The Future of Hybrid Learning By Erik Ofgang HyFlex pioneer Dr. Brian Beatty discusses what’s working and what’s not in hybrid learning, and what’s to come
How to Teach Science Remotely By Ray Bendici Best practices, advice, and resources to teach science remotely
New Learning Models for Challenging Times By Annie Galvin Teich Use a service design model to find new ways to deliver school services during times of change.
Planning for Next Year: Transitioning from Remote Learning to Blended Learning By Ray Bendici Blended and remote learning will be part of learning going forward according to leaders from Parkland School District and Township High School District #211.
Use GRASPS for Real-World Assessment By Lisa Nielsen Innovative educators understand that there is more to learning than processed worksheets and tests.
Focus on the Doing of Social Studies, Not Just the Model By Glenn Wiebe Is it possible to take the best parts of Madeline’s model and adapt it to a world that needs our students to be engaged, informed, and knowledgable citizens?
Facilitating Inquiry in the Classroom: The Driving Question and PBL, Part 1 By Michael Gorman The Driving Question or Investigative Question in Project Based learning and STEM can be often the hardest concept to get across to teachers.
Tip of the Week: Forget the Gym. These 5 New Year’s Resolutions Are What You Really Need By Glenn Wiebe It’s never too late to make a few 2019 social studies resolutions.
Verso Learning Launches New Student-Teacher Feedback Tools at FETC By TL Editors Verso Learning, provider of classroom feedback and collaboration tools, will be showcasing their education tools at this year’s upcoming FETC conference.
Revised 5E-Hero's Journey Lesson Planning Template! By Ramsey Musallam I have written to annoying lengths about my love for the connection between the 5E Inquiry Learning Cycle and Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey.
Reflection in Education By Guest Author Suzy Brooks There are many ways technology can help teachers see themselves and their practice more clearly.
5 Levels of Difficulty Videos: Alternative Assessment Inspiration By Ramsey Musallam It reminded me how explaining a difficult concept to a novice and expert audience simultaneously requires deep conceptual knowledge, and how listening to such an explanation helps to build simultaneous conceptual and mechanical knowledge of a concept.
Move Your Kids Past Simply Consuming Virtual Reality. They Need to be Making It. Tour Creator Can Help By Glenn Wiebe
Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model By Micah Shippee We cannot approach supporting our colleagues with a mindset that says “Ugh. They are doing it wrong!” perhaps followed by “AGAIN!” We must do our best to understand the context in which our colleagues operate, what motivates them to teach, and how we might serve them best.
Teacher: Know Thyself – School Culture Shift is About the People By Micah Shippee Every good quest-adventure story has a team of contributors, each with a special skill set that contributes to the team’s successes.
Innovativeness is the Pedagogy for the Future #edtech #wanderlustEDU By Micah Shippee We must allow technology to amplify good instructional practice, rather than tell us what good practice is.
