Archive: 2016
EdTech10: Celebrating Changemakers
This week’s EdTech10 edition is powered by important news that promise to help change the world of education and impact student learning, achievement and success.
17 Teacher Tech Tools for High Quality Project-Based Learning
Teachers can use a variety of tech tools to translate best teaching practices into rich, rigorous high quality projects for their project-based learning classroom.
How Storytelling Works in the Brain and Why We Need Stories
Stories--with their intentional character development, plot formation, inflection points, and communicated core beliefs progress far beyond the basic language areas of the brain. They are crucial in
How Online School Helps My Future Career
By: Alex Angelo. How one GenDIY member has begun carving his career path early while attending online school, helping him to continue his education and pursue his entertainment industry dreams.
Using Data Conversations to Accelerate Impact and Improve Outcomes
By: Leo Bialis-White. Data provides hints, not answers. But when brought together with context and conversation, data can become actionable insights that translate into powerful changes for students. As an educator or school leader, here are strategies for fostering a culture that is receptive to data conversations.
10 Simple Lesson Plans for Scaffolding Student-Led Projects
From tips on assessment to how best to involve adult mentors, this is a guide for anyone who wants to lead student-led and student-centered projects in the classroom. The curriculum, adopted from Youth Engaged in Leadership & Learning, is broken down into 10 simple lessons-- to scaffolding student-led projects and create engagement and student ownership of learning.
6 Reasons You Should Be Doing Digital Storytelling with Your Students
Most likely, you are doing digital storytelling activities in your classroom already. But, if you are not yet convinced of the benefits of digital storytelling, here are the top six reasons why you should be doing digital storytelling activities with your students.
#FETC | Moving Student Consumers to Creators of Digital Games
By: Cori Coburn. While there are excellent technology tools available to help educators create engaging content, I would like to invite a change of perspective: Seek the tools and opportunities that allow students to become the creators of these game based tools.
It’s Time we Talk About Career-Tech
By: Shane Haggerty. It is ultimately up to all of us to do better educating parents and students about all pathways. There is a skills shortage in many industries, skills gaps mismatching degrees with talents needed for jobs, a mountain of growing debt that students can’t repay.
#FETC | Incorporating STEM and Tinkering Across the Primary Grades
Getting Smart Teacher Blogger Lindsey Own shares four projects from Finalists for the FETC STEM Excellence Awards. The four projects will be presented at FETC. They represents a range of subject areas and levels of student independence.