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1. A Need to Know. 2. A Driving Question. 3. Student Voice and Choice. 4. 21st century Skills 5. Inquiry and Innovation 6. Feedback and Revision 7. A Publicly Presented Product.

A practical and inspirational site about how to use design thinking in your planning. A must read

inability to focus helps ensure a richer mixture of thoughts in consciousness.

his is the sixth time I've taught a unit on the Holocaust, each one slightly different than the last. In the past, my students learned most of the information via lecture, notes and videos. Because I was responsible for distilling the information, I learned much more than they did. This semester they're doing it all themselves. And the end result will be a classroom Holocaust museum curated by my grade 10 English students. The unit involves inquiry, collaborative, and project-based learning all in one.

How do we know a good teacher when we see one?

The division between work and play is a myth... Innovation companies today don't ask and don't care about basic skills, grades, or SAT scores-instead, they want to know if you can brainstorm all the possible uses of bubble wrap.