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 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 | Dec 30, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
Quick quiz: In a unit on ancient Egypt, students spend two weeks creating their own miniature versions of the great pyramid – including the interior. At the end of the project, they are inviting staff from the Smithsonian in to evaluate their projects. Is...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 21, 2013 | News and Trends, Stage 3: Critical Thinking
What’s the best mistake you ever made? Often we remind ourselves (and our students) that we can succeed despite failure, but how often do we think about failure as a key step on the path to achievement? That’s the idea behind failing forward. As we shift towards an...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 29, 2013 | Stage 2: Active Processing
What is a “flipped classroom?” Essentially, instead of teachers lecturing in school, they record lectures and students watch them at home. Then students do what is traditionally assigned for “homework” in school while the teacher is present for...
