New Learning: Characteristics Of An Innovative Classroom
From content to thought, linear learning to spiral learning, and grading to micrograding, here are possible characteristics of an innovative classroom.
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Innovation Often Means Teaching Against The Grain
The feeling that I get observing students learning for themselves and assuming ownership of their experience is pure joy.
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Teaching Disruptively
Teaching disruptively helps create learners who ask the right question at the right time for reasons that matter to them.
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The Most Dangerous Phrase In Education
“We’ve always done it this way” is one of the most dangerous phrases we can use—and this danger extends to education, as well.
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When Schools And Parents Don’t Talk
Communities don’t understand teaching and learning? Education doesn’t know what communities really need? This seems like an opportunity.
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What Students Will Learn: 8 Responsive Content Areas Of The Future
This doesn’t mean we won’t teach math or reading in the future. However, we might reframe what we teach and how and why we teach it.
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Why Education Needs More Than Reform
Disruption in general is about unsettling, often thought of in terms of chaos. Disruptive collaboration is working together to force change.
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Where’s The Innovation In Education Coming From?
Where is the innovation in education coming from? What are its current levels of innovation? What might possibly disrupt it in the future?
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The Potential Of Disruptive Learning Technology
In education, emerging learning technologies provide considerable opporunities–and the potential for long-term disruption.
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10 EdTech Incubators Aiming To Change Education Forever
Here, we highlight a few edtech incubators that are making waves in the world today, a list that’s sure to grow rapidly over the next decade.
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Why Game-Based Learning Is Set To Be The Next Big Thing
One form of edtech that has shown significant and impactful growth in recent months, with no signs of slowing down is game-based learning.
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Books That Disrupt Traditional Perspectives & Practices In Education
These books seek to disrupt traditional perspectives & practices in education by making adjustments that support students in the best ways.
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50 Crazy Ideas To Change Education [Updated]
Make any politician voting on legislation have to qualify for that right to vote by spending a certain number of hours in the classroom.
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How Schools Can Respond To The Age Of Information
In the Age of Information, data has moved from singular places (here and there) to infinitely plural realities.
