4 Things Innovative Schools Have In Common
Innovative schools connect with the outside world, view students as people, design creative learning spaces & encourage critical thinking.
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Launching A New Idea In Your School? Some Thoughts For Your Success
How To Launch A New Idea For Your School by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education Ed note: This is a slightly-edited excerpt from a post by Grant on differentiation and the implementation of policy. Looking for a process to avoid bad implementation of what very well might be a good idea? A new literacy program, curriculum framework, technology,…
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Transforming Education Starts In Your Classroom
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.,…
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10 Examples Of Disruptive Cloud-Based Learning
Examples Of Disruptive Cloud-Based Learning contributed by Charles Samuel, Senior Editor at GetVoIP I watched a video recently that made me think hard about the future of education. In it, education researcher Sugata Mitra calmly posits that the education system we see around us- the one that’s often casually referred to as “broken”- isn’t hopeless at all. If anything, Mitra…
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‘Stop Stealing Dreams’ Asks A Great Question
‘Stop Stealing Dreams’ Asks A Great Question Seth Godin is an author with a ranging topic landscape. Known more for his ideas on business and marketing than teaching and learning, in 2012 Godin nonetheless released a summary of his ideas on ed reform in a short eBook called “Stop Stealing Dreams.” You can guess the tone…
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9 Oxymorons In 21st Century Learning
9 Oxymorons In 21st Century Learning Vernacular As 21st century teachers, we have to put up with a lot. Constantly changing expectations. Move academic targets. Constant waves of new technology. Changing sources of professional development. It certainly keeps one day from being the same as the next, but it also creates the opportunity for us to contradict ourselves….
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A Glimpse At The BYOD Device Of The Future
A BYOD device of the future will surprise us with unimaginable functionalities that lay far beyond mere extrapolation.
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How Digital Platforms Are Disrupting Learning
How Are Digital Platforms Disrupting Learning? by Terry Heick Media is becoming increasingly digitized, and we learn through, among other processes, consumption of media. It makes sense then that digital platforms just might be changing the way learning happens. A “platform” can be defined as an app, a website, an eLearning environment, or a collaboratively…
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What Education Can Learn From Video Games
Traditional goals—(winning)—are replaced by a self-selected, self-paced, and even artistic expression of the interaction with the game.
