Future of Learning
Measuring What Matters: A Framework Review
This post reviews several whole-student outcome frameworks, particularly those that attempt to describe and measure productive dispositions and habits.
What Educators Can Learn from SpaceX
As I explored SpaceX, the following idea kept entering my mind: Students—ALL students—deserve, need and want to work on real-world challenges and complex problems. Here are three ways educators can start to make that happen.
AltSchool: Designing the Future of Learning
For the past four years, AltSchool has been building a technology-enabled network to empower and connect families, students and teachers. Learn more about what else this innovative school is working toward.
The Two Most Important Technologies Of Our Time Are Also The Most Dangerous
By: Barry Schuler. Artificial Intelligence and Gene Editing are the two most important technologies of our time, and so powerful we can't predict the outcomes of their future impact. Are we evolved enough to develop them responsibly?
Structures Drive Behavior: Right is Magic, Wrong is Deadly
Most of us work and learn in networks, and the first role of a leader is getting the system's conditions, connections and culture right. Here are 10 lessons on effective network structures and examples of each in education.
On the Brink of Massive Change: Is This The Future You Want?
Our world is going to look drastically different over the next two decades. Here are four primary reasons teachers, parents and students should pay attention to artificial intelligence--it's time to #AskAboutAI.
Smart Review | Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom
Now more than ever, students must be taught how to be media literate, and after reading Frank Bakers "Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom" I think teachers have exactly the resource they need to get started.
Building Innovation Ecosystems to Reinvent School
By: Rosie Clayton. Last autumn, I had the chance to tour the United States to learn about the various ways in which new education innovation ecosystems were taking form. I recently published a report on the experience, the highlights of which I share in this post.
Learning With Virtual Reality Ignites Creativity and Career Exploration
By: Alexandra Lange. Virtual reality (VR) has sparked excitement in my science classroom, opened doors that I couldn’t have imagined just a year ago and encouraged my students to begin thinking more about their future careers.
Plugging into the New, 21st-Century Vision of Learning
By: Paula Dillon. It’s important to promote collaboration across schools, districts, and even states in order to disseminate promising practices and strategies that can help overcome the obstacles to 21st-century learning. Here's how to start.