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Smart Planet
Getting Smart Celebrates International Education Week
Today marks the beginning of International Education Week (IEW), and all week long we will be sharing blogs and featuring voices of educators leading the international education charge. Learn more about what to expect here.
Future of Learning
A Celebration of Cross-Curricular Creativity
By: Andy Plemmons. The interdisciplinary nature of the project means that students have multiple sources of support throughout the project, from the art teacher to intervention teachers to classroom teachers to the librarian.
Future of Learning
Education in the Innovation Economy
By: John Eger. Many tech CEOs prefer employees with liberal arts degrees, as “the liberal arts train students to thrive in subjectivity and ambiguity, a necessary skill in the tech world where few things are black and white.” Learn more here.
Competency-Based Education
Getting Smart Podcast | Andy Calkins on Effective Learning Competencies
In this episode, Tom speaks with Andy Calkins, director of Next Generation Learning Challenges to learn more about their new student success framework--MyWays, and their recently released comprehensive resource set to help more communities develop graduate profiles.
STEM & Maker
5 Ways to Celebrate National STEM/STEAM Day
Today is National STEM/STEAM Day, and we want to take the opportunity to celebrate and come together over the importance of STEAM education. Here are five fun projects that can get students interested today.
Future of Learning
The Future Is Always Uncertain. So How Should Educators Prepare Today’s Learners?
By: Jenny Abamu and Tony Wan. Having a plan for the future requires understanding what the future will look like. In this post, we look at a recent keynote address on this topic by Tom Vander Ark at the EdSurge Fusion conference.
EdTech
Closing the Digital Divide to Ensure the Future of Learning
There are three critical challenges facing efforts to move towards equitable access to EdTech for all students. Here's how we can face them.
Featured
27 Can’t-Miss Education Conferences for 2018
Check out our 2018 list of 27 education conferences we think will be valuable opportunities for educators, district leaders, startups and policy-makers to learn and engage with each other.
STEM & Maker
The Case for School Makerspaces, According to Those Who Use Them
I recently talked with some innovative educators (and their students) who have utilized makerspaces in their elementary schools. Collectively, they noted the academic benefits and the development of 21st-Century Skills and growth mindset.
SEL & Mindset
Smart Review | The Flexible SEL Classroom
SEL is a tricky subject to look for help on. You’re likely to either get a 30,000 foot approach focused mainly on classroom culture, or a strategy for working on a niche aspect of SEL that isn’t a targeted growth area for your students and classroom. This book is different.