4 Tips For Transitioning Your Classroom To Digital Media

4 Tips For Transitioning Your Classroom To Digital Media by Terry Heick For years you’ve taught with physical texts. You may have watched used film, downloaded the occasional computer program, and even brought students up to the smartboard for some dragging and dropping, but for the most part, your classroom has been centered around physical…

Generation Gap: 10 Things Children Today Will Never Need To Know

While there’s no denying that progress is a wonderful thing, the rate at which the world is changing is creating an environment in which objects that were commonplace to today’s parents will be virtually unheard of when their babies become adults. These are 10 simple things that Generations X and Y took for granted, but…

Creating The 21st Century Brain For 21st Century Learning

The 21st Century Brain For 21st Century Learning In the video below, Judy Willis explores how we might create a “21st century brain” by with a little bit of neuroscience, specifically the “executive function of the brain. Willis offers up an analogy of this executive function as the brain’s CEO, and uses that as a…

Better Teaching: Why You Bore Students & What You Can Do About It

Why You Bore Students & What You Can Do About It Preface: You don’t mean to bore students. In fact, sometimes you’re downright interesting–the students are engaged, the buzz in the room is palpable, and even the hesitant students are asking questions. But the fact of the matter is, even the most charismatic and experienced…

Teacher Planning Doesn’t Have To Stifle Creativity In Schools

by Grant Wiggins, Authenticeducation A recent query via Twitter asked a question we often hear: isn’t UbD (or any planning process) antithetical to such approaches as project-based learning and inquiry-based learning, since you can’t and shouldn’t plan for an unknown serendipitous result? More generally, isn’t there something faintly oppressive and hampering of creativity in such…

How Data Mining Can Work In Education [Infographic]

How Data Mining Can Work In Education [Infographic]

One of the most polarizing trends to emerge from the rapid growth in technology over the last decade or so is the concept of data. The easy part is its accessibility. When things are digital, they’re simple to save, share, analyze, and repackage. This can be either good or bad, depending on what data is…

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