Future of Learning
Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning
I like to imagine what a learning experience would look like wherein students have access to VR that is both tied to curriculum and automatically tailored to their competency via machine learning. Here's a look at one company providing a step in that direction.
Top 10 Highlights of the 2017 NMC Horizons Report: HigherEd Edition
Six key trends, six significant challenges and six developments in educational technology are profiled in the latest NMC Horizons Report as poised to impact teaching, learning and creative inquiry in higher education. Here are the highlights
Creating Tomorrow’s Moonshot Thinkers
By: Justin Aglio and Esther Wojcicki. Students in the Montour School District will enter an exciting new school building this year focused on "creating a culture of moonshot thinkers.”
Educating for Global Competence: 6 Reasons, 7 Competencies, 8 Strategies, 9 Innovations
As we become more connected and interdependent, how do we prepare young people for the world they will inherit? We see six reasons, seven competencies, eight strategies and nine innovations in global education.
Virtual Reality in the Park
As part of a community partnership, Blaine County School District is bringing its virtual reality program out of the classroom and into the community to encourage lifelong learning for all ages.
XQ Super School Live: National Television Event
About a year ago, XQ hosted an epic event revealing the ten XQ Super Schools. Those schools are making awesome progress, and so is XQ. On September 8, they will be making high school education part of the cultural conversation. Learn more here.
The Role of Advisory in Personalizing the Secondary Experience
High school can be a confusing time, especially today with the increasing options for students due to the rapid expansion of digital learning. This is why we believe advisory has to be the spine of the next generation high school.
Equipping Young Leaders to Take on the 32 Most Important Issues of Our Time
We owe today's youth a chance to explore what they're in for when they inherit the world and a head start on making a difference. Here are 32 draft goals that attempt to identify the issues that matter most.
Teaching Students To Ask Questions For 21st Century Success
As educators, we must teach students skills to solve problems we’ve never seen before and won’t see for years. Teaching students to ask questions enables them to gain many of the skills they'll need for success in the 21st Century.
Proposal For An Innovation Diploma
What if we created a new competency-based high school diploma framework focused on innovation that represented preparedness for the automation economy? Here's an outline of what that could look like.