Town Hall Recap: Learner-Centered Ecosystems as a Public Education Reality?
On this Getting Smart Town Hall, we were joined by organizations working to create learner-centered ecosystems in public education.
Podcast: Rebecca Parks on Learning and Exploring through Nature and Science
[…] — Staab Studios Smithsonian Dr. William Nicely Kearney School District Kauffman Foundation Iceman Reborn on PBS (Gary Staab) Recreating King Tutankhamun (Gary Staab) For more, see: Why Place-Based Education? Giving the Gift of Place Kansas City High Schools Add Real-World Learning Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning by signing up for the weekly Smart Update. This […]
Getting Smart and the d.school: Live from SXSW
[…] is a place worth exploring and experiencing. And every person experiences every place in a different way. And you described that beautifully, so it’s so important with place-based learning or project-based learning to invite that reflection, because everybody just had a very different experience, right? Dr. Leticia Britos Cavagnaro: Yeah. And I think that’s […]
Podcast: 20 Trends in 20 Minutes
[…] of K-12 schools are leveraging the power of place to explore the ecological, cultural and economic aspects of a community. Teton Science School in Wyoming is a leader in place-based education and launched the Place Network to help rural schools boost student engagement, academic outcomes, and local impact by using the community as classroom. Virtual reality (VR) is […]
Stacy Wall Schweikhart and Dr. Thomas Lasley on Learn to Earn Dayton
[…] mission and vision of Learn Dayton and how these have evolved over time? Stacy Wall Schweikhart: Sure. So Learn to Earn Dayton is a nonprofit organization doing place-based cradle-to-career work here in Montgomery County, Ohio, with influence and impact throughout the state of Ohio. Our purpose is to ensure that all of our students […]
Gary Funk & Haley Richardson On Rural Teachers and Rural Schools
[…] schools as well as how they can better embrace where they’re from to deepen their roots and their connection to the towns that support them. Further discussing place-based education and Haley’s relationship with the Place Network Schools. Some of the challenges with teaching in a rural area. Haley shares some words of encouragement for those […]
Yu-Ling Cheng on Remake Learning Days
[…] students have an opportunity to enter high wage employment and, contribution. But they’re also, personalized. They’re co-created, they’re unbundled. Some would call it permissionless. They’re interest-based, they’re place-based, they embrace. Discovery and creativity and difference making and in this second way, they, help what Charles Fidel, calls the drivers. They help develop the motivation, […]
Podcast: Rebecca Amis on Taking Student-Centered Learning Global
[…] podcast. Mentioned in This Episode: MUSE School MUSE Global Martin Hoffman — NYU Reggio Emilia Approach Early Head Start UPrep The Power of Place: Authentic Learning Through Place-Based Education, by Tom Vander Ark, Emily Liebtag, and Nate McClennon Big Picture Learning Forks Over Knives (Film, 2011) Rebecca’s Email: [email protected] For more see Why Your Community […]
Podcast: Flynn Coleman on a Human Algorithm
[…] traveling? What led Flynn to become interested in human rights? If Flynn had to pick out her favorite interesting place to learn, which would she choose? Why place-based education is so incredibly valuable for learners. After doing a JD at Berkeley, Flynn went on to the London School of Economics and Political Science for a […]
Deanna Mulligan on Leadership and the Opportunity Gap
[…] in New York” — the fifth time since 2011. In her new book, Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap, Deanna shares how companies and education institutions can work together to close the skills and opportunity gap. Book summary: The future of work is already here, and what this future looks like must […]
