Mashing Genius Hour With Project-Based Learning

Mashing Genius Hour With Project-Based Learning contributed by Dawn-Casey Rowe, Social Studies Teacher “Miss, it’s reading period,” one student reminded me. That’s the one period a week we all read together. This week, though, we’re a bit behind. “Well,” I said, we have to finish this section, and if we have reading period today, we…

Opportunity Culture Seeks To Support Teachers Through Unique Model

contributed by Sharon Kebschull Barrett Imagine working in a school where all teachers have the chance to improve their craft and be rewarded for getting better, working in a school with genuinely useful professional development that flows naturally through your workday. Imagine schools that let teachers focus on their strengths—whether specific subjects in elementary schools or…

5 Ideas For Using Infographics To Teach Literature

Swear Like Shakespeare: A Grand Taxonomy Of The Bard’s Choice Words

How To Swear Like Shakespeare: A Grand Taxonomy Of The Bard’s Choice Words For those literature teachers stuck in 2013 who need an edge on a generation of students increasingly speaking in an odd combination of text-speak and hip-hop, there is the following infographic from charleychartwell.com. You will not find emaciated phrases such as awesome,…

The Teacher’s Guide To Wikipedia In The Classroom

The Teacher’s Guide To Wikipedia In The Classroom

This guide, in the form of 11 questions and answers, helps clarify certain misconceptions about what has come to be one of the most popular and frequently used websites in the world. It also can can be found in its entirety on wikipedia.com. As it is created by Wikipedia–or some arrangement of its volunteer editors–it is undoubtedly…

What Challenge-Based Learning Looks Like In The Real World

What Challenge-Based Learning Looks Like In The Real World

I recently stumbled upon this idea of “decision theater,” a spectacular merging of technology, collaboration, and challenge-based learning. The goal of the Arizona State-based program is to “enable action through knowledge-based decision processes,” and this is interesting (to you and I) for a variety of reasons: 1. The structured interaction between “decision-makers” and technology 2. The…

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