In January, I talked with world leaders from India, England, Finland, and Europe about their goals to improve education. Each had a distinct project and clear opinions about what was the most important facet of education to focus on: from how to make education accessible to everyone, to how to make students into stronger candidates for jobs in the global marketplace.
At the dynamic Education Fast Forward 12 Debate on January 19, I spoke with Stefan...
By Jeffrey Beard
Howard Gardner’s “Good Project” is aimed at identifying individuals and institutions that “exemplify good work – work that is excellent in quality, socially responsible, and meaningful to its practitioners – and to determine how to best increase the incidence of good work in our society”. It is this sort of...
I finally found the tool I have been looking for when it comes to having students create Total Talent Portfolios.
Total Talent Portfolios, or TTPs, are based on the work of Dr. Joseph Renzulli at the University of Connecticut and involve students creating a place where they can collect information about their learning preferences, strengths, talents, favorite subjects, goals and other important data about themselves. Groups such as the National Association for Gifted...
China was covered in NYS 6th grade social studies. I covered China around the Chinese New Year each year and planned our trip to a chinese restaurant at this time. Students learned to use chopsticks and to say "hello," "please," "thank you" and "Happy New Year" in Chinese. It was always a very popular activity. If you can't go to a chinese restaurant, stop at one and ask if you can get fortune cookies to share with your students. I found that they were happy to "give" them to me or for a...
Thought I'd share two news stories which might be of interest to use in the classroom in the beginning of the class period or at the end of the class.
ESPN to Use DRONE for the First Time!
Drones are finding their way into our daily activities. For the first time ESPN will utilize drones in their coverage of the Winter X Games,to be held this week, in Aspen, Colorado. ...
“A greater national focus on the criticality of educational equity is needed in order to mobilize the masses and invite everyone to be a part of the solution. Only when every person on the street realizes the role she can play in this movement, can we begin to change the conversations around education.” -- Shaheen Mistri
“Seva,” the Hindi word for “service,” is one of Teach for India’s (TFI) core values. “Seva, Teamwork, Integrity, Respect and Humility, Resourcefulness,...
“When jobs are changing rapidly, accumulating knowledge matters less, and success becomes increasingly about ways of thinking - creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving and judgment; about ways of working - collaboration and teamwork; about tools for working, including the capacity to recognize and exploit the potential of new technologies; and about the social and emotional skills that help us live and work together." -- Andreas Schleicher
What role should...
As a classroom teacher, you probably know the feeling. You have that student in class that finishes his or her work early, asks lots of questions, gets bored easily and maybe even points out mistakes that others make, including yourself. As you struggle to help the lower-performing students, you wonder what you can do with this child.
What you may have is a gifted child on your hands.
And without the proper training and strategies, that child could join...
Jeff sits down with Syed Balkhi from WPBeginner.com to discuss how WordPress can be used as a communication tool between teachers and parents, as well as how it can be used as a powerful digital portfolio tool.