Dated Thinking: 3 Crucial Ideas That Schools Struggle With
As education seeks to change in the 21st century, there are a few ideas that continue to challenge its progress.
As education seeks to change in the 21st century, there are a few ideas that continue to challenge its progress.
More than 10 million educators and students across the globe use Google Apps for Education to teach, learn, save time, and stay organized
Advances in technology have enabled brand new ways for students to get experiential learning experiences in the classroom.
A Visual Cheat Sheet For Education Technology by TeachThought Staff Keeping up with technology is impossible, even for blogs like Mashable, Engadget, and Techcrunch that do it for a living. Moore’s Law and all. And lately, education has had its share of innovation, whether it’s showing up in your local public school/K-20 classroom or not. Combine the…
There’s a great opportunity here to create a database of creative assignments, worksheets, readings, and research instructions.
This collection of tools for students to publish what they learn include blogging, infographics, YouTube, podcasts, and more.
H&R Block Budget Challenge Awards Grand Prize Winner $120,000 in Scholarships Properly managing personal finances is critical to success in adulthood, and yet teenagers are woefully under-educated and under-informed when it comes to money matters. In response to this nationwide shortcoming, H&R Block founded Dollars & Sense to provide teens with financial management skills that…
What Does “College Ready” Really Mean, Anyway? by Terry Heick Yesterday, I was talking to my 14 year old daughter yesterday about the kinds of skills that translate to academic success. I also actually used the sterile phrase “academic success.” This was an important distinction, as she’s home-schooled (another term I dislike) and learns through…
by Saksham Khosla, LumenEd Across the world, there is a widespread demand for young people to address major issues of global significance through cross-cultural cooperation. While American schools are attempting to keep up with this demand, true global competency cannot be achieved through international exchange programs that less than 1% of young people participate in. In the…
Measurable student success should result from a learner demonstrating sufficient knowledge of the content. That can come in a variety of ways.
Teachers can use Google Chrome extensions for almost anything–from finding related resources to sending links to colleagues.
The MakerBot Innovation Center is a custom, centralized & scalable 3D printing solution developed to meet the needs of Xavier.