, RI WeLEARN Conference -confirmed
3/28-30/10 San Diego, CA AACE- SITE Conference- confirmed

April 2010
4/5-4/6/10 (Minneapolis, MN) NCEA ( 2 sessions) -confirmed
4/8–9/10 (Dallas, TX) Intervention Summit – confirmed
4/15-16/2010 (Orlando, FL) Intervention Summit – confirmed
4/19/10 (Indianapolis, IN) Purdue Univ KEYNOTE & breakout sessions -confirmed

May 2010
5/1/10 New York City, NYCABE -KEYNOTE Speaker – confirmed
5/3-5/5/10 Denver, CO, AERA -confirmed
5/15/10 Media, PA, Commencement speaker & award recipient- Pennsylvania Institute of Technology- confirmed
5/17-5/18/10 Chicago, IL, Intervention Summit – confirmed

June 2010
6/2-6/5/10 Sacramento, CA AERC and Pre-conference-King & Kerekes -confirmed
6/27-29/10 ISTE – Denver, CO (unconfirmed)

October 2010
10/10 China – Innovation and Higher Education Conference
10/25-10/29/10 Clearwater, FL, AAACE/CPAE Conference- confirmed

~~MORE EVENTS TO BE POSTED SHORTLY~~

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About Dr. Kathleen P. King
Kathy is President of Transformation Education, LLC. She is also a Professor of Education at Fordham University and former director of the university’s RETC Center for Professional Development. Dr. King has extensive experience designing multi-partner projects, innovative programs, distance learning, staff development and educational technology integration plans across grades and content levels k-12, adult education, training, higher education, and corporate organizations and settings. Transformation Education serves as a dynamic base………..

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Results- Social Media and Ed Experts Meet-Up

McGRAW-HILL BRINGS TOGETHER SOCIAL MEDIA AND EDUCATION EXPERTS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Experts Underscore the Need for Social Media in the Classroom and Beyond

NEW YORK (February 11, 2010) –

McGraw-Hill Education hosted a panel discussion as part of Social Media Week New York titled, “The Future of Social Media in Higher Education.” Students, academics and social media experts shared their thoughts on how social media is changing the way students learn, instructors teach and institutions adapt to innovation. To view pictures, videos and quotes from the discussion, visit: http://mcgraw-hill.presslift.com/social-media-higher-education.

The following themes, issues and trends were discussed at length, indicating the role of social media today in the higher education classroom and its future potential:

• Geo-tagging will be a powerful tool for higher education as it can be used to target locations and get information about those locations, whether students are working on sociology, science, etc. Dr. Kind talked about specific disciplines who have been utlizing it already and great promise of the application. Adam Ostrow, editor in chief of Mashable.com, cited FourSquare’s partnership with Harvard University as an example.

• Co-learning as a model for teachers and students to advance technology integration. In the video clip just below, Dr. King shares how teachers can advance technology practice AND model lifelong learning with a co-learning model. She describes how co-learning can be used to facilitate teachers and students to advance technology integration with many benefits for mutual professional and personal growth.

Intervention Summits – National Tour

Spring 2010- Dr. Kathleen P. King Keynotes Intervention Summit Nation-Wide NEW YORK- February 12, 2009 – Information recently released indicate that her major focus will be revealing how all school leaders can leverage social media to build  greater learning communities. In addition to her characteristic dynamic and motivational keynote addresses, Dr. King will also host [...]

Higher Ed Trends Panel: Social Media Week

NEW YORK- February 5, 2010

Unlike many higher education events held in February 2010, this one had a worldwide assembly of NON-professors and NON-students discussing teaching and learning with technology. Their platform was the globe, and their discussion was just about as far reaching.

New York City’s Social Media Week events had been held all week as part of a global initiative being coordinated in 5 international cities with participants from everywhere able to plug-in. On this Friday, wrap up events included a stellar event held at McGraw-Hill Headquarters in New York City. This panel, Trends in Social Media in Higher Education included approximately 175 people from across industries, journalism and education on the roll call for the event on-site and via livestream at USTREAM.tv.

The superb news is that you did miss this very public and participatory “class.” The informative and compelling session is available on demand via http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4470423. (See below)

Social Media Modeled

Special features of the event included the use of social media to promote and facilitate the panel discussion, discussion of critical topics by a expert panel, fielded Q&A with NYC participants and digital media innovation immediately following the discussion …..

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Global Social Media Week Launches Feb 1 2010

Second Annual Conference Doubles in Size and Is Expected to Reach More Than 3,000 Attendees

Official Press Release of the Social Media Week

NEW YORK, /PRNewswire/ –

Social Media Week’s second annual conference launches on February 1st, 2010 and will take place simultaneously in New York City, Berlin, London, San Francisco, Toronto and Sao Paulo.

The scope of Social Media Week New York has doubled in size from its inception in 2009, with more than 70 events currently scheduled over the course of the five-day series. Headline events in New York include “Branding the Future with Social Engagement,” sponsored by Pepsi Refresh; “Social Media & the Haiti Disaster,” hosted by The New York Times; “Understanding Social Graph Optimization,” sponsored by Meebo and hosted by JWT; “The Future of Space & Time and the Proliferation of Location-based Media,” hosted by Wired & McGraw-Hill’s Digital Innovation Showcase: The Impact of Social Media in Higher Education.

Other seminars throughout the course of the week will cover the impact of social media on topics including arts & culture, sports, healthcare, education, entertainment, music, fashion & beauty, news, politics and brand communications. The events will take place in some of New York‘s most prestigious venues, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Conde Nast building, The New York Times headquarters, IDEO, JWT, The Paley Center for Media and the Time & Life Building.

“The breadth and diversity of Social Media Week events across all the participating cities is a reflection of social media’s role in modern society,” said Toby Daniels, founder and executive director, Social Media Week. “The growth of social ………

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