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  Disrupting Class by Clayton Christensen

  Recommended by John Seipp

  Recommended by William A. Hoch

  Recommended by Jen Dorman "I just finished reading this book and recommend it to any stakeholder in education (which should be everyone. !) It does a really nice job to contextualizing education in the larger historical and societal background. I think this book is well paired with The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. They both help to shape our understanding of how technology and changing societal norms can drive education in new directions and redefine what it means to learn, what is important to learn, and how to best achieve deep and transferable learning."

  John S started this discussion 7 months ago (edited). ( reply )

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  Kelly H 

  I finished Disrupting Class back in April and would definitely recommend it. I blogged about it here. http://keepingkidsfirst.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/disruptio/

  posted 7 months ago. ( reply )

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  jim w 

  I have mixed views on the book. I really liked the first third. The section that John Seipp (see above) refers to as the historical background. However, the research is limited and I think his predictions on the number of students who will be taking online courses is way to high. Like a lot of things with technology, people see the immediate growth and want to stretch it to follow the same growth curve forever.

  Jim

  posted 6 months ago. ( reply )

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