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EdTech 10: Today’s Word is “Capacity”
This week's edition features the people, organizations, institutions and companies working hard to build the capacity of teachers, leaders and students to “do, experience and understand.”
EdTech 10: From Ideas to Implementation
The week's top ten news stories, resources and updates on teaching, learning and implementation.
Place-Based Learning: Wherever You Are, Whenever You Go
By: Gary Gruber. There is an entire world outside of the formal classroom full of rich learning experiences for students. Here are ideas and resources to help you connect them to it.
Two Key Points for Understanding Imagination in Education
By: Gillian Judson. Imagination in learning is often misunderstood--thought of as more frill than necessity. We must realize the value of imagination in education, and how it can be used to make learning engaging for all students.
Homeschool Partnerships: Changing an Educational Landscape
By: Marsha Myles. An amazing movement is happening in Michigan that is changing its educational landscape: Homeschool Partnerships, which are having a tremendous impact and influence in our state.
Project-Based Teaching: The Untamed Spaces of Innovation
By: Jill Ackers-Clayton. Our challenge as educators is to determine what we need in order to provide the right environment where the collision between real-life context and real-life content are happening for our kids.
Choosing Camp Counseling for Career Readiness
By: Olivia Waldron. This summer, instead of taking on the typical office internship, I chose to become a camp counselor and ended up learning many real life skills still applicable to college and career readiness.
8 Campaigns Illuminating the Path Forward
The Getting Smart team studies innovations in learning to understand the path forward and then constructs advocacy campaigns to inform and inspire action. Here are eight of our recent, current and planned thought leadership campaigns.
Professional Grade: Magic Happens When Students Own High Standards
High expectations are an important part of a school model, culture and community. Here are several examples of schools and programs that are helping students learn to deliver on professional grade expectations.
Does EdTech Work? It Depends.
The shift to digital learning has greatly expanded learning options but, in these early innings of the digital learning revolution, it has become much harder to figure out what works. Lea(R)n is helping educators figure out what works.