What The Data Says About Students’ 21st Century Readiness 21st century skills is a term that’s been bandied about for over a decade now. Loosely, it refers to the creative and technology-based skills students are increasingly required to demonstrate to use information in the real world. While there’s plenty of tools, leadership, strategies, and even…
For the Google Generation, information isn’t scarce, and knowing has the illusion of only being a search away.
What Are The Best YouTube Channels For Learning English? by Andrea Giordano It’s no secret that YouTube is an English language learner’s best friend. Because ESL/ELL teachers have been willing to turn the cameras on themselves, you can find thousands of lessons to help improve your English. However, sometimes it’s difficult to know where the true gold is among…
There are (at least) 3 aspects of rigorous assessments: appropriateness, purpose, and promotion of understanding.
The clearer I am about what I am saying and why, the more I may be blind to how unclear, confusing, or unhelpful the lecture is to a novice.
As we’ve theorized before, we could consider the definition of digital citizenship as “The quality of habits, actions, and consumption patterns that impact the ecology of digital content and communities.” One very natural and accessible way to see that kind of thinking in action is twitter. In contrast to relatively closed social media platforms like…
The following infographic from Krista Moroder offers another simple piece of advice: thinking pedagogy first, technology second.
As we think about how reading habits change & how to support students in print & digital spaces, I hope you’ll model reading practices.
How do we display data so that it is accessible? If teachers are given this data, what do they with it to improve outcomes for students?
We need to prepare students for a world where borders are blurred and learning about other cultures is as ubiquitous as learning to read.
Measuring understanding might be the most complex thing teachers do. Unfortunately, PD gives little attention to making quality assessments.
Fire needs three things–a spark, oxygen, and fuel. Without any one of those things, we can’t stoke the fire. It will refuse to burn.