by edtosavetheworld | May 22, 2014 | Stage 5: Students as World Changers
Think about the last time you took a risk. Did you do a mental inventory of “what’s the worse that could happen?” If I take this new job and it’s a bust, the worst that could happen is….. I end up living in my in-laws basement in Scarsdale and working 10-6 at...
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 13, 2014 | Stage 5: Students as World Changers
MIT Business School professor Peter Senge claims a transformational change happening in the business world: “More and more businesses in every industry sector are incorporating sustainability and social responsibility issues into their goals for the future....
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 6, 2014 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
By and large, formal schooling is set up to push learning onto students. Adults decide what they need to learn and when they will learn it. Students show up and (most?) take notes and complete exercises. Contrast that with learning that students pull because they have...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 4, 2014 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
What subject(s) do you teach? When was that last time you explored an unknown or created something new in that field? Try it out and then write out the steps you took and the questions you asked yourself along the way. Then model it, thinking aloud in front of your...
