What A Struggling School Looks Like On Paper by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education Ed note: This is part 2 of Grant’s series on Teacher Effectiveness ratings. In the previous post I looked closely at the data on teacher effectiveness for six different high schools. In this follow-up post we look more closely at a range of data…
What is problem-based learning? An approach to learning where the identification, analysis, and solving of problems drives student learning.
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How to best structure a Personal Passion Project was not something I had thought much about–mainly because I didn’t think students would take the option.
Stand at the front of the room and say out loud, “Clap once if you hear me, clap twice if you hear me,” while modeling the clap.
By ignoring the phases of inquiry learning, premature Googlers often find the information they want rather than the information they need.
The big idea of mobile teaching is mobility–changing the terms, spaces, and timing of learning by using mobile technology.
Genius Hour in the classroom is driven by curiosity. Critical principles include inquiry, purpose, socialization, and design.
Want To Transform Education? Start In Your Classroom. by Terry Heick If it’s a standards-based, outcomes-based, institutionally-centered (and nationally participative) game we want, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better combination than Understanding by Design units (i.e., Wiggins) anchored around power standards (e.g., Strong, Silver, Perini, Dufour) that are then delivered through differentiated instruction (i.e.,…
10 Emaciated Terms That Keep Education In A Box by Thom Markham Albert Einstein nailed it–“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” That truth will decide whether we develop a 21st-century friendly educational system or continue to tinker at the margins of school. So far, we’re not showing much…
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.
Measuring understanding might be the most complex thing teachers do. Unfortunately, PD gives little attention to making quality assessments.