What can we learn from 3 organizations’ approaches to integrate teaching and technology?
Economic forces tend to segregate edtech development and instructional innovation. Blended learning's future depends on brining them together.
Jan 14, 2020
Author: Thomas Arnett
Four principles for designing the future of teaching in 2020
Given the overflowing demands on teachers’ time, we need to reinvent the classroom and the roles of teachers so that teachers can tackle the meaningful and important work that almost always gets sidelined amidst the da...
Dec 17, 2019
For student-centered learning to work, schools must rethink this key component. Here’s how.
The future of student-centered learning hinges on whether proponents and practitioners can develop better systems of grading and measurement.
Dec 4, 2019
Strengthening connections between home and school can make a world of difference for students
Integrating home and school requires more than biannual parent-teacher conferences, signatures on homework packets and an occasional call home when a problem arises. It requires building deep relationships and learning f...
Nov 21, 2019
One major barrier to high-quality blended learning
We’ll see better performance from blended learning when K–12 organizations start to integrate the design of technologies, school policies, and educator practices.
Oct 22, 2019
Teachers shouldn’t have to be their students’ judges
Unbundling the role of the teacher and leveraging the benefits of technology could create assessment and grading systems that circumvent drawbacks.
Sept 25, 2019
Two reasons why teachers don’t automate their work
Teachers stand to benefit from letting technology substitute for some of their instructional tasks. Yet few teachers actually adopt technology for this purpose. Maybe this isn't the kind of help teachers are seeking.
Sept 20, 2019
Why teachers should disrupt themselves
By disrupting basic instructional tasks, technology can give teachers more time for the things they really want to do for their students.
Aug 27, 2019
If we do it right, teachers plus technology can free educators to focus more on students
The more technology can automate some aspects of teachers’ work, the more teachers have time for the work that matters most.
Aug 15, 2019
A “Modern” classroom model, designed by teachers, helps students stay engaged and connected
Two teachers transformed their classrooms, then launched a nonprofit to help their colleagues make their teaching more student-centered.
July 30, 2019