Preparing Our Students for the Future
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Resource Roundup: Creating Digital Citizens
What kinds of resources do you need to help engage and inspire your students?
Essentials for Today’s Classroom
What are the essentials for today’s classroom? Like principal George Couros (@gcouros), I believe the best classrooms encourage student voice, choice, and self-reflection. I also believe these classrooms provide lots of … Continue reading
A Piece of the Grit Puzzle
Like so many, I, too, have been looking for concrete ways to define grit for my students. As I see it, grit is: courage, perseverance, determination, heart, passion, and dedication. … Continue reading
Modernizing Instruction
Like many fellow educators, I am always looking for the “best practices” in teaching. I recently discovered a blog post from TeachThought that provides 8 tips to help teachers better understand how … Continue reading
“Linked Learning:” Vocational Education Redux
“Linked Learning:” Vocational Education Redux In keeping with my first blog of the day, I also thought I’d share this article from latimes.com all about California’s attempt to provide “relevance … Continue reading
Getting Back to Dewey
Grant Lichtman’s Denver TED Talk gives practical reasons why many schools continue to miss the bar when it comes to truly educating students for what Grant calls “timeless life skills.” … Continue reading
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