But giving my students choice and allowing them to being curious learners was hard work. In fact, sometimes I was still really ineffective at guiding the learning that was taking place in my classroom. I tried many different project-based learning frameworks, embraced the inquiry cycle, and tweaked my own idea of how to structure this…
Only 16 percent of teachers in a recent survey give their schools an ‘A’ for incorporating technology into their classroom, and 48 percent of all surveyed teachers consider the technology they do have to be outdated.Teachers’ Dream Classroom Survey, sponsored by Edgenuity, reveals that of teachers who did give their schools an ‘A’ for classroom…
Of course, near-instantaneous knowledge transfer may sound too good to be true. Can learning really happen in 5-minute increments? The answer is yes, but there are caveats. For the learning to be effective, HR and training professionals must carefully craft their offerings and understand that not all training and development can happen on the fly….
The Myth of Maximal Efficiency « Outside In It is in this narrowing that one might take issue. Because at heart, education is about relationships – a blindspot of the educational revolution which I have previously criticised – which means that it is not always efficient. Indeed, it is sometimes messy. And it is in…
Is Google teaching us anything? – Shooting Azimuths In his book The Shallows, Nicholas Carr suggests that the internet is making us dumber. Carr finds that the vast amount of hyperlinked information available on the internet means that depth of knowledge has given way to shallowness. Casually disregarding the internet’s arguably most significant feature, Carr…
3 Things I Wish Educators Knew About their Own Learning | Silvia Tolisano- Langwitches Blog I meet many educators around the world, virtually and in person… Many times, I am still amazed at the resistance to new ideas, change and willingness to apply the learning they expect of students to their own learning. Here are…
How a TV Sitcom Triggered the Downfall of Western Civilization Yes, my theory is that Friends may have triggered the downfall of western civilization. You might think I’m crazy. But to quote Ross: “Oh, am I? Am I? Am I out of my mind? Am I losing my senses?” Did you know the song that…
The state of privacy in America from the Pew Research Center Fully 91% of adults agree or strongly agree that consumers have lost control of how personal information is collected and used by companies. So our online habits are being mined by companies, is that a bad thing? Arguments can go back and forth. For…