Renowned Educational Speaker Visits MA
November 6, 2008
Faculty and parents were visited by guest
speaker Ian Jukes on Thursday. Phrenetic and
thought-provoking , Mr. Jukes offered his views on modern
teaching methodology within what he calls a "digital
landscape". His
rambunctious, irreverent and highly charged presentation
emphasized many of the practical issues related to ensuring that
change is meaningful. Mr. Jukes hopes to ensure that children
are properly prepared for the future rather than society's past.
As a result, his material tends to focus on many of the
pragmatic issues that provide the essential context for
educational restructuring.He
is currently the Director of the InfoSavvy Group, an
international consulting group that provides leadership and
program development in the areas of assessment and evaluation,
strategic alignment, curriculum design and publication,
professional development, planning, change management, hardware
and software acquisition, information services, customized
research, media services, and on-line training as well as
conference keynotes and workshop presentations. Over the course
of the past 15 years, Mr. Jukes has worked with clients in more
than 40 countries and made more than 7,000 presentations. He
typically speaks to between 300,000 and 400,000 people a years.
Mr. Jukes has written or co-written six books, 9 educational
series and had more than 200 articles published in various
journals. Ian is also the publisher of an on-line electronic
newsletter, the Committed Sardine Blog, which is electronically
distributed to more than 70,000 people in 70 plus countries. Many thanks to Mr. Jukes for his enlightening visit!
