by edtosavetheworld | Jul 26, 2013 | Innovation Series
Today we feature Steve Abraham, founder of Wilderness Leadership and Learning, Inc. His words follow: Wilderness Leadership & Learning, Inc. (WILL), a DC based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is a twelve month holistic experiential learning, youth leadership and...
by edtosavetheworld | May 30, 2013 | Stage 5: Students as World Changers
Are there any schools or programs out there that are engaging students as innovative problem solvers who will change the world? The answer is yes! The brightest spot (that we currently know about) started with an 8th grade science teacher, Rich Lehrer in...
by edtosavetheworld | Apr 15, 2013 | Stage 2: Active Processing
Pop Quiz Consider the following problems. (image credits: blogs.telegraph.co.uk, waterhapsody.co.za, autismspeaks.org) Considering these problems, which do you think would be the most important response for our schools? A. More math classes in schools B. More science...
by edtosavetheworld | Apr 8, 2013 | Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
Here’s a horror story about Ronald Reagan. My students were in a competition called We the People. They needed to analyze the legacy of President Reagan. In the name of efficiency I fed each of them a factoid about Reagan. They didn’t deeply understand them so...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 21, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
With 37.5% of the votes on Tuesday’s poll = False conflict #1: fact memorization vs. conceptual understanding This idea gets a whole stage in our 5-stage Framework. Stage 3 to be exact. Lynn Erickson, the Godmother of Concept-Based will be a guest blogger once...
