by edtosavetheworld | Mar 16, 2015 | Stage 2: Active Processing, Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
What’s our knee jerk reaction when we see a kid doing something like this? That’s my 10-month old son — and he is CONSTANTLY into everything. I must admit my split second reaction is one of “grab him and get him interested in something...
by edtosavetheworld | Feb 26, 2015 | Stage 2: Active Processing
Today’s post tries to make sense of all the buzz around brain-based learning. John Medina has “12 Brain Rules” Mariale Haridman suggests “6 Brain Targets” Eric Jensen advocates “5 Schoolwide Success Factors” WKCD (What Kids...
by edtosavetheworld | Nov 21, 2014 | Stage 2: Active Processing
Need some inspiration or ideas for getting your active processing on? Here’s a quick list of some our all time favorite active processing posts. Strategies You Could Use in Your Classroom Tomorrow Mind Mapping Synectics Choose Your Own Adventure Graphic...
by edtosavetheworld | Nov 20, 2014 | Stage 2: Active Processing
Everyone loves a printable! Check out these two ready-to-go resources for active processing. 1. Choose Your Own Adventure Graphic Organizer Need a way to help kids process the relationship between ideas or concepts in your class? Try asking students to choose which...
by edtosavetheworld | Nov 17, 2014 | Stage 2: Active Processing
Sometimes technology in education leads to teachers exclaiming, “This is awesome! I can’t wait to use it. This is a game changer!” And sometimes technology in education leads to teachers wondering, “Is making the textbook digital really that big of deal? Kids are...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 3, 2014 | Ed2S Fellows, Stage 2: Active Processing
Today’s post comes from Ayo Magwood, an Ed2Save Fellow and amazing high school social studies teacher at the Maret School. What do you do to ensure that the learners are doing the “heavy lifting”? Despite having taught for over a decade, I still struggle with...
