The Boundless Classroom : Designing Purposeful Instruction for Any Learning Environment

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Neuware - 'A global pandemic hit our world, and education has forever changed. But have your instructional practices changed Teachers must now leverage technology to provide students with high-quality teaching and learning experiences that transcend a traditional classroom's walls. This is a historic opportunity to abandon antiquated teaching practices and reimagine instruction in ways that boost learning outcomes and prepare students for living and working in the digital age. This book offers guidance for creating and sustaining rigorous and engaging blended learning solutions. Opening with lessons learned from the pandemic, the book addresses impacts on lesson design and delivery, student engagement, assessment, and teacher training and PD. The following chapters build on and address these experiences, with each chapter featuring practical examples on how to implement effective blended instructions as well as examples from the field to illustrate effective approaches to blended and online instruction'. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781564849311

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: James V. Witty, Ed.D., Esq., currently serves as executive officer for the Human Resources Division within the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools district. He holds a doctorate in education from the University of Tennessee and Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Nashville School of Law. Witty is the author of Exemplary Practices in Alternative Education: Indicators of Quality Programming, published by the National Alternative Education Association. He has served students, teachers and families as a teacher, executive principal, adjunct professor, district leader and director for the Tennessee Department of Education. He’s also the founding executive principal of MNPS Virtual School, Tennessee’s first public virtual school. In 2019, Witty was recognized as Principal of the Year for his school district. In his current role, Witty is responsible for sustaining learning continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic by scaling remote, virtual and blended learning options for students. Nathan D. Lang-Raad, Ed.D., (@drlangraadis) is an international speaker, author and professional learning facilitator, and the vice president of strategy at Savvas Learning (formerly Pearson). Prior to joining Savvas, he was chief education officer at WeVideo. He has served as a teacher, principal, university adjunct professor, consultant and education strategist in the course of his career. He was the director of elementary curriculum and instruction for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, and the education supervisor at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Lang-Raad is also the co-founder of Bammy Award-nominated #LeadUpChat, an educational leadership professional learning network (PLN) on Twitter. He has also served as the president-elect of the ISTE Education Leaders PLN. In addition to The Boundless Classroom, Lang-Raad is the author of several books, including The Teachers of Oz: Leading with Wisdom, Heart, Courage, and Spirit with Herbie Raad.