Will Richardson

Will Richardson is the author of the highly ranked and read edublog Weblogged [ [http://weblogg-ed.com/ Weblogg-ed ] ] and author of the book, "Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms". [ [http://www.weblogg-ed.com/book/ Weblogg-ed » Book Excerpt in T&L Magazine ] ] Formerly a teacher at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, N.J, Will was recognized for his use of blogs in the classroom as a "trendsetter in education" by the New York Times. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/14/technology/circuits/14diar.html?ex=1376193600&en=eaa8f00c728408a0&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND| Can Johnny Blog? ] ]

Richardson is now an independent presenter and owner of Connective Learning, LLC. He promotes the implementation of Read/Write technologies in K-12 classrooms. He is also an advocate for school reform which encourages the integration of technology in learning. He was also recently named to the National Advisory Board for the [http://www.glef.org George Lucas Education Foundation] . Along with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, he is co-owner of [http://www.plpnetwork.com Powerful Learning Practice] , a company that delivers job-embedded, year-long professional development to schools worldwide around the pedagogies of Web 2.0 tools.

District Administration magazine publishes a column by Richardson, who also contributes to their blog, [http://www.districtadministration.com/pulse/default.aspx The Pulse] .

Richardson has been part of a panel presentation at the 2006 Milken Global Conference and has given presentations all over the world.

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* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR2006040301350.html Washington Post]
* [http://weblogg-ed.com/about Weblogged Disclosures]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/14/technology/circuits/14diar.html?ex=1376193600&en=eaa8f00c728408a0&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Can Johnny Blog] in the New York Times.
* [http://umanitoba.ca/learning_technologies/connectivisim/bio_will.php Will Richardson biography]