Keynote and Presentation Descriptions
Presentation/Workshop Schedule
“Will’s vision for emerging technologies energizes and inspires his audiences. He takes a new IT paradigm and makes it attainable for teachers.”
Walter McKenzie
MassCue
“Will Richardson’s thoughtful Weblogg-ed…[is a] must-read.”
Edutopia Magazine
“A pioneer educational blogger, he maintains a blog commonly cited by other teacher bloggers as their favorite.”
Washington Post
“The best presentation I’ve seen here (and there are many good ones, and yes, those are shocking words coming out of my critical fingers) was actually a full-day workshop by Will Richardson (his blog). I’ve never been to a full-day workshop at any conference where I was engaged the whole time and could have or would have stayed longer than the schedule allowed. I’ve already recommended that he be brought to Duluth for the NorthEast MN faculty duty day in August. He is a user and promoter for all things digital in education….blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds, social bookmarking, etc. etc. Really loaded with ideas for valuable educational uses of these tools, plus a great perspective and many examples of what K-12 students are doing right now in many places, and how we need to be prepared for when these kids walk in our front door.”
Barry Dahl
e-Learning 2006
February, 2006
“Will’s revolutionary thinking has inspired educators worldwide to reexamine how online technologies can change the way we teach and learn.”
eLearning Symposium Brochure
Rochester, NY
October 2005
“Your talk gave the teachers a compelling picture of what is going on with the emerging technologies of social softwares and made them begin to think hard about how those activities impact their students and their teaching.”
Carol Smith
Assoc. CIO for Instructional and Learning Services
DePauw University
Greencastle, Ind.
“I greatly appreciate the depth of your knowledge, the breadth of your reading, and your passion for how the read-write web can transform education. I find my constructive learning spark reigniting after it had been doused by years of battling through the politics and shortages of public school teaching.”
Susan Sedro
Elementary Computer Specialist
Mont’Kiara Elementary School
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
“Thank you for renewing and confirming my belief in the process of lifelong learning!”
Ethel Kozlik
Principal
Morris-Union (NJ) Jointure Commission
“With Will’s expertise, guidance and knowledge, I have been able to transform my broadcast journalism class through the use of blogs and share with my colleagues the plethora of ways in which blogs can enhance education.”
Amy Bowllan
Library/Technology Specialist
Kew Forest (NY) School
“I just wanted to let you know that your site is an inspiration to people working with technology in education.”
Chris Kenniburg
Webmaster
Dearborn (MI) Public Schools