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"Assign problems, not tasks. Traditionally, people on the business side come up with ideas and hand them to developers who are tasked with turning them into code. Instead, let developers contribute to the solution of business problems. Who knows better how to apply software to your business than people who deeply understand technology? Tolerate failure. Experimentation is the prerequisite to innovation. Create an environment where developers run lots of small experiments and where failure is celebrated rather than punished. Run blameless post-mortems to discover why an experiment failed and what you can learn from that experience. Become obsessed with speed. Startups push new code constantly, every day. Companies can no longer spend months developing new programs. Hunt relentlessly for ways to shave the time it takes to go from "great idea" to working production code. Keep developers close to customers. Remove organizational barriers that separate developers from the people who actually use their software. When developers talk to customers they can deliver better, more useful features in less time. Every organization will embrace the builder's mindset in its own way. But these principles provide a framework for building a world-class software development organization, so you can respond faster to customer needs, adapt to a constantly changing market, and keep up with the Amazons of the world. "

Being used in Norton City, one of the VA4LIN divisions.

"The Friday Institute is deeply involved in bringing competency-based approaches into educator preparation, credentialing and professional development. To further this effort, the Friday Institute has begun developing a series of micro-credentials for teachers, coaches, and administrators. These micro-credentials often support and extend the learning opportunities offered in the MOOC-Eds but can also be earned by educators within or outside of the context of the course."

"Allan Drexler and David Sibbet developed a team performance model framework for understanding team development that has similar concepts to those covered by Tuckman. In the Drexler/Sibbet model, there is a concept of a bouncing ball where team building begins with a lot of freedom of imagination, openness and aspirations and then slowly becomes more and more realistic and grounded as the team better understands the members, goals and constraints, and then bounces back up through implementation, creativity, innovation and high performance."

Intel: Self facilitated courses. Free, just-in-time professional development that you can experience now, anytime, anywhere. This series of compelling courses provides deeper exploration of 21st century learning concepts.

""The best projects, you're the one who has to figure it out and make it work. Because it isn't the teacher's project! Where they tell you everything, it's almost like you already know what's gonna happen. If it's gonna work out perfectly and they give you all the steps, then what's the point of the project?""

Check out our Scope & Sequence tool to find age-appropriate lessons that address digital literacy and citizenship topics for your classroom. Browse by grade band or click a category to highlight the lessons that address that topic. From professional development materials, to student interactives, to lessons and assessments, and family outreach materials, our comprehensive curriculum is turnkey to implement.

"Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world. We're helping to realize the full potential of the Internet-universal access to research and education, full participation in culture-to drive a new era of development growth, and productivity."

"The development of the Competencies serves as a first step in identifying the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that educators need in order to create and thrive in effective personalized, learner-centered environments. Check out the recently released digital version here on the Hub."