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Research Seeks Scale For Measuring Student Engagement

A Univ. of Missouri researcher developed a scale that quantifies student engagement, which can help identify barriers to participation.

Teaching / March 22, 2015 / Grant Wiggins

Taking A Look At Teacher Effectiveness Ratings: Part 1 by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education Can a chronically “failing” school be inhabited by

25 Random Thoughts About Teaching & Learning by Terry Heick The picture? It’s Spring, and I missed the sun. On

Education / March 20, 2015

Responding To Criticisms Of The Common Core by Adam Blum, CEO of OpenEd Ed note: Supporting “commonness” or standardization isn’t

Putting Technology At The Center Of Learning by Paul Moss Is your school still in the dark ages of #edtech?

From Civ 5 and Portal 2 to Assassin’s Creed and Minecraft, here are 50 of the best video games for learning.

Schools for Hope is a free curriculum designed to prevent youth suicide by sharing tools to find & maintain hope.

Technology / March 17, 2015 / Random

Here are some examples of old education technology that have paved the way for the edtech of today, from the abacus to the very first tablet.

Quantified Learners: Moving Beyond Assessment By Andrew Smith Lewis New applications and technologies are now embedded into practically every aspect

Do you want your PD effective, credible with staff, or affordable? Pick two — finding training that fits all 3 is a tremendous challenge.

How Empowerment Fosters Creativity by creativist.io Everyone has at least one story where they have witnessed the silencing of creativity.

Technology / March 12, 2015

“If that’s where they are, it’s where I must be, too.” by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Smartphone Owner And User Of Analog