Troubleshooting motivation (Part 1)
Motivating students is hard. Surveyed teachers recently ranked motivation as their number one biggest struggle with students. Fortunately, good theory can make it easier. In […]
Oct 1, 2013
Author: Thomas Arnett
How do you get students to like school?
Earlier this summer our education team visited the Khan Academy Discovery Lab, a summer camp where upper-elementary students spent one week learning about either math […]
Sept 23, 2013
How can we pick instructional strategies that will actually motivate students?
In our work as educators, we often find ourselves wrestling with choices about instructional strategies. For example, should we try blended learning, or should we […]
Sept 16, 2013
Funding the Internet pipeline for online learning
In the mid-1990s, the Internet became the next big thing in telecommunications. To ensure that students would be able to participate in the emerging digital […]
Sept 9, 2013
Teacher of the Future
Will computers replace teachers?
There are some innovation and technology enthusiasts who claim that computer-based learning will soon replace teachers. Just take a look at some recent op-eds by […]
Aug 26, 2013
Teacher of the Future