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The People and Moments That Define Us

A Principal's Reflections

My father was an elementary principal for 30 years and I always admired how he was able to inspire his staff to focus on student learning. Image Credit: [link] My second reason for wanting to become an administrator early on in my career stemmed from the fact that I wanted to help as many students as possible.

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Can After-School Programs Help Children Recover From the Pandemic?

Edsurge

So far, Grant has seen innovative offerings sprout up across the country, like aviation and welding programs in North Dakota and a mobile after-school program inside a bus equipped with internet access that travels to trailer parks and serves youth and families in rural Colorado. Children take a coding class.

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

When you scan the cube with your mobile device — it will work with an iPhone, an iPad, and it works with Android, but you have to have the Merge Cube app on it. Her roots are as an elementary classroom teacher where she utilized technology as an integrated part of the learning environment. Those codes serve as a trigger.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Angela Maiers Tonight - LOTS of 2014 Global Education Conference Updates - Proposal Deadline, Keynotes, and Volunteering

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Learning Revolution Events Global Education Conference , November 17th - 21st, 2014 Partner Spotlight Africa ICT Right (AIR) is an ICT-oriented non-profit organization established in 2007 with its Headquarter in Ghana and run by a team of volunteers. More information.

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What a School District Designed for Computational Thinking Looks Like

MindShift

Diagrams of simple machines — a pulley, an inclined plane, a lever — appeared on the massive whiteboard of a school STEAM lab (STEM subjects plus Art) in South Fayette, a fast-growing suburb of Pittsburgh. Children in fifth grade at South Fayette elementary school collaborate to make their Rube Goldberg machines do what they wish.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Ozelle Stephen, Rev/Director of Education, Miridians Elementary School, Centre of Enabling Support Foundation, Uganda Access to Quality education Opportunities, Good Health + Well-being for all. Dr. Beate W. Nguyen, Principal + Global Scholar-Practitioner, Archdiocese of Los Angeles/St. Kristin Hundt, Teacher. Global Citizen. School + N.D.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

But many students live in threadbare mobile homes and modest, low-slung dwellings on the edge of town. Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. Related: Blue-collar town leads Rhode Island’s tech-assisted learning revolution. Greeley, Colo.,

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