Digital Promise

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Below, Melissa shares advice for how teachers can facilitate these kinds of powerful collaborative learning experiences with their students. In this culminating project-based unit, students design prototypes for real users that address issues related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Interested in learning more?

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act was signed into law in July 2021 with wide bipartisan support, amending the state’s school code to ensure that all Illinois public school students learn about the contributions Asian Americans have made to the United States. Passing Legislation Is One Thing.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 25, 2018

Apparently, I was dead wrong on this assumption and quickly learned that Twitter in itself wasn’t a powerful tool, but instead, it was the conversations, ideas, resources, and passionate educators that connected with me. This one focused on a book for principals about teaching science , as this was where my experience was in the classroom.

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Social Media Twitter Outcomes Secondary 192

Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 5, 2019

I worked for 20 years in classrooms, am married to a secondary school teachers, and I have been involved in teacher education for more years than I care to mention. But teachers are under pressure to ensure that all the children in their classrooms perform. Children don't need to learn how to score high grades in tests.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In addition to the usual suspects—more augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) apps—a lot of people believe this will be the year that social emotional learning (SEL) and interoperability become part of the mainstream. Dr. Carolyn Brown, president and co-founder, Foundations in Learning. •

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 29, 2020

Without massive action, the United States will continue to lose traction in our ever-shrinking global learning community. Create modules of learning that: Help guide students to their clearest path of interest. This will ensure highest and best practices for an ever-evolving knowledge base. Establish “Rivers of Learning”.

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Education Study System Secondary 130

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 7, 2021

We have to build mental models, like inquiry-based learning routines, that can help students compare and contrast defining current events like a civil or social justice or cultural revolution with similar events that happened in the past. Create learning environments that value questioning, not just finding the right answer.

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