by Shelley Wright | Nov 7, 2013 | Less Teacher, More Student, Passion Based Learning, Voices
Most of our current school system revolves around academics, writes high school teacher Shelley Wright, “and yet, I think it falls miserably short of what our kids need. To be honest, I think our academic system of education is highly overrated, at best. At worst, it destroys a number of our kids.”
by Becky Bair | Aug 29, 2013 | Making The Shift, Passion Based Learning, The Compelling Need for Change, Voices
As the new school year begins, teachers can change their “stuff,” says Becky Bair. That’s the easy part. But if they haven’t changed their teaching lives to fit the needs of today’s students, then their classrooms will never become places where powerful learning is always going on.
by Tim Holt | Jun 6, 2013 | Passion Based Learning, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices
Our brains don’t like unresolved issues, writes El Paso Schools IT director Tim Holt. “Hollywood figured out long ago that cliffhangers are sticky — that our brains remember unresolved issues longer than plotlines that just plod along.” In his latest post about the advantages of problem-based learning, Holt says PBL lessons should also keep students busy resolving the unresolved.
by Margaret Haviland | Apr 24, 2013 | Less Teacher, More Student, Passion Based Learning, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices
Teacher and instructional leader Margaret Haviland considers the value to students of exploring creativity within limits and the need to give them license to freely pursue their creative urges within those limits.
by Peter Skillen | Apr 9, 2013 | Passion Based Learning, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices
Teacher and teacher educator Peter Skillen reflects on the role of passion in learning, highlighting the research and reminding us that emotion energizes the brain. Mesmerize!
by Smadar Goldstein | Apr 5, 2013 | Passion Based Learning, Uncategorized, Voices, Web Tools That Deepen Learning
When an online teacher encounters eighth graders who don’t know much about online technologies, she has two choices: sneak out of the virtual room – or set about discovering what they ARE good at. Welcome to appreciative inquiry.