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Guest post by Paula Ford @prford5, Kindergarten Teacher at Manuel De Vargas Elementary School in San Jose, CA. This post is a continuation of her post on Traveling Toy Animals with her learners in California and with Ashli Engle’s class in farming country in Indiana. Our question: How is the city and the farm the same and different? We have …
Project-based learning (PBL) incorporates the elements of learner-centered environments. When learners are encouraged to ask questions and have a voice about something they are interested in, now that’s more personal than traditional instruction! When kids have a chance to play, experiment, tinker, create, and do meaningful tasks, they are more motivated to want to learn. But …
Kevin McLaughlin shared how he transformed his class with personal journeys (PJs) and redesigning the classroom.
Season 3 Episode 7 on TL Talk Radio (March 7, 2017): Leading teaching and learning with Randy Ziegenfuss (@ziegeran) and Lynn Fuini-Hetten (@lfuinihetten) who interviewed me on change, deeper learning, design-thinking, project-based learning, and facilitating the design of coaching programs and learner-centered environments. Here is what we talked about: Let’s start the conversation with your latest …
We know there is an urgent need to change education so all of our children are prepared for their future. I embedded this amazing video below from Prince EA “I just sued the School System!” I believe teachers, administrators, parents, and kids will find that this 6 minute video will help them get the conversations going …
Guest Post by Paula Ford @prford5, Kindergarten Teacher, Manuel De Vargas Elementary School, San Jose, CA about collaborative project with her kinderkids and a school in Indiana.
Digital Promise provides a process for teachers and aspiring teachers to demonstrate evidence of learning and improving teaching practice through micro-credentials. This post is the beginning of a series on personal professional learning.
Joy is what makes your heart sing. It is what makes you want to learn, experiment, explore, tinker and even take risks. This post is just the beginning of posts on joy and learning.
Change is Complex. Especially in education. Barbara takes the change process using a graphic from Sylvia Duckworth to understand what change means for teachers and students. Teachers are learners too.
Guest blog by JoAnn Jacobs, sixth grade social studies teacher at Mid-Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii Prior to entering sixth grade, parents fill out a form about their child and feelings about school. Nine times out of ten, the least favorite subject listed is social studies. When I speak to parents at open house, I stress …