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Edutopia: Success Stories for Learning in the Digital Age
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by The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Sales Rank: 380866
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$2.67
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Jossey-Bass March 20, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0787960829
ISBN-13: 978-0787960827
Product Dimensions:
9 x 8 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
Product Review
"This book provides educators and parents alike with an unprecedented opportunity to see the future. We must support the efforts of these national heroes-teachers and students from primary and secondary education, foundation and community leaders-as they use technology to make our students and our nation more competitive." --Bob Kerrey, president, New School University and former United States Senator and chair of the Congressional Web-Based Education Commission
"This book provides a glimpse of the future by showing us the best work of innovators today. Anyone involved in creating the schools of the future should read it." --Linda Darling-Hammond, professor, School of Education, Stanford University
"An exciting and informative guide for creative use of technology in the classroom. Edutopia is filled with real-life examples of imaginative, project-based learning and alternative methods of assessment that will help teachers, students, parents, and policymakers build a brighter future for all children." --Richard W. Riley, former Secretary of Education
"A compelling collection of successful programs, action strategies, and resources to help schools. The accompanying CD-ROM of short videos offers a fantastic way to present these ideas to parents, administrators, school boards, and community members." --Ernie Mannino, director, National Principals Resource Center, National Association of Elementary School Principals
Product Description
Here's a tantalizing glimpse into the classrooms of innovative educators who are using technology to connect with students, colleagues, the local community, and the world beyond. Edutopia offers a unique perspective on education in which technology is employed to make schools more exciting and dynamic for everyone involved -- students work on real-world projects and consult with the best outside experts; teachers learn by tapping into the best people and practices in their field; and classrooms regularly connect with the rich resources of their communities and the world beyond.
A lively resource that teachers and parents will want to refer to again and again, Edutopia is filled with more than forty full-color photos, has a useful resource section, and comes with a unique CD-ROM that contains more than seventy minutes of video footage of these classrooms in action.
"This book provides educators and parents alike with an unprecedented opportunity to see the future. We must support the efforts of these national heroes--teachers and students from primary and secondary education, foundation and community leaders--as they use technology to make our students and our nation more competitive." - Bob Kerrey, president, New School University and former United States Senator and chair of the Congressional Web-Based Education Commission
"This book provides a glimpse of the future by showing us the best work of innovators today. Anyone involved in creating the schools of the future shoud read it." - Linda Darling-Hammond, professor, School of Education, Stanford University
"Edutopia is an exciting guide to help teaching and learning move into the twenty-first century." - Richard Riley, former Secretary of Education
Customer Reviews & Comments
I respectfully encourage all serious reviewers to avoid the video review option. The video review sacrifices both rapid scanning of diverse views, and the ability to create added value from automated text search. edutopia is a true gift to humanity from the George Lucas foundation. I consider the book and the DVD to be a superb starting pointfor the necessary global transformation. Chapter Nine discusses a dozen promising practices that work: 01 Peer Instruction 02 Cross-age tutoring 03 Bringing local experts into the classroom 04 Multi-age classrooms 05 Cooperative learning 06 Class-size reduction 07 Team teaching 08 Looping (teachers stay with same students for several years) 09 Block scheduling 10 Schools within schools 11 School teams 12 Community service This is a superbly crafted multi-media teaching tool that every teacher, parent, and administrator will learn from and be strengthened by. My only disappointment is that the book's sponsors and authors focused so narrowly on just the USA and how the wisdom in this book might be applied within our existing academic and vocational infrastructure. My own focus is on the five billion poor who do not have the time for 18 years of rote education. Simply by subsidizing cells phones and creating a global network of 100 million volunteers using Telelanguage.com, we could offer free education to the five billion poor, and our own population, "one cell call at a time." Education is the only way we can create stabilizing wealth--this excellent book set its sights too low.
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