The Classroom Cribs Challenge Asks You To Think About Learning Spaces by Classroomcribs.com As we look towards the 2014-2015 school year, one question continually jumps out to me as an educator: How do our learning spaces impact our students? As a new English teacher I remember getting into my classroom for the first time. I…
Langwitches has created a helpful taxonomy to guide teachers on how to plan, evaluate, and execute a conversation about Skype for learning.
5 Practical Learning Tips Based On How People Do–And Don’t–Learn by Charlie Chung, Class Central There has been a large body of work in neuroscience, psychology, and related fields offering more and more insight into how we learn. Below are five of the top tips from Barbara Oakley, Professor of Engineering at Oakland University, who…
10 Emaciated Terms That Keep Education In A Box by Thom Markham Albert Einstein nailed it–“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” That truth will decide whether we develop a 21st-century friendly educational system or continue to tinker at the margins of school. So far, we’re not showing much…
What am I expected to cause in students? What am I supposed to accomplish? Whatever the answer, that’s my job.
5 Strategies For Engaging Students With Video by James Cross Online video is taking the world by storm, and today’s students are the biggest consumers of online video content — they’re the ‘Netflix Generation’. These students have grown up in a world where video is available instantly, on-demand, and on any device. Combined with the…
Texting, Tweeting, Speaking: Teaching Oral Communication Skills by Erik Palmer “I just watched our seniors present their capstone projects. They were unimpressive presentations, to say the least. Frankly, I’m worried that they make our school look bad.” Those were the words of the president of a small university when he called to ask me to…
Google dominates the cloud. This makes sense when you consider the genius of Google’s strategy that started with brilliant search and web-based email (at one point, that was a big deal), then used that as an anchor to develop digital “stuff” for every area of your life, from calendar and productivity suites, maps, wallet, Google…
Getting the conditions for self-directed learning right as a teacher requires an understanding of how people learn to think & problem-solve.
Grit In The Classroom Has To Be A Dialogue contributed by Thomas Hoerr The rush to grit is pretty intense, but so is the push-back. I’ve been writing about grit in articles and giving presentations on the subject. I’ve spoken to schools and parents; presented at conferences; and have been a guest on NPR. Universally,…
The dangers of social media for teens–from financial loss and identify thefit to bullying and threatening future employability–are real.
Connected Learning is an answer to three key shifts as society evolves to a 21st century networked society.