Videos
You can go to this link to see this and other short videos for school board members, administrators, teachers, and legislators that Tony taped in the fall of 2010 for the Iowa's Future Project.
http://www.iowafuture.org/toolkit
“The Finland Phenomenon: Inside The World’s Most Surprising School System”–a great resource now available
Mar 31st
Finland is the highest performing education system in the world, and in the Spring of 2010, Tony was invited by the Finland National Board of Education to share his ideas on the new skills all students need today. Bob Compton, executive producer of the highly acclaimed education documentary, “2 Million More >
New Videos on The Global Achievement Gap: Keynotes and Extended Interview
Jan 31st
You can go to this link to see a series of short videos for school board members, administrators, teachers, and legislators that Tony taped in the fall of 2010 for the Iowa’s Future Project.
http://www.iowafuture.org/toolkit/
This is a link to the September 2009 Iowa Public Television broadcast of the opening to Tony’s More >
High School Student Focus Group Video
Jan 31st
Tony recently conducted a series of focus groups with high school students and recent high school graduates for the Highline School District, outside of Seattle, WA. In this moving video, successful and struggling students and graduates talk about their school experiences and what they need from teachers in order to More >
The Global Achievement Gap Keynote Video
Jan 31st
This is a video of a July 2008 keynote address where Tony talked about his latest book The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need—and What We Can Do About It. The video includes questions from the audience.
To download the More >
The Global Achievement Gap Interview
Jan 31st
Listen to a recent interview with Tony about his new book: The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach The New Survival Skills Our Children Need—and What We Can Do About It
Get the .mp3 from the downloads page (registered members only).
Popular Video Resources for Lesson Study Discussions-used in Tony’s workshops
Jan 27th
In his workshops, Tony frequently uses several videos to “calibrate” perceptions of what constitutes an effective lesson. Links to the first video and ordering information for the second one are listed below:
Video exercise – Looking at Instruction This video, a 10th grade English lesson of “The Pearl,” is available for viewing More >
Watch Tony Wagner & Milton Chen Discuss 21st century learning and critical issues in education today
Jan 27th
On January 20th, 2010, Tony and Milton Chen, Executive Director of the George Lucas Education Foundation participated in a live 55 minute webcast, sponsored by Scholastic. In a wide-ranging conversation, Tony and Milton talk about what is critical thinking, how to motivate teachers and students, starting points for teachers, school More >
