future of learning
Welcome to a Project-Based World (A 5 Minute Commencement Speech)
The life contrasts observed on a recent school tour in Silicon Valley inspired this five minute commencement speech around the good news, bad news and recommendations for the next generation as they join an increasingly project-based world.
5 Tips To Kickstart Your Classroom Technology Integration
By: Maria Petrovska. In an effort to help other teachers interested in kickstarting technology integration in their classrooms, a teacher shares five tips to get started as well as edtech choices she finds helpful.
Preparing Teachers for 21st-Century Learning
By: Bill Taylor. How are teachers being developed to use educational technology in a way that best supports a student’s ability to learn?
18 Ways to Power Learner-Centered STEM Partnerships
Learner-Centered STEM takes powerful partnerships with people outside classroom walls, so here are 18 examples of partnerships making Learner-Centered STEM a reality for students at Harmony Public Schools.
On Equity in Education. Both Kinds.
By: Matt Candler. For too long, we’ve focused on the fairness and justice part of equity in education, but too rarely have we also been concerned with sharing its ownership. Let's do both.
EdTech 10: Have You Thanked a Teacher This Week?
It’s the time of year when we pause to focus on all of the teachers--past and present--who are making a difference by showing them the love and appreciation they deserve.
5 Interesting and Innovative EdTech Startup Ideas
By: Dante Munnis. From an investor’s point of view, edtech is here to stay. Here are 5 edtech startups recently revealed to the public pointing to the diversity of edtech innovations and new approaches to learning.
6 Ways to Design a PD Session that Tackles Big School Challenge
By: Margaret Powers. A teacher shares more on how to plan a teacher PD workshop to help educators create their own schoolwide innovation cultures during the 2016 SXSWedu Ready Go! Summit.
Incorporating Tech to Support English Language Learners
By: Bill King. English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools are generating a lot of excitement over how they are transforming learning and changing the culture in their classrooms by integrating technology.
Innovative Urban Education in Denver
If we are going to break the effects of generational poverty and bring high quality learning opportunities to every person on the planet, we have to invest in urban education innovation. Here are several Denver innovation schools we recently visited.