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How Well are we Preparing Students for the Future of Work?
As a former history teacher, it makes me laugh and cry that so many prominent figures in education (especially education technology) have such a poor understanding of the history of their subject....
Category: Educational PracticeIn my last post, I drew from my classrooms to suggest that the biggest challenges that the emergence of new political structures of hatred and vengeance posit is to our pedagogies. Finding a...
Category: Educational PracticePracticing the Principles of Connected Learning
I’ve met and profiled active contributors for years, but Kevin Hodgson has to be one of the most active co-learners I’ve encountered. He was part of my Twitter personal learning network, but...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational PracticeLesson Ideas for Mobile Learning
I knew that I had to talk with Shelly Sanchez Terrell again when I learned through the tweetvine that she had a new book out about mobile learning (Learning to Go: Lesson...
Categories: Edtech, Educational Practice4 Lessons from the Election for Educational Researchers
I get that there are going to be a lot of think pieces about what this means and what we need to do (I posted immediate repercussions of the election for teachers...
Category: Educational PracticeThe Importance of Working ‘Open’ in Education
Is working “open” the binary opposite of “closed” ways of working? Could it be that it’s as simple as flicking some kind of switch for your organisation or institution to begin embracing...
Category: Educational PracticeTeachers Paying Teachers for Lesson Plans
Kacey Potter, 8th grade English teacher in Rice Virginia, has earned more than $150,000 over the past five years by selling her curriculum to other teachers via Teachers Pay Teachers — lesson...
Category: Educational PracticeWatchworthy Wednesday: Brokering Learning Opportunities
A new initiative — Building Youth Pathways in Computer Science and Digital Making (CS-Paths) — has been launched in an effort to support teens in computing and digital making programs. CS-Paths, a...
Category: Educational PracticeThe Situational Approach to Learning with New Media
The topic of whether or how children should use new and emerging technologies for learning is evergreen, particularly as the new school year commences. I’ve written in this space before about reactions...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeWatchworthy Wednesday: Connecting Hip-Hop and Coding
How can young people use coding to express their interests in areas such as hip-hop dance? To explore this question, Progressive Arts Alliance and the MIT Scratch team will host the Hip-Hop...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeEngaging Introductions for First Day of Class
One of the things I always try to do at the beginning of class or even a short workshop is give participants opportunities to start building community — and this means that introductions...
Category: Educational PracticeSTEM Design Strategies to Engage Underrepresented Students
Although “making is a stance toward learning,” Minecraft is proving to be an object to learn with as well as think with in many after-school programs. “Talking about tinkering while doing it,...
Categories: Educational Practice, EquityEducating for Participatory Politics in the Digital Age
When I earned my teaching credential in the late 1990s, I had to take a class called “Technology for Teachers.” We mostly talked about using programs like Microsoft Office to prepare students...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Educational PracticeSilicon Valley’s high-tech companies, startups and venture capitalists are “the centre of a techno-economic revolution” that is “now spreading outwards across the world, with major societal effects and implications,” argues Alistair Duff...
Categories: Edtech, Educational PracticeFull STEAM Ahead: Remodeling Learning
Yes, it’s relatively easy to introduce technology and to experiment with project-based learning. It’s not so easy to change the law, norms, and practices that are so strongly associated with high schools...
Category: Educational Practice
