by edtosavetheworld | Aug 14, 2015 | Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
“Cooperative learning is an unusually strong psychological success story.” In their article from Educational Researcher, University of Minnesota professors David Johnson & Roger Johnson cite more than 1,200 studies comparing cooperative, competitive, and...
by edtosavetheworld | Jan 8, 2015 | Stage 5: Students as World Changers
This is probably my all-time favorite post. It comes from May of 2013 and provides such a clear, compelling vision of how different (and exciting, fun, energizing, powerful) school could be if we really push ourselves to transform. I thought about it as I drove to...
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 24, 2014 | Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
Most of us are just about a month into the school year, which means the honeymoon phase is over. Grades are in and students have started to feel successful or unsuccessful in the context of our classes. Their “best behavior” has transitioned into limit...
by edtosavetheworld | Jun 5, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership, Stage 2: Active Processing, Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
For the past 2.6 million years humans have been working together to face the challenges of our world. We work together to both survive and innovate constantly building on one another’s ideas. Yet, how often do we design lessons specifically targeted at building...
