Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World – by Tony Wagner

December 5th, 2016
Creating Inovators

Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World by Tony Wagner (© 2012, Scribner: New York, NY) explores what parents, teachers, and employers must do to develop the capacities of young people to become innovators. Tony profiles innovators to identify patterns in their childhood that made them what they are. He shows how to apply his findings to education and tells parents how to compensate for poor schools. Keys include collaboration, interdisciplinary problem-solving, and intrinsic motivation. Sixty original videos are included that you can access via a smartphone. Go to Creating Innovators for a trailer.

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Five ways hectically busy school leaders can stay on track – by Douglas W. Green, EdD at @tesusa

November 17th, 2016

Wack a Mole
Five ways hectically busy school leaders can stay on track – by Douglas W. Green, EdD at @tesusa
Trying to run a school can feel like a game of Whack-a-Mole, but there are ways to keep winning.
This is my latest post for @tesusa – Check it out.

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Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids’ Brains and What Schools Can Do About It by Eric Jensen

November 13th, 2016
Poverty

Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids’ Brains and What Schools Can Do About It by Eric Jensen explains how the stresses encountered by poor student can impact their achievement in school and what schools can do about it. All schools should get some copies into their teachers’ hands.

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The Examination of Emerging Technologies for Their Potential Impact on Schools

November 8th, 2016

Tech Future
The Examination of Emerging Technologies for Their Potential Impact on and Use in Teaching, Learning, and Creative Inquiry in Schools: The NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2016 K-12 Edition – This is an eight-page summary of the 54-page report. In it, 55 experts weigh in what’s coming in the next five years. Use it to see how your school is doing.

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Why Blended Learning is Effective by Kevin Nelson

November 3rd, 2016

Blended Learning
Why Blended Learning Is Effective by Kevin Nelson explains and extolls this type of learning which is trending, especially in schools where every student has a laptop or a tablet device. Be sure to share this with your network so everyone you know gets hip with this important innovation.

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