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I have developed a 21st Century Report Card that identifies 34 skills that students should develop over the course of the year in my 5th grade classroom. These 34 skills are then broken down into subsequent behaviors that are observable and assessable.  (Download it here as a PDF.)

By combining engaging online instruction resources and solid offline learning experiences, educators can transform their classroom and put the old column-and-rows setting to shame! Because of this notion, blended learning environments provide today's students a distinct advantage.

If kids can access information from sources other than school, and if school is no longer the only place where information lives, what, then happens to the role of this institution?

The Personalize Learning Webinar Series presented The Inquiry Hub with David Truss and five amazing learners. The Inquiry Hub provides 9th through 12th grade learners an innovative, technology driven, full-time program that allows learners to pursue their own learning by shaping their educational experience around their interests and questions instead of structured classes.

"Some have "always" been true - some are unique to this century of learning. Let me know of any other universal skills you believe young people should know how to do."

We've worked hard to develop an understanding that inquiry learning is messy and NOT limited to a step by step approach. True inquiry learning is neither linear nor cyclical, but rather moves back and forth between the different stages identified by most of the inquiry models.

1. Innovation Is What Matters 2. Unlocking The Means Of Production 3. Ideas Get Tangible 4. Hardware Gets Soft 5. Eliminating Obsolescence 6. Making Communities

In Sept 2012 The Inquiry Hub was launched as a grade 9-12 school in Coquitlam, British Columbia. It started with a presentation to the board of trustees by Principal Stephen Whiffin, David Truss, and Superintendent Tom Grant. Stephen and David, the school's current lead administrator, helped articulate a vision of learning focused on: Inquiry, Voice, Audience, Community, Leadership, Play, and Networks. The school motto is Connect | Create | Learn.