"Great teachers engineer learning experiences that put students in the driver's seat. Then, they get out of the way." - Ben Johnson To tap into the full intellectual potential of every learner and prepare them for the post-pandemic world, educators must help learners develop the essential
Dive Into Deep Learning: Tools for Engagement by Joanne Quinn, Joanne McEachen, Michael Fullan, Mag Gardner, and Max Drummy was published in August 2019. This easy-to-use guide is loaded with tools, tips, protocols and real world examples of how to design and measure progress in
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Teachers are often asked to help students design resumes for future employers. We have to be thinking in really practical terms about what our students’ employers will want to see. Lisa Johnson took this question head-on, asking CFOs, engineers, entrepreneurs, real estate agents, artists, and
“Leaders and would-be leaders today face double jeopardy. The demands on them are multifarious, disjointed, relentless, and chaotic. And the advice they receive—from their bosses, books, workshops, job descriptions, and consultants—is an amalgam of half-truths, vague generalities, piecemeal solutions, and ad hoc good ideas. Yet
Many of us are familiar with Mayberry, that fictional television town from the 1950’s where everyone was happy, the streets were quiet, and Sheriff Andy Taylor could solve all of the town’s problems and then retire each night to his tranquil home for an All-American
Whatever you call it: Holistic, balanced, or comprehensive, there’s more to assessment than standardized testing. With the disturbance in the forces of assessment we have unprecedented opportunities to return assessment to its roots: Back to the local level, inside the school, within the classroom, planned
"It’s up in the Cloud" is a common refrain we hear in our lives today. From our emails, to our photos, and don’t forget our documents - much of our teaching world now lives online. Let’s take a quick look at three ways you can get most
What Are Cooperative Games? Have you heard about cooperative games? Cooperative games are games based on cooperation rather than competition. There are cooperative games of all kinds for all ages and settings. Cooperative games range from board games to circle games to PE games to digital games
This post was originally published on the iPads in Education Ning. I was recently giving a workshop at a local elementary school. Walking around and speaking to teachers and children it suddenly dawned on me that several of the "revolutionary" educational changes we've been calling for have
How Do We Have It All? How do we address both the short-term goals of preparing students for the tests as well as addressing the long term goals of preparing them for life? How do we address the need for our students to learn both the traditional