Richardson

=Will Richardson= @http://willrichardson.com/ http://willrichardson.wikispaces.com


 * A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything**



__**Biography:**__ Will Richardson is a former public school educator for 22 years and the co-founder of Powerful Learning Practice, a unique professional development program that has mentored over 5,000 teachers worldwide in the last five years. He is also owner of Connective Learning, LLC (est. January 1, 2006) through which I contract paid appearances to speak, conduct workshops, or consult with individuals, schools and districts. As of January 1, 2007, he was a columnist for District Administration magazine on all things Web 2.0 related to education. In addition, he is a minority partner with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach in [|Powerful Learning Practice], LLC, (est. September 1, 2007) a business through which they plan and deliver sustained, job-embedded professional development to schools both nationally and internationally around Read/Write Web technologies and concepts. Richardson also gives presentations on Web 2.0 technologies and how to train educators how to use them effectively in the classroom.

Richardson is a motivational speaker for technology and its impact and importance in education. He is an advocate for using technology and its advantages to uplift and change our educational system and to create opportunities for our children to become lifelong learners. In order to do this, he believes teachers need to become more familiar and fully understand Web 2.0 applications for themselves first. His organization creates professional development for teachers and administrators. In addition to writing columns for several publications, he has a new blog which is full of information regarding current educational issues and most currently, the political firestorm around our educational system in this country.
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In addition to being an advocate of Web 2.0 tools, he utilizes his blog and speaking engagements to bring to light political and global educational isues.

I feel Richardson's websites and YouTube videos have a lot of important information to share. He is, indeed, a very motivating speaker and I was impressed to see that he had actual classroom experience for 24 years.
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