by edtosavetheworld | Jun 6, 2014 | Influential Thinkers
David Conley opens his most recent book Getting Ready for College, Careers, and Common Core with this paragraph: Teachers want students to learn. It’s one of the most basic reasons people go into teaching, and it’s certainly one of the basic expectations society has...
by edtosavetheworld | Apr 16, 2014 | Stage 2: Active Processing
What does it look like to ask very young students to actively process their learning? The students below are in 1st Grade. They have selected words that were pasted around the room and are sorting them into long a, i, o and u sounds. They also walked around and...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 7, 2014 | Innovation Series
Google, google everywhere, but not an app to sync! Okay couldn’t resist making an Ancient Mariner allusion, but to be honest that’s how it feels sometimes. There’s so much education technology out there, but how do we actually start integrating it in our classroom?...
by edtosavetheworld | Feb 11, 2014 | Stage 2: Active Processing
Here’s an important truth: If we don’t address students’ preconceptions about topics directly they will likely continue to walk around with partial understanding or misunderstanding. Period. End of story. The first principle from How Students Learn:...
by edtosavetheworld | Jan 7, 2014 | Stage 5: Students as World Changers
If we build it, they will come – innovative collaborators that is. This January take a few minutes to pause and think about how your space is influencing learning. Is the space set-up to help students work collaboratively? Are there resources to fuel inquiry?...
