Place Based Education
student engagement
Personalized Learning
Is Personalized Learning the Latest Tool To Increase Student Engagement?
David Ross reflects on how student engagement has evolved over his teaching career and shares insights and strategies that amplify personalized learning through intentional emphasis on increased student agency.
Future of Learning
What if the Future of Work Starts with High School
By: Heather E. McGowan. Heather presents new frameworks for the future of work and explains why the university degree is the new high school diploma.
Competency-Based Education
Getting Students to Take Control
Getting students to “buy-in” and take control of their learning starts with seeing them as individuals and understanding each of them has different motives, beliefs and goals. Here are a few ideas to consider to help them start.
EdTech
Flip the Traditional Into Amazing: Creative Uses for Flipgrid
Why Flipgrid? According to Getting Smart teacher blogger, John Hardison, it "offers these students an engaging and reliable platform to express their knowledge, questions, and creativity."
SEL & Mindset
Relationships As Engagement: Understanding the Whole Child
In schools across the country, it is quite common to hear teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators talking about student engagement. But as Amanda Winkelsas explains, the path to student engagement is not always as direct as a teacher, coach, or administrator would hope.
Personalized Learning
How Personalized Learning Fosters Trial, Error and a Healthy Dose of Risk
By: Brandy Holton. Infusing some of these principles into your work and creating your own innovative projects and lesson plans can empower students rather than lecturing them which can leave you with an inspiring a-ha moment!
Early Learning
How Can Children Aspire to Careers They Don’t Know Exist?
By: Ed Hidalgo. By connecting exciting career options to learning, class work becomes more valuable, reinforcing the idea that school is a path to something that can be fun and rewarding. This district doesn't think career exploration is a "big kid only" topic.
SEL & Mindset
The Willpower Gap – Misinterpreting Student Agency
When definitions of agency lead to work that is driven purely by willpower, those definitions need to be reconsidered. The agentic classroom should be hard but fun for teachers and students alike.
Project-Based Learning
Can Students Learn Entirely on their Own?
Students are capable of learning and organizing themselves completely on their own if they have the freedom to explore, are engaged in authentic and meaningful experiences, and have the chance to exhibit their work. Here's one example.
Leadership
The Results Are In On Student Engagement
By: Sachi Takahashi-Rial. The difference between an engaging lesson and a tedious one can’t be measured by the results of a standardized test. If we want to start prioritizing engagement in schools, the first step is to hear from young people.