How Does A Good Teacher Become Great? by Terry Heick Good teachers are amazing–and rare. The ignorance of the Those who can’t, teach mantra is frightening–being a good teacher is an incredible challenge to achieve consistently. Good teachers use data to drive instruction, know the ins and outs of their curriculum, have refined assessments over…
This is a guest-post by Green Ribbon Schools and Healthivores We hear time and time again about children’s increasingly unhealthy lifestyles, and the United State’s ever decreasing STEM skills, but often the problem seems to big and intimidating to address in your classroom. Technology is ever changing, and often times teachers are left in the…
While there are exceptions, public education in America isn’t a paragon of progressiveness, innovation, or achievement.
New technology can pick up on nuances that perhaps would otherwise slip through the cracks in traditional learning environments.
How Are Digital Platforms Disrupting Learning? by Terry Heick Media is becoming increasingly digitized, and we learn through, among other processes, consumption of media. It makes sense then that digital platforms just might be changing the way learning happens. A “platform” can be defined as an app, a website, an eLearning environment, or a collaboratively…
By Grant Wiggins, Ph.D Stupidification (n): 1. A deadly illness in which perfectly good ideas and processes are killed as a result of thoughtless interpretation and implementation. 2. The reducing of intricate issues and processes to simplistic, rigid, and mandated policies, in the impatient quest for quick fixes to complex problems. No, it’s not a real…
While schools in the United States continue to experiment with how to best use technology in the classroom, the same challenges faces educators in other countries as well. A new survey by Dell compares and contrasts how these two world superpowers are currently approaching the concept of technology integration, and some of the data is…
With HyFlex blended learning, students can choose whether they want to take classes online, in the classroom, or both.
In the 21st century, new literacies are emerging and digital media forms allow communication to be more nuanced than ever before.
We love thisisindexed.com, by Jessica Hagy, who uses visuals to express ideas. What is the relationship between confusion and information?
With their innovation and practicality, these examples of new technology in education are poised to permanently change how students learn.
Data can be boring. Brightening it up with images and other data visualization tools can make inaccessible information easier to digest.
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