Kasey Bell - Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning from Static to Dynamic

Kasey Bell is part sparkling smile, part witty personality, and a whole heap of passion as big as Texasgo big or go home, yall! As a former middle school teacher with nearly fifteen years in education, Kasey has made it her mission to be a disruptor of the boring and to push the bounds of traditional teaching and learning.

Kasey found her true passion in digital learning, and with a masters degree in educational technology and a whole bunch of crazy ideas, she migrated to the role of instructional technologist for Leander ISD. Now, Kasey is a Digital Learning Consultant for Region 10 Education Service Center in Richardson, Texas. As her passion grew, so did her need to share and connect, and Kasey started sharing her passions through her blog, ShakeUpLearning.com.

Kasey is an engaging, innovative, from-the-heart sharer who inspires educators while transforming their teaching with original, dynamic, and use-tomorrow ideas for student choice, differentiation, and technology integration. Whether it is learning from home through online courses, conference workshops, or as a keynote speaker, Kasey is a relentless innovator of ideas and a devoted transformer of classrooms and teaching.

Through teacher-empowering publications and award-winning educational resources at ShakeUpLearning.com, learner-driven workshops and presentations, and co-hosting The Google Teacher Tribe weekly podcast, Kasey proves why we should never settle for the static and boring when it comes to bringing out the very best in our students, and we should always strive to Shake Up Learning!

In Google Apps for Littles, author-educators Christine Pinto and Alice Keeler encourage teachers to tap into their young students curiosity, particularly when it comes to technology. The authors share a wealth of innovative ways to integrate digital tools in the primary classroom to make learning engaging and relevant for even the youngest of todays twenty-first-century learners.

Teach Like a PIRATE is the New York Times best-selling book that has sparked a worldwide educational revolution. It is part inspirational manifesto that ignites passion for the profession and part practical road map, filled with dynamic strategies to dramatically increase student engagement. Translated into multiple languages, its message resonates with educators who want to design outrageously creative lessons and transform school into a life-changing experience for students.

Todays job market demands that students be prepared to take responsibility for their lives and careers. We do them a disservice if we teach them how to earn passing grades without equipping them to take charge of their education. In Learn Like a PIRATE, Paul Solarz explains how to design classroom experiences that encourage students to take risks and explore their passions in a stimulating, motivating, and supportive environment where improvement, rather than grades, is the focus. Discover how student-led classrooms help students thrive and develop into self-directed, confident citizens who are capable of making smart, responsible decisions, all on their own.

Teaching is an adventure that stretches the imagination and calls for creativity every day! In P is for PIRATE, husband and wife team Dave and Shelley Burgess encourage and inspire educators to make their classrooms fun and exciting places to learn. Tapping into years of personal experience and drawing on the insights of more than seventy educators, the authors offer a wealth of ideas for making learning and teaching more fulfilling than ever before.

Yes! School can be simultaneously fun and educational. In Play Like a Pirate, Quinn Rollins offers practical, engaging strategies and resources that make it easy to integrate fun into your curriculum. Regardless of the grade level you teach, youll find inspiration and ideas that will help you engage your students in unforgettable ways.

Are you ready to transform your classroom into an experiential world that flourishes on collaboration and creativity? Then set sail with classroom game designer and educator Michael Matera as he reveals the possibilities and power of game-based learning. In eXPlore Like a Pirate, Matera serves as your experienced guide to help you apply the most motivational techniques of gameplay to your classroom. Youll learn gamification strategies that will work with and enhance (rather than replace) your current curriculum and discover how these engaging methods can be applied to any grade level or subject.

The traditional system of education requires students to hold their questions and compliantly stick to the scheduled curriculum. But our job as educators is to provide new and better opportunities for our students. Its time to recognize that compliance doesnt foster innovation, encourage critical thinking, or inspire creativityand those are the skills our students need to succeed. In