Seth Godin posed an important question for both teachers and students on his blog last week: What can you learn from a lousy teacher?
If you have a teacher (of any sort) that you cannot please, that you cannot learn from, that is unwilling to take you where you need to go because [...]
The never-ending debate on how to best grade students takes a new turn as an Indiana game design professor uses, in classic video game style, “earned points” to grade his students:
Students at several of Indiana University’s game design courses begin their class with zero “experience points,” which corresponds to an F grade. Instead [...]
The US Department of Education recently released a draft of the National Educational Technology Plan entitled Transforming Education: Learning Powered by Technology. It made an attempt at outlining the relationship education and technology should have in the coming years.
Similar to much of the research I’ve read on the subject, the research complies [...]
The American education system is an area of much debate and opinion. While we always attempt to present fair view points regarding any issue on this blog, it doesn’t mean we don’t occasionally miss issues entirely. One of those issues is immigration.
Thomas Friedman, in today’s New York Times op-ed, tackles the discussion regarding influence of [...]
Tough economies pose difficult career hurdles, but also opportunities. Even if you haven’t lost your job, you probably know someone who has. Any period of economic correction is the perfect time to question your educational goals.
A great post from Happy Halfway discusses the writer’s individual educational goals:
What are your educational goals?
Do you want to [...]
Earlier this week we posed the question “What Makes A Quality Teacher?” after reflecting on the insightful blog post from Newly Ancient. One of the comments presented what I found to be an equally important question when judging a teacher, which is judging the quality of the student:
engaged (asks questions to find out more AND [...]
The Newly Ancient blog recently covered what they find to be the top traits possessed by “quality teachers.” I have quoted a snippet of each below:
#1 Passion
Without this, it is impossible to become a great teacher. If you don’t love your subject, how can you expect your students to? I don’t think this [...]
The New York Times Magazine has an excellent piece profiling Doug Lemov, previously a teacher, charter school founder and currently an educational consultant to help teachers become more effective. With so many failed attempts in the past by the government, Lemov took it upon himself to make a change:
Lemov himself pushed for data-driven programs that [...]
During the last election one of the major issues relevant to my peers and I was Obama’s plan for education. As current students we realized that any projects Obama planned to fund and execute would have little to no affect on our college experience. However, it was still important to us as students to see [...]
The Buck Institute for Education analyzed various educational frameworks relevant to the 21st Century.
Why the 21st Century? I believe the digital age presents a unique opportunity for students to leverage their career in new ways, specifically by accessing online resources. I found the data visualization curated by the Buck Institute for Education proved helpful for [...]
