A Compelling Example Of How Technology Can Help Build Communities
Planit crowdsources community planning & encourages users to be involved in planning & design of projects, neighborhoods, and social spaces.
A Really, Really Cool Website For Students Who Think They Hate Math
The best resources for teachers supporting students who think they hate math may not get better than Numberphile .
What Games Can Teach You About Your Students’ Needs
“A voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles.” That’s one very dry, but interesting way to describe play. The role of play in learning–given the chance–is incredible–both in intensity, duration, and impact everything else connected to the brain. The video below takes a look at play through the lens of games (along with a perhaps distracted two…
Education 2020: A Vision Of Learning Decentralized & Free
I wrote (theorized? hypothesized? guessed?) the incredible ways technology will change education by the year 2028. It was based on current trends in education (e.g., eLearning and blended learning), society (e.g., economic downturns and population growth), and technology (faster, smaller, more connected everything). The following video from Masternewmedia.org has a similar goal of predicting the future of education…
10 Of The Best Free Curriculum Resources For Teachers
Although most teachers are given loose parameters for their curriculum, including certain areas that must be mastered in time for testing, there is some leeway within these criteria for educators to create their own, unique lesson plans. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to come up with creative lessons and activities that are both fun and…
What A School Designed For Your Brain Might Look Like
What Would A School Designed For Your Brain Look Like? by Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed Have you ever imagined your ideal school? For me, it is one where brain research truly informs learning structures. Walking through such a school, I might find: Instead of desks in neat rows and bells moving students at regimented intervals from…
5 Digital Tools For The Flipped Classroom
What Are The Best Digital Tools For The Flipped Classroom? Hafsa Wajeeh, dtopgadgets Have you “Flipped your classroom” yet? The flipped classroom is a useful technique that has moved lectures out of the class, and onto digital media. In doing so, teachers can drastically increase interaction time with their students. It also creates two unique learning…
3 Easy Ways To Engage Students With Technology
by Scott McGinty In today’s culture, students often come to the classroom with an attention span of a goldfish. They need new things to entertain them almost instantaneously. So how do you get a student’s attention for more than 5 minutes? You give them something entertaining to look at, something that they’re used to. With…
How Simple Artifacts Can Promote Inquiry-Based Learning
What Simple Artifacts Can Promote Inquiry-Based Learning? contributed by John Barell, morecuriousminds The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has an exciting department, the Artifact Lab, that can serve as a model for inquiry and inquiry-based learning. Among other examples, curators show us how they prepare mummies for exhibitions. One object that arouses my curiosity is…
How Social Media Sharing Makes The World A Better Place
Do you ever look back and realize for days, perhaps weeks, you have heard a recurring theme in your conversations? Through social media sharing–in your tweets? In your thoughts? Sharing is the concept I have had circling around my head, like stars in a cartoon knock out. I was discussing a concept that a Twitter…
10 Reasons You Really Didn’t Need That Planning Period Anyway
The planning period is an interesting thing—time when you’re still very much on the clock and in demand, but might’ve mentally scheduled phone calls to parents, gathering data for your PLC, or finally grading all of those On-Demands. This may cause you to be a bit defensive of this time, avoiding other teachers, not answering…
What Are The Effects Of Instant Gratification In Learning?
by Justin Marquis, Ph.D. Simply put, things happen faster now than they ever have in the past. Everything, except education, that is. Why is it that in an incredibly fast-paced world, where access to information is instantaneous, schools can’t keep up? A Fundamental Disconnect Outside of the classroom students expect instant results or instantaneous feedback…
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