by Scott McGinty In today’s culture, students often come to the classroom with an attention span of a goldfish. They need new things to entertain them almost instantaneously. So how do you get a student’s attention for more than 5 minutes? You give them something entertaining to look at, something that they’re used to. With…
What Simple Artifacts Can Promote Inquiry-Based Learning? contributed by John Barell, morecuriousminds The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has an exciting department, the Artifact Lab, that can serve as a model for inquiry and inquiry-based learning. Among other examples, curators show us how they prepare mummies for exhibitions. One object that arouses my curiosity is…
Do you ever look back and realize for days, perhaps weeks, you have heard a recurring theme in your conversations? Through social media sharing–in your tweets? In your thoughts? Sharing is the concept I have had circling around my head, like stars in a cartoon knock out. I was discussing a concept that a Twitter…
The planning period is an interesting thing—time when you’re still very much on the clock and in demand, but might’ve mentally scheduled phone calls to parents, gathering data for your PLC, or finally grading all of those On-Demands. This may cause you to be a bit defensive of this time, avoiding other teachers, not answering…
by Justin Marquis, Ph.D. Simply put, things happen faster now than they ever have in the past. Everything, except education, that is. Why is it that in an incredibly fast-paced world, where access to information is instantaneous, schools can’t keep up? A Fundamental Disconnect Outside of the classroom students expect instant results or instantaneous feedback…
How we learn is changing in response to a changing environment. 21st century learning is teeming with new ideas for learning pathways.
Setting up a system for makeup work ensures you aren’t wasting class time (or after school hours) trying to compile worksheets and assignments.
8 Simple Social Media Strategies For Your Classroom by Adam Renfro first appeared on gettingsmart.com Are you ready to bring social networking to your classroom? If you’re looking to make your classroom more relevant, connected, and meaningful to your students, it’s the best place to start. Study after study has confirmed the benefits of networking. Before we…
Invisible Learning: An Archetype For A New Ecology Of Education by TeachThought Staff In moving from traditional, tightly-bound direct instruction to something almost entirely self-directed and open, Invisible Learning almost sounds like a joke. It’s about as far from the current definition of “school” as you can get: Always-on learning–not scheduled into neat little categories, but…
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Some of the ideas for using the iPad in the classroom in the following presentation by scribd user denag33 are better than others.
Plan It Green helps students learn about time & resource management while interacting in a city building learning simulation game.
Education 1.0 (old way), 2.0 (current way), and 3.0 (future way). Education 1.0 was closed and industrial. 3.0 is open and ubiquitous.