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“Learning Engineering” Making its Way in the World
By: Bror Saxberg. Here is a list of a range of efforts popping up to assist us all with fostering learning engineering work--applying good learning science and evidence-gathering at scale.
Student Voices: Moving Beyond “When I Grow Up…”
By: JoEllen Lynch. A major task for high schools today is to guide students toward postsecondary opportunities, and students should be begin this journey their very first year.
Want to Beat Robots? Be Human!
By: Sébastien Turbot. With the need to co-exist in a world of machines and robots on the horizon, teaching our children emotional intelligence and relationship skills is key to their 21st century success.
Personalized PBL: Start With Senior Projects
By: Kevin Gant. New Tech Network values great education "for all and each," and one of the ways we focus on personalized project-based learning for students is through a New Tech Model component near and dear to my heart: The Senior Project.
Supporting Student Agency Through Student Led Conferences
By: Nicole Assisi and Sherre Vernon. With a little bit of systems thinking and strategic instruction around it, Thrive Public Schools is making student agency a schoolwide norm through Student Led Conferences.
The Danger of Designing Lessons for Thinkers
By: Gillian Judson. Instead of approaching teaching with a view of students as mostly or primarily thinkers, I encourage all teachers to re-imagine their students as the "perfinkers" that they are.
To My Autistic Son’s New Teacher, Before the First Day of School
By: Courtnie Rederick. As both the mother of an autistic child and a teacher, here is a letter I wrote to my son's new teacher offering my support and partnership during the upcoming school year.
What Powers Project-Based Learning? New Technology Provides the Answer
By: Katie King. What if we could have more secure and seamless transactions for project-based learning? Here are three ways smart transactional models could help power PBL.
Four Steps to Reading Intervention Prevention
By: Linda Baker and Judith Culang. Here are the four steps we took to implement what resulted in a successful blended learning model for our reading intervention program at Joseph Ferderbar Elementary.
Pokémon GO: Can a Game Change the Reality of Education?
By: Cori Coburn-Shiflett. Pokémon Go, the latest AR game sensation, really could be a great opportunity for educators to connect with their students via game-based learning in the classroom.