Project-Based Learning Leads to Innovation - 1 views
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Jen Kravitz on 25 Apr 13How two schools are linking Tony Wagner's ideas in Creating Innovators with Project Based Learning
Making interdisciplinary projects work | CTQ - 2 views
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This is a clear example of how one teacher worked with his colleagues to develop a large interdisciplinary project for 9th graders around water. It involved English, Social Studies, and Science teachers.
University of Chicago Economic Professor Life's Research on Early Education - 3 views
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James Heckman has a multitude of research and resources available on this site. Those interested in "non-cognitive skills" and early childhood development will find a wealth of readings and research here.
Ernesto Sirolli: Want to help someone? Shut up and listen! | Video on TED.com - 1 views
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TED Talk recommended by Andy Kepes. Sounds like a good premise for personalized learning.
A school's self-guided improvements - 0 views
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"...some of the most innovative thinking is not coming from above, but from the ground level, where the action is. Teachers and students in local schools are making their own plans on how to meet these demands and tie efforts together to improve student learning. The laboratory is the school itself, and the benefactor supporting the research is Vermont's own Rowland Foundation."
Android Will Be on More Devices Than All Major Operating Systems Combined - 0 views
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"By the end of this year, Android will be in more devices than the next four competitors combined (Windows, iOS, Mac OS, and BlackBerry). Before the end of this decade, Android will be in nearly as many devices as all other operating systems combined."
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Makes me wonder about what #EdTech curriculum should look like. Are we teaching skillsets which have the diversity necessary to meet our students' future needs? How much of our teaching focuses on mobile applications? How is the mobile experience planned into what/how we teach...of using technology that is not based upon using it while sitting on our backsides.
Rigor/Relevance Framework - 0 views
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Here's a tool I've been using with my CSS Professional Development classes. It's taken from the International Center for Leadership in Education. You can find a more colorful version on their site (http://www.leadered.com/rrr.html).
DOE released 2013 report on Perseverance - 16 views
Jason and Carrie, Excellent! Thanks for you comments and insights! See you soon-
Elite Colleges Are as Foreign as Mars - 0 views
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In Vermont, we have a particular interest in the rural poor. However, many colleges focus on the urban poor.
Essay on the importance of teaching failure | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views
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How do you teach a growth mindset? Does rewarding risk taking work?
Rowland Retreat - 3 views
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Photos from the first Rowland Foundation retreat with Barry & Wendy, the Board of Trustees, Director Chuck Scranton, and Rowland Fellows 2009-2013.
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Thanks for sharing. We look great - and according to one of my breakout groups, we would look even better in Rowland fleeces (although some preferred hoodies). -
Keep the digital records coming! I think the video you are taking could become a powerful tool of communication and transformation!
The Case Against Charter Schools - 1 views
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Full disclosure: This is from a socialist magazine...But, I've become increasingly interested in charter schools for our state, and needed some 'push back.' Here's an interesting piece
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Thanks for posting- food for thought for sure. Our charter school would be amazing though!
Stories of Learning for Enlightenment - 2 views
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Look on pages 25-26 for a brief description of a Danish folk high school course "Take the Future." In it, Mette Hojland describes how her class looks at a 'spiritual, individual, and global perspective'; she also talks about a rubric that she has for developing the sense of self-and it's not reductive!
IDEA Innovation Tour Vermont - 3 views
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"As part of IDEA's efforts to foster dynamic conversations around powerful learning, we invite you to join us for an Innovation Tour in Vermont. Thirty participants will spend the day visiting three innovative schools and programs and reflecting on our experiences together." Rowland Fellow Tom Sabo's work at Montpelier High School will be one of the three stops!
A Year at Mission Hill - Chapter 7: Behind the Scenes - 0 views
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How does one sustain and nurture a teaching community?
Mr. Gillespie's Office: Redos and Retakes - 1 views
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This blog post provides clear response to a few common complaints about allowing students to redo or retake an assessment on which they did not do well.
Why I Let My Students Cheat On Their Exam - 1 views
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Zocalo Public Square connects people to ideas and to each other in an open, accessible, non-partisan and broad-minded spirit. Through our web magazine, lectures, panels, screenings, and conferences, Zocalo takes on ideas that enhance our understanding of community-the forces that strengthen or undermine human connectedness and social cohesion.
Suli Breaks, Spoken Word Poet,' 'I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate' Goes Vir... - 2 views
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Fantastic video about how students are more than exam grade numbers by a man who loves education but hated school...
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Thank you for posting this. I can't wait to share it with my colleagues.
If Twitter Is Not PD, What Is It? - 0 views
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"Technology and social media specifically have provided tools that enable educators to connect, communicate collaborate and create. That ability makes a difference in individuals. It enables reflection and relevance. It is also creating two groups of educators, the connected, and the unconnected. The discussions of the connected seem to be focused on the future and moving toward it. The discussions of the unconnected seem to be steeped in the past with little or very slow-moving forward movement."
What's important for graduates to know? - 4 views
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