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HHelping students learn how to learn: That's what most educators strive for, and that's the goal of inquiry learning. That skill transfers to other academic subject areas and even to the workplace where employers have consistently said that they want creative, innovative and adaptive thinkers. Inquiry learning is an integrated approach that includes kinds of learning: content, literacy, information literacy, learning how to learn, and social or collaborative skills. Students think about the choices they make throughout the process and the way they feel as they learn. Those observations are as important as the content they learn or the projects they create.

2013 Horizon Report

EduBlogger 2011 Awards

"Innovative educators will appreciate these twelve first-person films that make up a series exploring three related themes, each in its own way at the center of current debate about what works, and what's needed, to help students succeed during school and in life. I notice some familiar names of these movie makers including Alan November, Elliot Soloway and Stephen Heppell. You can visit the website here where you'll find the following films grouped by the themes below."

leadershipday10

"How can we use social networking tools, or Web 2.0, to bring out new voices and ideas, rather than repeat the same old power struggles and pedagogy? What steps can we take to bring the social media revolution to the classroom (and not simply digitize the sage-on-stage tradition)? "

February 2010 | Volume 67 | Number 5 Meeting Students Where They Are Pages 73-74 Why Teachers Should Try Twitter William M. Ferriter I've got an embarrassing confession to make: Until recently, I wasn't convinced that differentiating learning opportunities for students really mattered. Like many teachers, I would deliver one lesson each day, keeping my fingers crossed that I met everyone's needs. And even though I've always had a sense for the strengths and weaknesses of my individual students, I rarely drew on that knowledge to make specific changes in instruction or assignments.

Teaching Screenagers

Jane Hart's 2011 Reading List These are Jane's recommended reads month-by-month (in reverse chronological order) Not got much time - the MUST-reads are marked ►

"Welcome to the PLP Pregame Festivities! Your success this year is built upon how well we mesh as a community of learners who understand how to leverage networks in the co-constructing of knowledge. The following activities are designed to get you in top physical shape for understanding many of the concepts we'll be covering in our professional development experience this year. We encourage you to work through the ten plays in order to have the winning advantage. Don't worry if you can't get to all of them. Any you do will help you get up to speed as we get started."