Archive: 2016
Friday Institute Project Designs MOOCs for Educators
Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University’s College of Education announce the offering of "MOOC-Eds" - Massive, open, online courses for educators.
Talking Math: 100 Questions That Help Promote Mathematical Discourse
By: Gladis Kersaint. Do the questions you ask in math class open a door for students to really share their knowledge in a way that highlights their true understanding and uncovers their misunderstandings? Here are 100 questions and an infographic to help you promote mathematical thinking and encourage classroom discourse.
Students Earn and Learn Through Next Gen CTE Model
In Next Generation Career Pathways: A Manufacturing Case Study we assert that new career pathways that combine blended learning strategies with work-based experiences can close the manufacturing skills gap.
Sir Ken Robinson’s ‘Creative Schools’: Change We All Want & Deserve
Sir Ken Robinson, with collaborator Lou Aronica, does what he does best in his latest book, Creative Schools. Robinson does an excellent job of highlighting what is going right in education, while asking questions about how we can do better.
Next Generation Career Pathways: A Manufacturing Case Study
In this paper, we assert that new market demands are shaping next generation career and technical education opportunities. The rise of anywhere, anytime learning and competency-based approaches provides the opportunity for Career and Technical Education programs to lead the way in terms of applying blended, competency-based education in practical ways.
Community Conversations Shape Portrait of a Graduate
To improve the quality of the education offerings by Marion City Schools the team endeavored to create a new picture of what a Marion City Schools graduate should know and be able to do.
Personalizing Math and Success Skills in Brooklyn
Data can be a tremendous asset to mobilizing school communities and unlocking the potential of teachers and learners. At Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School (LAB) real-time, ongoing assessment that informs educator practice, coupled with personalized learning, serve as the primary drivers of academic achievement.
Undoing EduSpeak and Why Words Matter
A joint effort between boots-on-the-ground educators that are utilizing and implementing learning pedagogies with their students, in coordination with researchers and policy-makers is required to unpack and undo EduSpeak.
3 Ways to Teach Everything Through Inquiry
If inquiry-based teaching is superior to traditional teaching, could or should it replace the way we teach everything to everyone? In inquiry teaching, the learner constructs meaning from new information and experiences.
Working Your Way Out of an EdTech Mess
We've reached the point where we are beyond the halfway point in the shift to digital. During this time there are three common problems that schools and districts are facing.