by edtosavetheworld | May 12, 2015 | News and Trends, Stage 5: Students as World Changers
For many of us, the transformation of our schools cannot happen fast enough. We look out a world where we can find out what caused the War of 1812 or why adding salt to water makes it boil hotter with a 10-second Google search, where we can teach ourselves to knit or...
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 12, 2014 | Ed2S Fellows, Influential Thinkers
Each Friday we’ll give an update on the work of our Fellows, a select group of educators who are experimenting with new approaches to meet the demands of the 21st Century. This week we had an online collaborative hosted by our committee on communication. We...
by edtosavetheworld | Jun 16, 2014 | Influential Thinkers
Although any major change demands that an organization overhaul its systems and procedures, leaders are often frustrated when altering the way things are done does not produce the desired outcome. They work hard to institute new programs and policies only to be...
by edtosavetheworld | Jun 11, 2014 | Influential Thinkers
Yesterday we looked at the theory of transformation posed by Daszko and Sheinberg in their article “Survival is Optional.” Much of their theory rests on the idea that: “Transformation is motivated by survival, by the realization that everything needs...
