[1] He has many published works, including the book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms,[2] and the edublog Weblogg-ed which he wrote from 2001 to 2011.

[6] Along with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, he co-founded Powerful Learning Practice, a company that delivers job-embedded, year-long professional development to schools worldwide around the pedagogies of Web 2.0 tools.

District Administration magazine has published a quarterly column by Richardson titled "The Online Edge".

[8] Richardson's bio for a February 2007 conference noted that "Will lives along the Delaware River in Western New Jersey with his wife Wendy and his children Tess and Tucker, all of whom are bloggers.

"[9] Formerly a teacher at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, New Jersey, Richardson was recognized for his use of blogs in the classroom as a "trendsetter in education" in 2003 by The New York Times.