• Bringing Authenticity to the Classroom | Edutopia

  “Authenticity — we know it works! There is research to support the value of authentic reading and writing. When students are engaged in real-world problems, scenarios and challenges, they find relevance in the work and become engaged in learning important skills and content.”

  tags: authenticity edutopia PBL project based learning project_based_learning projectbasedlearning #MustRead

• PBL: What Does It Take for a Project to Be “Authentic”? | Edutopia

  “Everyone thinks that Project-Based Learning has something to do with “authentic” learning. But not everyone agrees what this means.” In this piece, BIE’s John Larmer gives advice about a spectrum of authenticity in PBL.

  tags: pbl project based learning project_based_learning projectbasedlearning #MustRead authentic

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• In defense of failure – Unstuck

  What if we (schools across U.S.) tried the stuff in the HGSE article (http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-impact/2013/09/whats-the-big-idea/?show=all) and used the tips here to help us overcome our fear of the ideas failing? I bet we’d learn a lot by way of the Edu R&D!

  tags: failure #MustRead

• What’s the Big Idea? | Harvard Graduate School of Education

  Big Hat Tip to @MrsACBragg
  “When it comes to “improving” schools, students, and teachers, there’s no shortage of opinions out there on what won’t work. We wanted to know, what could work? For several months, we asked people to tell us one tangible education idea they had that was worth spreading. Some writers are connected to the Ed School, others aren’t. Yes, there’s even an idea from a Muppet. As you’ll see, a few ideas are slight twists on thoughts we’ve heard before; others are quirky and curious. All, we hope, will get you thinking.”

  Read more: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-impact/2013/09/whats-the-big-idea/#ixzz2hJ4nzpsh

  tags: School Change schoolreform edchange edreform #MustRead ChangED

• As ‘Above,’ So ‘Below’: Leadership as Learning at #EdLeader21′s PLC Event | chris.thinnes.me

  Leading IS learning.

  HT @GrantLichtman
  Outstanding recap of work, progress, sharing at #edleader21 via @CurtisCFEE http://t.co/rvk8G69lD1 @kenkay21 So many brushfires burning!

  tags: edleader21 #MustRead Leadership

• Part of the untold iPhone story

  Not getting it perfect, but prototyping to learn and improve. A part of a case study re: iPhone.

  HT @TylerThigpen
  Reminds me of putting together #TDed http://t.co/o7eN8lcPoC @EmilyBreite @boadams1 @TJEdwards62 @TheRealJamCam @StrotherZach @KristynGatesA

  tags: TDed #MustRead Design Prototyping failup

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• http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1c0d4e804119eeb06349e3ead/files/AJCArticle9.22.13.pdf?utm_source=2013-2014+MVPS+News+Service&utm_campaign=df3151cd7b-MVPS_Today12_10_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_52232d4585-df3151cd7b-73110301

  tags: learningspaces learning environment space mvpschool #MustRead

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• Young People Are the Geniuses Who Change the World | Switch and Shift

  “At Choose2Matter, our opening line in speaking to young adults is “You Are a Genius, and the World Needs Your Contribution.” Next, we tell them they can change the world.
  Why do we say this?”

  Brief profiles of young people CHANGING the world, not just being prepared to change the world. This could BE SCHOOL!
  Young People Are the Geniuses Who Change the World http://t.co/pwLs4NB3wV Look @boadams1 @jbrettjacobsen @GrantLichtman design in action

  tags: #MustRead Curriculum Education3pt0

• Making Education More Like Real Life Through Design Thinking | Lee-Anne Gray Psy.D

  “Mary Cantwell, Design Thinking Coordinator and IT Faculty Support at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School (MVPS) in Atlanta GA has greatly influenced my thinking about design thinking (DT). A coach at Stanford’s D school program, she created DEEP: Discover, Explore, Experiment, and Produce as her DT platform at MVPS. Design thinking involves immersing students in what she calls situations for discovery.”

  tags: design thinking design thinking designthinking #MustRead real-life real-world

• Cultivating Innovators in Independent Schools | The Puzzle

  Greg Bamford offers strong encouragement for realizing the potential of innovation in independent schools. (Of course, great advice and truth apply to more than just one sector.)
  @boadams1 @jgough @lottascales @HillbrookHOS @romano47 Thought you’d be interested in my new post on #indyschools: http://t.co/JP3vnMcUIy

  tags: indyschools innovation real-world motivation #MustRead

• The Real Education Reform Choice: Democracy or a Doctrine of Repression | Education on GOOD

  Reading @CurtisCFEE’s superb post GOOD Lite:The Real Education Reform Choice: Democracy or a Doctrine of Repression http://t.co/2JXUuJi21O

  “our facilitation of more authentic learning, and our design of more authentic policy, will emerge from the restoration at every level—from our classrooms, to our capitals—of an understanding of the purpose of education in, and for, our democracy.”

  tags: education reform democracy #MustRead

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