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Leadership
Professional Learning Through the Plan, Observe, Debrief (POD) Model
By: Denise Stringer and Mary Ryerse. The majority of teachers indicate that collaboration is beneficial to improving their practice, but many yearn for structures to make that process more focused and effective. The POD model of professional learning can help.
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EdTech
Overhauling How We Teach Our Kids in a World of Accelerating Change
By: Dr. Peter Diamantis. Given the fact that most elementary schools haven’t changed in decades, how could we reinvent today's elementary schools to ensure student success in an exponential era?
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Future of Learning
Michelle Weise on Long Life Learning
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom sits down with Michelle Weise to discuss her new book: Long Life Learning.
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Leadership
Post-Secondary Preparation Through Guidance and Advisement
We all play a role in student success, meaning parents, teachers, counselors, advisors, and even peers. This factor alone is a key motivator of why advisory is so important and why it should be a priority in our schools. The methods we use to guide and advise our students are like puzzle pieces to their now and their future.
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EdTech
How Hands-On Robotics Brings Science Lessons to Life
By: Katie Blagden and Barb Tennyson. Incorporating coding and engineering into earth and life science lessons engage students and inspires them to show their learning.
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Equity & Access
The Educational Implications of Michelle Obama’s Becoming
Erin Gohl and Kristen Thorson share insights from Michelle Obama’s biography, Becoming, and how parents, teachers and mentors supported her education. Read as they share her mission to provide educational structures, policies, and programs that show all students that they matter.
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Future of Learning
Delivering Essential Skills for Students by Students
By: Crystal Everett. Life Skills Series: KCPS Edition, is a real-world learning project supporting Kansas City Public Schools students to acquire the skills needed for the future of work.
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Difference Making
Celebrating Edmund W. Gordon
Brooklyn Lab celebrates Edmund W Gordon's 100th birthday and circles back on how much he has accomplished for the educational landscape and how impactful his work has been.
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Learning Design
How To Bring a Cross-Curricular Approach to Your Instruction
By: L. Hixson. A cross-curricular approach to learning is an effective way to introduce students to multiple subjects and help them build critical thinking skills.
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Future of Learning
Distance Learning: Boosting College-, Career-, and Life- Readiness
With the shift to remote learning, students are developing college-, career-, and life-readiness skills and lessons and adapting to this unique mode of learning.
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