{"product_id":"building-school-20-chris-lehmann-9781118076828","title":"Building School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need","description":"\u003cb\u003eNinety-five propositions for creating more relevant, more caring schools\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is a growing desire to reexamine education and learning. Educators use the phrase \"school 2.0\" to think about what schools will look like in the future. Moving beyond a basic examination of using technology for classroom instruction, \u003ci\u003eBuilding School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need\u003c\/i\u003e is a larger discussion of how education, learning, and our physical school spaces can--and should--change because of the changing nature of our lives brought on by these technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWell known for their work in creating Science Leadership Academy (SLA), a technology-rich, collaborative, learner-centric school in Philadelphia, founding principal Chris Lehmann and former SLA teacher Zac Chase are uniquely qualified to write about changing how we educate. The best strategies, they contend, enable networked learning that allows research, creativity, communication, and collaboration to help prepare students to be functional citizens within a modern society. Their model includes discussions of the following key concepts: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTechnology must be ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClassrooms must be learner-centric and use backwards design principles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGood technology can be better than new technology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTeachers must serve as mentors and bring real-world experiences to students\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach section of \u003ci\u003eBuilding School 2.0\u003c\/i\u003e presents a thesis designed to help educators and administrators to examine specific practices in their schools, and to then take their conclusions from theory to practice. Collectively, the theses represent a new vision of school, built off of the best of what has come before us, but with an eye toward a future we cannot fully imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Lehmann, Zac Chase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1118076826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118076828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jossey-Bass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.20d","brand":"Chris Lehmann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44302192345343,"sku":"9781118076828","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_004c5411-c7fe-497c-87b9-b41dc5948008.jpg?v=1695160057","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/building-school-20-chris-lehmann-9781118076828","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}