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Engaging Parents to Sustain Making in Schools
By: Patrick Benfield. If our goal as maker educators is to avoid implementing just another initiative du jour, it’s up to us to not only state our case, but to also invite our parent communities to be a part of the journey.
Leadership
Situated Learning: What Good EdTech Leaders Never Stop Studying
By: Jason Ribeiro. Situated learning is the practice of learning knowledge and skills in contexts that mirror the way the knowledge will be used in ‘real life.’ And vital to situated learning opportunities is a social element that relies on communities of support.
Difference Making
Buck The Quo: The Tough Stuff
Buck the Quo campaign, from The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation. We are featuring the campaign as part of the GenDIY series. Buck the Quo includes a YouTube series where real people talk about real life after high school.
Personalized Learning
K12 will be Launching Destinations Career Academies
High youth unemployment, poor post-secondary graduation rates, and a major skills gap for middle market jobs in the US has led K12 to launch the Destinations Career Academies in the fall of 2016.
Leadership
Project-Based Learning Models the Work World
Why we need to do a better job of preparing students for a project-based world. The importance of the art of breaking down complexity for a team to get their arms around and linking the parts together to create something where nothing had been.
Leadership
Things Are Getting Complex, Use Design Thinking to Simplify
A thoughtful design thinking process uncovers individual and team biases, builds mental models and change theories–the team gains appreciation for systems work and how impact might be produced and scaled.
EdTech
Bay Blends Advance Personalized Learning
When it comes to innovation, the Bay Area is a great place to see a wide range of schools doing great things. From public options for montessori to design thinking models that challenge traditional school, we were inspired to see the options that are available for students in the Bay Area.
Leadership
Building Habits of Success and Measuring What Matters
Good habits are at least as important as basic skills when it comes to success in college and work. The ability to apply creative know how in new situations is at least as important as historical and technical knowledge.
Personalized Learning
The 7C’s to College and Career Competency
7C's to College and Career Competency, a foundational model that can be used from the classroom to district level for organization of instruction to authenticate and personalized learning.
EdTech
EdTech 10: A Come Up From the Nation’s Capital
This week's EdTech news features BIG news from Washington D.C. with the reauthorization of ESEA, and the release of the National Education Technology Plan that is emphasizing technology as a vehicle “to transform learning experiences with the goal of providing greater equity and accessibility.”