SEL & Mindset

All Together Now: The Lesson of Swimmy

[…] or social structures. “Personal agency and social structure,” Bandura wrote, “operate interdependently.” It’s not either/or, it’s both/and. Do share the story of Swimmy with a young person in your life. And remember the legacy of Al Bandura when you read the very last line: And so they swam in the cool morning water and in the […]

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Learner-Centered

What Could You Do with 5 Additional Hours of Time with Students Each Day?

[…] for individual or small group students. They can use the data from the online class to target skills students struggle with and address those directly through enhanced lessons. Now, the rest of the time (about 5 blocks out of 8 a week) is filled with electives built by teachers and students that are high-interest […]

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Green Schools

How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change

[…] class a unique mix-and-match experiences to fit their interests. We have also put together our favorite assets and activities that you can use to bring your environmental lessons to the next level and start your green school initiative. What does our sustainability curriculum look like? Teaching Reforestation: As One Tree Planted has grown we’ve seen […]

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SEL & Mindset

The Scientific Case for Cultivating Grateful Learning Communities

[…] implementation of Universal Design for Learning. She works at CAST, where she collaborates to apply current understanding from brain research into instructional practices. Prior, Allison was a life science teacher in high school and community college settings and still teaches at Lasell University. She received a degree in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard […]

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Future of Learning

Three Keys to Making Game-Based Learning Student-Centered

[…] skills, problem-solving and collaboration, and a whole host of other skills that are difficult to address in conventional teaching but are increasingly essential to future work and life. Games present an environment in which players are not just learning about a concept, but actively exploring and discovering it for themselves. To go further, educators […]

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Future of Learning

The Ready Player One Test

[…] to experience otherwise? The policy brief by the Brookings Institute starts with a potential vision of our future classrooms. It describes a scene with students moving from real- life storytelling of Greek myths to a three-dimensional timeline projected onto the floor. Students enter an immersive metaverse in which they are placed in the center of […]

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EdTech

AI in Conservation: How Would this Change Our Interactions with Wildlife?

[…] I were preparing these projects for when we took a 2-week-long research expedition to Kenya in February of 2023. We were traveling there to visit Lewa Wild life Reserve and were expected to find a problem based on one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. And then create a solution to that problem. It […]

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Learner-Centered

frED Camp: The Legacy of Fred Rogers

[…] at their jobs as educators and even as parents. It’s a really joyful thing,” says Ryan Rydzewski, co-author of When You Wonder, You’re Learning: Mister Rogers’ Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids.  The book, co-authored with Gregg Behr, was the inspiration for frED Camp. Since its release in 2021, teachers around the […]

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Getting Through

How to Reopen Schools: A 10-Point Plan Putting Equity at the Center

[…] explicitly understood and cared for,” she says. 6. Practice agency and prioritize engagement. Learner agency—including self-awareness, self-management, self-directed learning, and good decision-making—is critical to success in school and life. Whether you’re planning for on-site or remote learning, it’s worth considering how learners can practice agency and providing opportunities for learners to demonstrate ownership over the […]

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