SITE Success 2010

Peters and King Debut a Success at AACE SITE 2010 Conference in San Diego

The room was packed and the people roaring, they would not leave, they wanted more… and this was after 3.5 hrs of workshop time at a professional development conference.

• Q: What exactly IS going on in there?
• A: Peters and King had hit the workshop circuit at the AACE SITE Conference!

On March 28, 2010, 35 educators from around the globe convened on the 21st century global learning workshop co-facilitated by Dr. Laurence Peters and Dr. Kathleen P. King. And the word is that teaching and learning might never be the same because of it.

Professors, teachers, staff developers, superintendents, information specialists, graduate students and student teachers alike joined in this extended workshop to discuss, share resources, and work on developing lessons related to integrating 21st century learning and global education into their classes.

From Kenya to Belgium, Canada to Florida, Oregon, to the UK, Australia, California, Iowa and beyond the educators were seeking answers to pressing questions

• What form is 21st century learning is taking?
• What resources are available?
• How do we encourage faculty to participate?
• How do we design instruction?
• How do we reconcile 21st century learning in a standards based and assessment culture?

In this quick moving session all the questions were discussed in-depth,……………

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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.

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FETC 2010-Web Based Tools to Empower Students

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Education Professor Dr. King TO SHOW How

Web-Based Tools Engage & Empower Students

Digital Resources BEING DEMONSTRATED

NEW YORK (January 7, 2010) – If you’re attending the Florida Educational Technology Conference

(FETC) in Orlando, Florida and want to know how web-based technology can be used in the classroom to engage today’s digital natives, cultivate high level critical thinking and drive student achievement, then Dr. Kathleen King’s Jan. 14 session is for you.

Dr. King is a professor of education at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education in New York City and president of Transformation Education LLC. Her session, “Leveraging Web 2.0 Tools: Literacy Skills, Oral History and Voice!” provides examples of ways social media such as podcasts and blogs can support project-based learning and help existing curricula to engage students more effectively.

“Perhaps the greatest benefit of Web 2.0 tools in the classroom is how they empower students to be creators, not just spectators,” Dr. King said. “A phrase I often use is ‘out of the stands and onto the field.’ By incorporating more digital resources into the classroom, teachers can help students become active learners.”

Dr. King demonstrates how digital resources from McGraw-Hill Education can support 21^st Century learning, including:

• CINCH Project – a collection of Web 2.0 tools for collaborative learning projects, features a community-based Web site where teachers and students create digital profiles and participate in group inquiry opportunities all in a safe and ………………………

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