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6 Insights on Student Ownership for Your PBL Classroom
At this year's PBL world, our team asked educators, "How do you foster student ownership in your PBL classroom?" Here is what we learned.
The Future of Professional Development is Collaborative Development
By: Brad Spirrison. To support today's participatory professional development, edleaders have developed online platforms that focus on educator collaboration and resource discovery to help teachers incorporate new tools and ideas into instruction.
5 Strategies for Fostering Independence in a PBL Classroom
By: James Fester. In order to be successful in the 21st century world, students must learn to manage themselves and work effectively with groups of peers. A middle school teacher shares 5 strategies for creating student independence in a project-based learning classroom.
Goodbye Resumes, Hello Digital Portfolios
By: Heather Hiles. GenDIY is hacking the traditional resume just as they're hacking all other aspects of their lives by are creating digital portfolios that better tell the story of the pathway they're carving in life.
The State of Storytelling
By: Monica Brady-Myerov. One of the constant challenges teachers face is to get and keep their students’ attention. What's a simple answer? Tell a good story.
Learning is Happening Everywhere–Let’s Embrace That
By: David Blake. As a rising generation of learners progress within their careers, they increasingly look beyond formal education to develop, sharpen and learn new skills. But despite the fact that learning is happening in every way and everywhere, measuring it is not happening--and it should.
A Powerful Way to Exercise Student Brains
By: Patrick Cole. No other single mental activity engages more parts of the brain than writing, so let's get students writing every day. It will help them become reasoned thinkers and problem solvers, and prepares them for all of the mental processes and emotional evenness that they will need as adults.
Two Strategies for Empowering Teacher Leaders
In a coherent system, everything works together for students and teachers: content, learning experiences, assessment, professional development, schedule, structure, staffing and supports. Here are two ways to create this coherence and empower teacher leaders.
Infographic | Reclaiming the Classroom Words of Wisdom
In his new book Reclaiming the Classroom, Trenton Goble shares words of wisdom for teachers, principles, unions, and edtech companies.
8 Ways to Integrate Instagram into the Classroom
Everybody has their go-to social media platform when they want to share something with the world. For millennials it is quickly becoming Instagram, giving teachers a creative way to engage them in class. Here are eight ideas to implement in the classroom.