Tag Archives: 21st century learning
As school systems across the United States move, seemingly inexorably, toward high stakes assessment-oriented modes of instruction, many educators and parents want to provide children with learning opportunities that return to hands-on, inquiry based, and project based learning. Numerous programs and products have emerged to meet this desire. Arts-based after-school and summer programs are hosted [...]
How do we get the best learning into young people’s hands, onto their minds, and then get it to stick around, especially considering the abundance and speed of information, and agility of the tools we use to make it and read it? How about doing what we’ve always done: get that learning into a story. [...]
On December 21, 2012, the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) released version 2.0 of its technology guidelines. That same day, Education Week provided a summary of that document. PARCC and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) have also released a joint Technology Readiness Tool that will help schools [...]
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Sarah Fudin works in community relations for University of Southern California Rossier School of Education’s online masters programs. USC Rossier Online provides the opportunity for current teachers to earn a Masters in Education online and for prospective teacher to earn a Masters in Teaching online. Outside of work Sarah enjoys running, reading and Pinkberry frozen yogurt. [...]
Engaging Students Through Social Media: Real World Experience, Creativity, and Future Employability by Rob James was originally posted on GettingSmart.com. Social media has become an essential part of most people’s everyday lives, from checking Facebook and Twitter to posting blogs, Pinterest listings, and uploading YouTube videos. However, and with smartphones making it easier than ever [...]
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