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EdTech
Generic vs Coherent Teacher Prep
We’ve inherited sedimentary layers of local, state and federal EdPolicy--not system designed to prepare young people for the idea economy and not an easy system in which to teach. In contrast we know that good schools are coherent--everything is mission-aligned to benefit teachers and students. The benefits of purpose-built coherent teacher preparation hold the potential to extend quality learning for all teachers and students.
Leadership
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.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Marching On
This week’s EdTech 10 is in the spirit of marching on, picking up where you left off after SXSWedu with your important work with today's students.
Leadership
Why School System Leaders Need to be Systems Thinkers
By: Jason Riberio. Part of a difficulty that education organizations experience is that they are rarely viewed as systems and thus not treated as such. What if systems thinking could help education stakeholders understand just how interconnected the work we do is (or could be)?
EdTech
Teachers Should Have the Option of Working in Teacher-Led Schools
Ted Kolderie told me about teacher-led schools 2000. He convinced me to visit Minnesota New Country School (MNCS) where teachers had created an innovative project-based and fully individualized school -- and they were in charge.
Personalized Learning
Using UX Principles for Designing Curriculum
Just as UX designers design apps to be easy and pleasing to use, we can design our course experiences in ways that facilitate student learning most effectively using the “LEMErS” principles. It is more apparent than ever that we should build our curricula around story, which is one of the central tenets of good UX design.
Personalized Learning
No Adult Left Behind: 3 Tips for Rethinking Teacher Roles
It’s important to acknowledge the ways that staff are being leveraged. You might need some patience and persistence. Here are three tips for rethinking roles and getting the best use out of your staff.
EdTech
What Learning Will Look Like in 2035
We don’t know what learning will look like in 2035 but we can predict a wider variety of approaches and options; instead of school choice, it will be experience choice; instead of a focus on coherent school models, we’ll focus on coherent learning pathways.
EdTech
EdTech 10: America’s Got Talent(ed) Teachers
As we descend on Amelia Island, FL for Pearson’s CITE 2016, we’re also busy following the release of Bloomboard’s Collections, bite-sized resources that help educators learn how to put theory into practice. Next Generation Talent Development and Promoting Student Agency are two Collections produced in partnership with Bloomboard in the rollout.
Personalized Learning
6 Talent Development Tools for EdLeaders
This collection of Getting Smart resources includes several white papers, podcasts and blogs on the future of professional learning--where educators will benefit from tailored experiences, just-in-time support and portable credentials. Like students, educators deserve blended, personalized and competency-based learning experiences.