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Leadership
Trace Pickering on Community-Connected Projects
[…] community. Let’s listen in as Tom and Trace discuss the power of community-connected projects, how to scale a place like Iowa BIG and creating a culture of PBL. In June 2008, much of eastern Iowa was underwater. The Cedar River covered 10 square miles of Cedar Rapids and destroyed much of downtown. As part […]
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Future of Learning
Podcast: Abby Falik on the Benefits of Global Service
[…] Where to learn more about Abby and Global Citizen Year online! Mentioned in This Episode: Peace Corps Global Citizen Year Rosetta Stone Duolingo For more, see: Making PBL Stick Part 2: Leading a Reflective Year Podcast: Susan Patrick on Transforming Education Systems for Equitable High-Quality Learning What is Mastery Learning? Stay in-the-know with innovations […]
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Competency-Based Education
Podcast: Scott Looney on Growing the Mastery Transcript Consortium
[…] Mentioned in This Episode: Mastery Transcript Consortium Hawken School ReDesigning High School Scott Looney For more, see: What is 21st Century Learning? How Do We Get More? The 3 Preconditions of PBL Podcast: Don Condon on Eagle Rock School and PD Center Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update.
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Future of Learning
Podcast: Listening to Kids and Designing From Scratch for Timeless Learning
[…] How to Leverage School Networks for Smarter Personalized and Project-Based Learning, by Tom Vander Ark and Lydia Dobyns Wiley Publications For more, see: Find a Way to Yes: 9 Leadership Lessons from Pam Moran HQ PBL Case Study: Albemarle County Public Schools Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update.
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Equity & Access
Podcast: Byron Sanders on Closing the Opportunity Gap in Dallas
[…] Getting Smart podcast! Mentioned in This Episode: GettingSmart.com/GettingThrough Big Thought Byron Sanders Destination Imagination Journeyman Ink Dallas City of Learning Dallas County Promise For more, see: Why PBL Can’t Wait What Will it Take to Achieve Equity in Education Improving Curriculum Mapping through Collaboration, Stakeholder, Voice and Resources Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning […]
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Podcasts
Podcast: Jal Mehta on Provoking Deeper Learning in High School
[…] and that often comes from a hard sprint to a public product. While a fan of project-based learning he advises educators not to conflate deeper learning with PBL because not all of it is high quality (see HQPBL.org). With so much opportunity to create powerful learning experiences, Mehta’s school visits left him with a bias […]
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Difference Making
Maya Ajmera on Social Entrepreneurship and the State of Science
[…] of the top young scientists in the nation. She says, “learners should have the opportunity to be in a science fair every other year from grades 6-12 PBL is absolutely intractable to solving the world’s most challenging problems.” She then went on a global journey which helped her uncover some of the other passions […]
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Leadership
Thomas Hatch on The Education We Need and the Future We Can’t Predict
This episode is sponsored by our new report, 20 Invention Opportunities in Learning & Development. Download it here. On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom sits down with Dr. Thomas Hatch, Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University and Director of the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching (NCREST). Dr. Hatch’s research […]
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EdTech
John Watson on the Promise of Online Learning
[…] learning.” According to John, this year the importance of SEL really came to the fore, but in the years to come there will be massive opportunities in PBL in virtual schooling environments. John and Tom also discussed the rise of pods and tools like Prenda. “I think that’s the key question: are we going […]
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Green Schools
Maggie Favretti and Benjamin Freud, PhD. on Regenerative Learning and Rediscovering Our Relationship to All Living Systems
[…] Beyond Futurephobia: Teaching, Learning and Life in the Age of Climate Disasters. Benjamin is the co-founder of Coconut Thinking and has years of experience in international schools, PBL, school leadership and more. Let’s listen in as they discuss how we need to shift towards kinetic energy, how human beings are actually human becomings, the […]
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