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Three Tips to Teach Boldly: Designing Lesson Plans for Social Impact

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Participate and share : Interactive lecture

Stephanie Argy  
Emily Reed  
Billy Spicer  
Dr. Jennifer Williams  

Join ISTE authors Jennifer Williams and Billy Spicer for top tips on designing lesson plans for social impact and sustainability. Instructional design connections to design thinking, inquiry, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and global collaboration.

Audience: Coaches, Curriculum/district specialists, Teachers
Skill level: Beginner
Attendee devices: Devices not needed
Topic: Global collaboration
Grade level: PK-12
ISTE Standards: For Students:
Global Collaborator
  • Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.
  • Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.
  • Students explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.
Additional detail: ISTE author presentation

Proposal summary

Purpose & objective

In this short, interactive presentation, the author will walk the attendees through several tools and lead activities to provide an opportunity to experience them firsthand. There will be a Q&A period following the activity.

Outline

In this short, interactive presentation, the authors will walk the attendees through several tools and lead activities to provide an opportunity to experience them firsthand. There will be a Q&A period following the activity.

Supporting research

The research presented in the session appears in the book Teach Boldly by Jennifer Williams.

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Presenters

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Emily Reed, ISTE

Emily Reed is the managing editor of ISTE books. She joined ISTE in 2012 and has assisted in the publication of many of the organization’s book offerings. In addition to shepherding books through editing and production, Emily manages the two ISTE research journals, Journal of Research on Technology in Education and Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, and organizes the bookstore at the ISTE conference.

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Billy Spicer, HUBBARD WOODS SCHOOL
ISTE Certified Educator
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Dr. Jennifer Williams, Take Action Global

Dr. Jennifer Williams has dedicated herself for 25 years to the field of education through her roles as an education activist, professor, school administrator, literacy specialist, and classroom teacher. As an educator and author of the ISTE book, Teach Boldly: Using Edtech for Social Good, she champions teachers to use educational technology purposefully for the planet and its people​. She is a professor at Saint Leo University and the co-founder of TeachSDGs and the non-profit organization Take Action Global. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter at @JenWilliamsEdu and at www.jenwilliamsedu.com.

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