Innovating Together: the Geopolitical and Educational Path Forward
The new mission of school is cultivating curiosity, purpose and problem solving by inviting learners into real world challenges in diverse teams using smart tools.
Smart List: Learning Platforms
The Getting Smart Staff shares an updated non-comprehensive list of platforms.
10 Steps to Develop Great Learners: I Am a Parent Not a Teacher
John and Kyle Hattie share an excerpt from their book 10 Steps to Develop Great Learners.
Teaching AI to All Students
Rachelle Dené Poth explores the benefits of AI in the classroom and what it means for the future of education, tech and work.
Empower Generations: Coaching for Higher Quality Project Design and Learner Success
A team at a charter high school has embraced regular collaboration and coaching in order to optimize their interdisciplinary project design.
School Shootings Are Preventable
At Getting Smart, we often think about innovation for equity - and this includes safety for every young person in every school as the fundamental basis for whole-child learning. This is a challenge we must solve.
Compound Interest: Problem Solving Starts with Engagement
Barbara Schneider pens the second of a two-part series on the legacy of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
Codesigning the Future of Edtech Tools
Codesign Product Certification is a new way to signal that tools have been evaluated for performance while engaging in user-center product development.
Profession-Based Movement and The State of Ecosystem in 2022
Gregg Brown shares how to assemble your community, assess your situation, find partners and take action to redesign education.
Can Tech Help Reset Our Expectations?: Packback, Inquiry-Based Learning and the Power of AI
Technology has the potential to democratize students’ access to information – raising our standards of expecting student proficiency towards expecting real skill building and thriving in the classroom.