From innovation to Revolution. Subtle technologies. Resources to support a new and open world for learning. Googlers are the types who never really leave the classroom.
Guest speakers come to campus to give talks on subjects ranging from fiction to physics. Diverse groups of people work together to understand and solve big problems while groups of Googlers engage in passionate debate in our cafeterias. Given this environment, it’s no surprise how highly we value our external work in education. We have a growing number of successful education programs from primary school through to university, as well as a suite of free and open tools that reach families and classrooms around the world.
Recently, we decided to gather our resources and lessons learned into one place for educators everywhere. To develop all of these new materials, we went straight to the source, relying on dozens of educators to provide stories and feedback. Thanks to educators, students and supporters everywhere for helping to extend our spirit of lifelong learning into classrooms around the globe. Mr Robbo – The P.E Geek. OneNote Testing. Fcp.co. Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: If Doctors Were Treated Like Teachers. The Creativity Crisis. Back in 1958, Ted Schwarzrock was an 8-year-old third grader when he became one of the “Torrance kids,” a group of nearly 400 Minneapolis children who completed a series of creativity tasks newly designed by professor E.
Paul Torrance. Schwarzrock still vividly remembers the moment when a psychologist handed him a fire truck and asked, “How could you improve this toy to make it better and more fun to play with?” He recalls the psychologist being excited by his answers. In fact, the psychologist’s session notes indicate Schwarzrock rattled off 25 improvements, such as adding a removable ladder and springs to the wheels. That wasn’t the only time he impressed the scholars, who judged Schwarzrock to have “unusual visual perspective” and “an ability to synthesize diverse elements into meaningful products.”
The accepted definition of creativity is production of something original and useful, and that’s what’s reflected in the tests. The potential consequences are sweeping. JRussellTeacher Blog. A Pearltree of Free Technology for Teachers. The Principal of Change. TEDxIB @ York. The York School Tech Sessions. Thirdocean is a social media marketing and strategy company based out of Toronto. They’ve created a project called XConnect, where they examine the crossroads between various industries and technology.
On Wednesday, May 30th, 2012, XConnect closed off their EduConnect series with the EduConnect Panel Discussion discussing the impact technology has on education. I was on the panel . The event was held at ING Direct’s Network Orange Cafe in downtown Toronto, with a fantastic panel of educators, technologists, and advisors. Check out the wrap-up video. Every year in January we take some time to look back at the the exciting and interesting uses of technology across the school. Blackboard While we may not think of it very much Blackboard is the one tool that our student touch everyday. Popular Blackboard uses this year: 1) Course Blogs – Facilitating debate, discussion and idea sharing 2) Course Wikis – Building and collaborating unit and exam review notes Collecting Data for Formative Assessment.
This blog documents best practice for teaching and learning with technology.