On the Road with Dr. Kathy King — Fall 2010 Update

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 [...]

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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Why Use Podcasting in Higher Education and Training?

In corporate training and higher education, podcasting has been widely identified with recording lectures and then uploading them as podcasts. Unfortunately, this single use of podcasting seems to have become its definition. We really need to work hard at changing this narrow definition because there are so many other possibilities being ignored.

Five Myth Busters About Boomers Learning Technology

Someone recently told me he believed every computer gadget should come accompanied by an 11 year old child. If you are not a technology specialist, I bet you’re nodding your head in agreement. His illustration vividly describes how so many adults lack confidence when it comes to technology learning. However, based on my many years experience helping professionals learn technology, this hesitation, lack of confidence, or fear is based on widely promulgated and accepted myths.