by edtosavetheworld | May 28, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Two years ago, Lynn Erickson, author, trainer and creator of a systematic method for designing curriculum called Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction, was gracious enough to contribute to Ed to Save the World as a guest blogger. This piece on the conceptual lens...
by edtosavetheworld | May 15, 2015 | Stage 3: Critical Thinking
I teach history, which means I teach a fair amount of research. I ask students to engage in short-term web-based research in class on their iPads to introduce them to a new unit, and often ask them to find articles to answer an essential question at home for homework....
by edtosavetheworld | May 12, 2015 | News and Trends, Stage 5: Students as World Changers
For many of us, the transformation of our schools cannot happen fast enough. We look out a world where we can find out what caused the War of 1812 or why adding salt to water makes it boil hotter with a 10-second Google search, where we can teach ourselves to knit or...
by edtosavetheworld | Apr 28, 2015 | Stage 5: Students as World Changers
We are so excited to have met the great people who run the Institute for Humane Education. Founder Zoe Weil reached out to us and said, “Hey, we should connect.” We read their vision and found it incredibly similar to ours, almost down to the word! We...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 30, 2015 | News and Trends
Most schools ask themselves, “Why would kids come to school on a Saturday?” but at Matthew Moss High School in Rochdale, UK, they’re asking “Why would they not?” Welcome to the D6 program, profiled in the video below. D6 refers to the 6th...
