Collaboration Strategies in the Classroom |
Project Based Learning: Explained.This simple video makes the essential elements of PBL come alive and brings to light the 21st Century skills and competencies (collaboration, communication, critical thinking) that will enable K-12 students to be college and work-ready as well as effective members of their communities.
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What's the Difference Between "Doing Projects" and "Project Based Learning"? |
One School's Approach to PBL |
Top 10 Posts of 2012: Deep, Meaningful and Creative Learning |
Schools of the Future - Pat BassettPatrick F. Bassett became the president of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS www.nais.org) in August 2001. NAIS, a membership organization for more than 1,800 independent (private) schools and associations of schools in the U.S. and abroad, is the "national voice for independent schools and the center for collective action on their behalf."
Resources from Pat Bassett PresentationMath class needs a makeover - Dan Meyer:
Global, Creative, and Entrepreneurial: Defining High-Quality EducationHow do you prepare students for their future when globalization and rapid technological changes make it almost impossible to predict what the future will be like? In this presentation, Dr. Yong Zhao shows how the current measures of education quality, such as the PISA and TIMSS, are misleading, and how the so-called high-performing education systems do not actually produce the kind of creative and entrepreneurial talents we need. He makes the case for a future-oriented education starting with each child instead of an authoritative prescription of knowledge and skills. He discusses the education necessary to prepare students to be globally competent and creative entrepreneurs.
The 21st Century LearnerFrom cell phone and video games to Facebook and YouTube, digital media are changing the way young people play and socialize in the 21st century. Learn more athttp://www.macfound.org/programs/lear....
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Use data to build better schoolsHow can we measure what makes a school system work? Andreas Schleicher walks us through the PISA test, a global measurement that ranks countries against one another -- then uses that same data to help schools improve. Watch to find out where your country stacks up, and learn the single factor that makes some systems outperform others.
John Hunter on the World Peace GameJohn Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches -- spontaneous, and always surprising -- go further than classroom lectures can.
Did You Know 4.0Things are changing so fast, it's even difficult to keep up with the newest version of the "Did You Know" video. The big question is "What does this all mean for our kids and how we prepare them for the future?"
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TED Re-Imaging School Playlist
TED - Do schools kill creativity?Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
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Changing Education ParadigmThis animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award. For more information on Sir Ken's work visit: http://www.sirkenrobinson.com
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Bring on the Learning RevolutionIn this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.
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Surprising truth about what motivates usThis lively RSAnimate, adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.
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