Creative Thinking, Part One: A Traditional Country Flirts with Nontraditional...
Chinese educators are looking to project learning to develop student creativity. I recently returned from a week in Beijing, where the Beijing Institute of Education was my host. I was there to do...
View ArticleCreative Thinking, Part Two: China Imports Project-Based Learning to Promote...
The future will belong to those capable of producing ideas. This is the second part of a two-part blog entry. Read part one. I guess I should not have been surprised by the rigid structure in Chinese...
View ArticleFive-Minute Film Festival: School Gardens
This week's video playlist goes outdoors to check out school gardens around the country. School gardens provide great green lessons about cooperation, sustainability, and stewardship of the earth....
View ArticleFive-Minute Film Festival: Travel for Teachers
Whether you have the resources to travel internationally or just take a short trip, traveling can be enriching both personally and professionally for educators. Watch the videos in VideoAmy's playlist...
View Article#Satchat: A Great Way for Administrators to Connect
Middle school vice principal Brad Currie explains the origins of the #Satchat group on Twitter, and describes how school administrators can benefit from expanding their Personal Learning Network....
View ArticleConnecting Educators Benefits Students
Edutopia blogger Nick Provenzano tells the story of how he expanded his Personal Learning Network into the online world and, as a result, enriched his students' classroom experience. As part of...
View ArticleSupporting New Teachers to Make Global Connections
With help from guest blogger Michele L. Haiken, Edutopia blogger Lisa Dabbs looks at ways that teachers can expand their classroom walls using global collaboration projects. This past week, a...
View ArticleLearning Forum Puts PBL Teachers on World Stage
Author Suzie Boss shares some of the winning innovations from the Partners in Learning Global Forum, sponsored by Microsoft. When teachers embark on project-based learning with their students, there's...
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