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Students co-author the learning experience
It’s so great to have a string of stories about the positive impact of student technology teams in schools. Last Wednesday’s story was from New York, today’s is all the way across the country in Washington in The Olympian, the … Continue reading
Posted in Generation YES, GenYES, In the news, student project samples, student voice
Tagged Capital High School, education, Olympia, Olympian, positive, student, support, teachers, technology, Washington
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Edutopia - Students Teach Technology to Teachers
“When middle school students Alison and Nat confer with their teachers, it’s to talk about the lessons the students are preparing for student teachers as part of a new Generation www.Y program. The young people are part of a growing … Continue reading
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Tagged Edutopia, Generation www.Y, GenYES, mentoring, pre-service, service learning, students, teachers, tech support, technology
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Back to School - What do students want from teachers
Educational Leadership:Giving Students Ownership of Learning:What Students Want from Teachers Back to school time is here - and I’m going through the files to find inspiring, practical ideas for nurturing student leadership, creativity, and lifelong learning. This is a great … Continue reading
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Tagged ASCD, creativity, Education Leadership, lifelong learning, student, teachers
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Unpacking John Hughes - Lessons for Educators
Views: John Hughes’s Lessons - Inside Higher Ed. This is a great little article by Maureen O’Connell in Inside Higher Ed magazine for educators to ponder. John Hughes left a legacy of films about adolescent relationships - with each other, … Continue reading
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Tagged educator, Inside Higher Education, john hughes, Maureen O'Connell, teachers
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The disconnect in science education
Every year, Project Tomorrow administers the annual SpeakUp survey of students, parents, teachers, and administrators. Every year, we hear from U.S. students that they are fascinated by technology, love learning, and want more. Results from the over 300,000 participants in … Continue reading
Posted in education reform, research
Tagged American, attitude, education, Project Tomorrow, Science, science literacy, Speak Up, students, survey, teachers
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The art of being an unreasonable educator
Many educators I speak to daily are very reasonable people. They have dreams about how education should be, but still show up for work every day in a system that is slow, if not hostile to change. They compromise with … Continue reading