21st century skills
Why Schools Shouldn’t Go It Alone on Personalized Learning
By: Betheny Gross and Colleen McCann. While visiting schools we've observed that it's best for educators to find outside "thought partners" who can help them think through key decisions and a sound game plan for personalizing student learning.
Data is Great, but Action is Key
By: Dr. James E. McCoy. As a superintendent, I need to empower principals and teachers with technology to successfully execute our educational development plan while meeting all standards. Here is how my district plans to do both this school year.
6 Reasons You Should Work in America’s Parks and Forests
We both personally benefited from formative experiences working summer jobs on public lands, and invite you to imagine how our society might be improved if every person in America had an opportunity to work and learn in a national park.
How Smartphones Can Make Smart Students
By: Blake Beus. When revisiting your classroom smartphone policy, make the decision to put your students' smartphones to work for you. Here are several apps that can help.
Where Friday Night Lights Meets Project-Based Learning
By: Grant Ryerse. Participating in a fundraising project for cancer research at my school helps me positively impact my community and myself through project-based learning.
10 Challenges Deaf Students Face in the Classroom
By: Marilyn L. Weber. Here are 10 challenges that deaf and hard-of-hearing students often face in the classroom, along with guidelines for teachers on how to mitigate them.
International Educators Encourage Collaborative Teaching
Tim Stuart and a dozen other international education leaders collaborated on his latest book, Global Perspectives: Professional Learning Communities at Work in International Schools, which centers on the concept of Professional Learning Communities.
7 Ways Teachers Are Connecting and Collaborating Online
By: Carina Wong. Here are seven ways a large online community of teachers are connecting and collaborating on the Teacher2Teacher platform to transform and improve their practice and profession.
8 New Ingredients for Innovative Professional Development
By: Julie Keane and Jim Kennedy. With social media, technology and globalization in the mix, a new recipe is needed for educator professional development to harness these opportunities and avoid the "professional development conundrum."
Learn Your Way: CK-12 Adds Free Sims and Interactive
CK-12, an open resource nonprofit launched in 2007 by Neeru Khosla to “enable everyone to learn in his or her own way,” continues to innovate with new simulations and interactives released just in time for the new school year.