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Bringing Technology and Education Together

Innovator, Educator, Technologist, Speaker, and Author

Bill Bass is an award winning educator and former English teacher who now serves as Innovation Coordinator for Instructional Technology, Information, Library Media and Federal Programs in the Parkway School District in St. Louis, MO. As an international speaker, writer and professional developer, he focuses on systemic and sustainable integration of technology into classrooms at all grade levels. Bill has served as the president of ISTE Board of Directors and was named as one of NSBA’s 20 to Watch EdTech Leaders. He is an ISTE Certified Educator, Google Certified Innovator, Google for Education Certified trainer and has written numerous articles and book chapters. He has also authored three books: From Inspiration to Red Carpet (ISTE 2012), Digital Reading: What’s essential in grades 3-8 (NCTE 2015), and Leading from the Library (ISTE 2019).

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Books

Leading from the Library

The modern school library supports education in a variety of ways. One essential role librarians play is that of a leader who works collaboratively to build relationships, mold culture and climate, and advocate for the needs of students and the community. This book focuses on how librarians can help support students, teachers, and parents in the digital age. (ISTE 2019)

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Digital Reading: What’s Essential in Grades 3-8

Many of our young students come to school with vast experience in the digital world but too often use digital tools in limited ways because they view technology as merely another form of entertainment. Teachers can help students recognize their expertise in out-of-school digital reading and extend it into the world of school. For this to happen, we must redefine reading to include digital reading and texts, learn how to support digital reading into the classroom, and embed digital tools throughout the elementary and middle school curriculum. (NCTE 2015)

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From Inspiration to Red Carpet

The glitz, the glamour, the excitement!! Host a student film festival to see it all come to life. More importantly, you’ll see how invested your students are in their projects and how preparing for this moment has helped them to enhance their writing, storytelling, creativity, and digital literacy skills. The film festival will showcase student productions to their peers, teachers, parents, and the community, and provide a way for students to share their stories with the world. (ISTE 2013)

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Professional Learning

Innovation in Schools

The nature and purpose of schools to be an ever shifting target and teachers, students, parents and administrators are all looking for ways to address the changing landscape. To keep us, schools must offer innovative programs and constantly seek out new ideas and technologies that will engage and transform learning for students of all ages. Through strategic conversations and frameworks like design thinking, it’s possible to expand what it means to be innovative in a school and as an educator in the digital age.

Literacy in the Digital Age

Many of our students come to school with vast experience in the digital world but too often use digital tools in limited ways. How can we help to redefine literacy to include digital reading and texts, support digital creation as a part of our schools, and help embed digital tools in everyday lessons? Explore how we can help our students recognize their expertise in out-of-school digital literacy and extend it into the world of school while being leaders in an increasingly digital world.

Media Literacy and Digital Creation

Literacy has traditionally centered on reading and writing, but in the Information Age, everything has changed. In today’s world, a truly literate person has to be comfortable using all of the media through which we tell stories and share information. This requires critical consumption of media and news as well as understanding contemporary tools and how to use them.

Google in Schools

Google tools have taken the world of education by storm and are changing the way schools do business. Beginners and advances users alike can learn and grow through a myriad of topics that can be addressed. Whether it’s Google Drive, Classroom, geo tools, YouTube, or even virtual reality, these sessions are meant to help educators transform their instruction and bring authentic experiences to students.

Future Ready Libraries

Whether it’s implementing a makerspace or supporting literacy, the librarian connects the dots for our schools. Today’s students need us to be strong leaders who understand the importance of transforming libraries into vibrant hubs of active digital learning. Focusing on moving beyond survival mode and exploring what it means to be a Future Ready librarian, we explore the Future Ready Libraries Framework and make connections back to school library programs. Harness the opportunities librarians have available to lead beyond the library and influence their community in a variety of ways.

Citizenship in the Digital Age

Technology had changed much of the world and has made us increasingly connected to a global society. In this increasingly complex environment, librarians and teachers can partner to help guide studetns and build citizens of the digital age. Through this work, we can go beyond creating lessons on being safe online and help our students see how important it is to navigate the digital world and make good decisions when they leave our classrooms.

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