Esther Wojcicki

Blogger, Consultant, Educator/Teacher, Journalist, Technologist, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Chief Learning Officer at ExplorePlanet3.com, Creative Commons Board of Directors Council; Founder of Palo Alto High School Media Arts Center, Visiting Distinguished Scholar at Stanford University MediaX, Board of Advisors for THNK, Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership, Vice President, Vincente Ferrara Foundation, Co-Founder, JournalisticLearning.com

I am passionate about changing the way we teach worldwide to meet the needs of the 21st century and teaching science using Planet3. Ask me about it www.exploreplanet3.com

Engagement is the key to learning and the key to engagement is giving students some control over their learning. Today most students have little control over their learning. They are told what to study, how to study, and when to study. They are focused on passing tests. One of the new strategies that seems promising without adding costs is called Blended Learning which means that a student learns at least in part through online delivery instruction with some element of control over time, place, path or pace. That means that a teacher can lecture 50% of the time but the other 50% should be online learning. This pedagogy works in all subject areas from science to English to journalism. Hundreds of schools are trying this methodology and their results are impressive.

Blended Learning, Intersection of Technology/Education, parenting and character education, scholastic journalism, Teacher Training in Effective Methods, Teaching & Counseling

I have been going to TED since 2008 and I LOVE IT. In 2016, I gave a talk!

Making a cheese cake, making really delicious SALADS, traveling in Mexico