The Mavens:
• David Thornburg
David Thornburg Links
Thornburg Center for Professional Development - http://www.tcpd.org/
David Thornburg is the Director of this center. By clicking on his photo you get access to many great materials.
PBS Teacher Source - "Consider This" column - http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/thornburg/index.shtm
Here you will find a current article produced for PBS. There are 30+ more in the archive area. If you have the Real Audio plug-in you can listen to them also!
Pencils Down! How Decontextualized Standardized Testing Can Destroy Education - http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/may01/dcon0105.htm
From David, "What's wrong is simply this: Standardized tests freeze the perception of learning as the acquisition of isolated facts that can be unambiguously answered through a multiple choice question." 5/01 in Multimedia Schools
Multimedia Encourages New Learning Styles - http://www.newhorizons.org/tech_thornburg.html
A 1997 article discussing technology and appropriate teaching pedagogy.
David Thornburg Books*
Brainstorms and Lightning Bolts : Thinking Skills for the 21st Century sept. 1999 Intl Soc for Tech in Educ ISBN: 0942207130
Putting the Web To Work oct. 1996 Starsong Publications ISBN: 0942207122
Education in the Communication Age oct. 1994 Starsong Publications ISBN: 0942207114
Edutrends 2010 : Restructuring, Technology, and the Future of Education May 1992 Starsong Publications ISBN: 0942207106
Education, Technology, and Paradigms of Change for the 21st Century Aug 1991 Intl Soc for Tech in Educ ISBN: 0942207092
Power Thoughts : One Hundred Steps to Goal Achievement Nov 1988 Innovision ISBN: 0942207076
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