The 20% Project (like Google) In My Class. *Update: If you’d like to learn more about running your own 20% Project – check out our latest post: Designing 20% Time in Education I recently assigned a new project to my 11th grade English students: The 20% Project.
Although it’s called a “project”, that term is merely for student understanding and lack of a better word. This project is based on the “20 percent time” Google employees have to work on something other than their job description. JeopardyLabs - Online Jeopardy Template.
What if You Only Had 5 Minutes to Inspire a Student? - Finding Common Ground. First impressions are important.
We know this. We've heard about it in commercials and read about it in books. The statement, "You don't get a second chance to make a first impression," is a popular statement that is ingrained in our psyche. As much as we often think this only means adult-to-adult relationships, it also pertains to the relationships we have with our students. In an excellently written Education Week Teacher commentary, Pernille Ripp wrote that "most of us make our biggest mistake on our very first day.
" Learn.quinnipiac.edu/teaching/gettinghelp/documents/Harkness_Discussion.pdf. The Collaborative offers a host of useful teaching resources for faculty members.
Please note that details on some resources listed below are viewable only to members of the Quinnipiac community. Welcome New Faculty (login required)This page offers an overview of the resources provided by the Department of Academic Affairs. Guide to Successful PracticesThis guide is a portfolio of teaching strategies that work. Exemplary examples of course design and strategies to facilitate and assess student learning are organized and presented using the University's ePortfolio platform. Technology and Teaching Technology Center (login required)The Technology Center provides diagnoses and repair for your computer, network access, software, document scanning, equipment lending, pdf creation, and much more.Knowledge Base (login required) Have a question? Ten Things I've Learned in Going Project-Based. It's a few days before Christmas and I expect a challenge.
Students will be checked-out or hyper. However, to my surprise, they are fully engaged in a project that combines reading, writing, global awareness and critical thinking. Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques. Many students are being left behind by an educational system that some people believe is in crisis.
Improving educational outcomes will require efforts on many fronts, but a central premise of this monograph is that one part of a solution involves helping students to better regulate their learning through the use of effective learning techniques. Progressive Education. Spring 2008 Progressive Education Why It’s Hard to Beat, But Also Hard to Find By Alfie Kohn RELATED PUBLICATIONS: * "What to Look for in a Classroom" (table) * "A Dozen Basic Guidelines for Educators" (list) If progressive education doesn’t lend itself to a single fixed definition, that seems fitting in light of its reputation for resisting conformity and standardization.
Talk to enough progressive educators, in fact, and you’ll begin to notice certain paradoxes: Some people focus on the unique needs of individual students, while others invoke the importance of a community of learners; some describe learning as a process, more journey than destination, while others believe that tasks should result in authentic products that can be shared.[1] The Myth About Homework. Sachem was the last straw.
Or was it Kiva? My 12-year-old daughter and I had been drilling social-studies key words for more than an hour. It was 11 p.m. Our entire evening had, as usual, consisted of homework and conversations (a.k.a. nagging) about homework. She was tired and fed up. As the summer winds down, I'm dreading scenes like that one from seventh grade. Subscribe Now Get TIME the way you want it One Week Digital Pass — $4.99 Monthly Pay-As-You-Go DIGITAL ACCESS — $2.99 One Year ALL ACCESS — Just $30! What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success - Anu Partanen. The Scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values equality more than excellence.
Sergey Ivanov/Flickr Everyone agrees the United States needs to improve its education system dramatically, but how? One of the hottest trends in education reform lately is looking at the stunning success of the West's reigning education superpower, Finland. Trouble is, when it comes to the lessons that Finnish schools have to offer, most of the discussion seems to be missing the point. The small Nordic country of Finland used to be known -- if it was known for anything at all -- as the home of Nokia, the mobile phone giant. Finland's schools owe their newfound fame primarily to one study: the PISA survey, conducted every three years by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
And yet it wasn't clear that Sahlberg's message was actually getting through. Yet one of the most significant things Sahlberg said passed practically unnoticed.