Where You Need to Be at SXSW EDU 2020
Join the Getting Smart team at SXSW EDU 2020. Here’s where we’ll be, a few events to add to your list and a couple of tips to make the most of your week.
D.C. Students Learn New Skills In An Old Building: Washington Leadership Academy
In a century-old building that once housed a seminary in northeast Washington, D.C. is a great college prep high school. It’s a bit “Oxford on the outside, Google on the inside.
Students and Phones: Symbolizing The Battle Between Tradition and Transformation
Banning cell phones only model compliance vs. real-world need to have social, cultural and professional environments. We need to teach, model and work towards creative solutions vs. making it a simple disciplinary concept.
Getting Started with Coding: 18 Tools for Early Learners
Looking to get your elementary and middle schoolers started with coding? These coding resources are geared toward younger students.
‘Why Do We Have to Learn This?’ – Part I
By: Art Bardige. Algorithms help us find solutions, but they do not help us understand mathematical concepts. Time to rethink the future of math education.
How the Brain Science of Games Helps Students Reach ‘Aha Moments’
By: Nigel Nisbet. Brain science games can provide students with vehicles for inspiring more and more 'aha moments'—something that is hard to do at will.
Digital Learning Day 2020 Is Here!
Today organizations across the country are participating in Digital Learning Day, and we’re proud to be a partner in this important effort celebrating tech-enabled education.
6 Collaboration Tools That Take Learning Beyond the Classroom
Collaboration tools can promote student choice and extend learning to meet their needs. Here are 6 options for schools to consider.
Getting Clearer: The Power of Our Flowers
By: Carlos Moreno, Danique Dolly and Javier Guzman. This special Getting Clearer blog is honoring the memory of Kobe and Gianna Bryant and extends an invitation to shift the paradigm of education leadership.
Forward-Thinking Schools Begin With Forward-Thinking Design
By: Larry Spang and Emily Grandstaff-Rice. Arrowstreet, a Boston-based architecture and design firm, is dedicated to accentuating schools’ missions through thoughtful and strategic design, creating customized spaces that support today’s teaching styles and emphasize educational facilities’ unique purposes.