Camera-Ready Educators: Video As a Learning Staple
By: Paul Teske and Sarah Brown Wessling. Video can enhance learning in a variety of ways including teaching new content, differentiation, scaffolds and support, and management.
The Future Of Learning Is Smart Measurement Rather Than Dumb Assessments
The future of learning is smart measurement-- a collection of authentic and adaptive observations over time. The results help learners understand their growth and tell their stories.
Guidance Gap: The Biggest Challenge We Face and How to Close It
The dynamic employment market and expanding array of high school and postsecondary learning options make advisory services mission critical. A look at the growing guidance gap and why it's crucial we work to close it.
National CAPS Network Promotes Real World Learning
Tom Vander Ark shares the real world learning happening at CAPS during a recent school visit.
Artificial Intelligence and Adaptivity to Strengthen Equity in Student Learning
Artificial intelligence has the potential to support educators and the creation of learning opportunities for each student–and educators are already using AI to adapt their work.
A New Market For Volunteers: Teens Tutor Teens
[…] more convenient than the traditional in-person tutoring sessions, especially in the face of a pandemic. Nevertheless, the outbreak of COVID-19 forced many schools to switch to digital learning, which has proven to weaken the bond between classroom engagement and the student. The change in the learning environment highlighted a new section of private tutoring […]
Building Trust through Design Thinking
By: Sabba Quidwai and Devin Vodicka In part one of our series we talked about the relationship between the importance of educators collaborating to design learning experiences. When designing collaborative environments where everyone thrives, developing relational trust is incredibly important as this work cannot be and should not be done alone. As was found in […]
Learning as a Collective
[…] transformations, and setbacks. In truth, there is no cave. People of all ages learn all the time, everywhere and under incredible circumstances. We reconfigure the spacetime of learning by dispelling the cave. Now, we stand under the vast blue sky, together, and we can start our journey, together. In which direction shall we head? […]
Fostering Jagged People – For Science!
[…] communication. Data science and analytics are needed in all industries and all signs point to them being vital skills needed across more and more professions. Often students learning statistics or data science are taught how to analyze data, but are given sterilized, clean data sets ready for analysis – when in the real world, […]
Smart Review: Ozobot Brings 1:1 Coding to the Classroom
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Nader Hamda, Founder of Ozobot, about the future of learning and robotics. Started in 2012, the mission of Ozobot is to bring robotics to all classrooms by providing relevant opportunities for students in grades K through 12 & beyond. In particular, we talked about how Ozobot […]