by edtosavetheworld | Feb 16, 2016 | Ed2S Fellows, News and Trends, Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient, Testing and Assessments
Today’s post was written by a 2015 Ed2Save Fellow, Jessie Mouw. Her Fellow’s Project is to promote and redefine the importance of failure as a natural and important part of the learning process. Her words follow: The Case for Failure-Friendly Schools ...
by edtosavetheworld | Nov 2, 2015 | Stage 2: Active Processing, Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient, Testing and Assessments
Differentiation is a word that is used often in education — but I worry there is a lack of consensus on what it means, it’s purpose and what it looks like in the classroom. Here is an attempt to distill the essential elements down to four buckets or key...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 7, 2015 | wellness
It’s October and for those in the United States, it signals the very beginning of cold and flu season. Working in schools puts us at greater risk of infection. Here are some tips for staying healthy. The general principles are to build up your immune system and...
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 30, 2015 | wellness
As educators who want students to save the world via their learning, we probably spend most of our time looking out for and taking care of others. We do them a favor, actually, when we take a few minutes to be good to ourselves. No matter how busy you are or how long...
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 29, 2015 | News and Trends, Stage 2: Active Processing, Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient, Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding, Testing and Assessments
Lately, and rightly so, there seems to be a lot of buzz around differentiation, personalized learning, personalization, individualization… and many folks are trying to distinguish among them. The MAJOR distinction, it seems, is whether or not the goals of...
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 16, 2015 | wellness
If you are like me, you might need an energy boost a couple times a day. Lately I’ve been reaching for sugary snacks way more than I should. Yesterday I ate a brownie after lunch and snacked on sugary junk all afternoon. And yesterday evening, I crashed. It was...
