by edtosavetheworld | Jan 29, 2014 | Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
Today we honored to have Laura McCarthy as our guest blogger. Laura is a first year pre-K teacher at a school in Washington DC and an Inspired Teaching Fellow. Note to secondary teachers: we can learn so much from our colleagues who work with the littlest of little...
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?...
by edtosavetheworld | Nov 12, 2013 | Stage 5: Students as World Changers
Wondering what real world topic your students should tackle next? Try letting students decide. The engagement, passion, and ownership that comes out letting students choose their own topic for exploration is pretty powerful. So how do you do it? First – Think...
by edtosavetheworld | Nov 4, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
Which is more important? or Tough question right? What about this – if we have to cut the budget which goes first science or art? Unfortunately we all know the answer to that question. What we don’t know is where our assumptions...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 31, 2013 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Here’s a quick experiment: Look at the below chess board for 5 seconds and then look away. No cheating. Now try to reconstruct the board in your mind. How many pieces can you correctly place? Take Our Poll Now answer this question: do you play chess? Take...
