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Getting Smart Podcast | How Networks Make The World Better
In this episode of the podcast, Curtis Ogden, Senior Associate at the Interaction Institute for Social Change, discusses how networks are part of the education solution.
Partnering with Parents on Social-Emotional Learning
Because SEL is grounded in the understanding that the best learning emerges in the context of supportive relationships, partnering with parents and helping them understand the importance of SEL can have a dramatic impact on the development of our students.
Empowering Our Students with 21st-Century Skills for Today
By: Dave Ross. In this globally and digitally interconnected world, all learners, from cradle to career, need new skills and knowledge to succeed. Here's how we can empower them with these 21st-Century Skills.
SOLE: Hacking Today’s Education for the Future
By: Dr. Jeffrey McClellan and Justin Aglio. Self-Organizing Learning Environments (SOLEs) draw on children’s natural curiosity to create a dynamic education space for students to learn, interact and develop critical problem-solving skills.
New Tech Network Powers A Common Learning Model & Unique Missions
New Tech Network powers a wide range of schools, but just because they share a learning model and platform doesn't mean they're all the same--they are urban and rural, STEM-focused and arts-focused, magnet schools and dropout recovery schools. Learn more here.
Initiative Aims to Catalyze the Personalized Learning Field
New Profit, a non-profit venture philanthropy organization, recently announced the launch of a Personalized Learning Initiative supported by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Read more here.
Plugging into the New, 21st-Century Vision of Learning
By: Paula Dillon. It’s important to promote collaboration across schools, districts, and even states in order to disseminate promising practices and strategies that can help overcome the obstacles to 21st-century learning. Here's how to start.
Project-Based Pittsburgh: Thinking Beyond Schools to Remake Learning
By: Gregg Behr. As educators, advocates and funders, we must think beyond our bubbles to prepare all children for a project-based future. In Pittsburgh, we’re fortunate to have several leaders doing just that.
3 Ways to Implement Blended Learning In The Classroom
By: Rachelle Dene Poth. Here are three different ways to use technology to “blend” or “flip” learning that in my experience have worked well, as well as tools that can offer innovative or creative learning methods in your classroom.
Powering Personalized Learning in Chicago
On a recent school tour trip to Chicago, we visited three schools creating powerful personalized learning environments that serve their unique student population and communities.