On the Road with Dr. Kathy King — Fall 2010 Update
August 20, 2010 by admin2
Filed under Breaking News, On The Road
From PA to Florida, TX to California, Kathy has been keynoting conferences, faculty convocations and commencements. Find out where she will be next. Please Note: My schedule is filling fast for 2010-2011- I am accepting only a limited number of engagements this year. However I do have a few opening still. Contact me as soon [...]
FETC 2010-Web Based Tools to Empower Students
January 7, 2010 by admin2
Filed under Breaking News, On The Road
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 21st 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 ………………………
