Is Professional Development for Teachers One Big Boondoggle?: Interesting study, but the...

At their worst, walkthroughs are viewed as compliance checks with administrators strutting around schools and classrooms to enforce top-down initiatives. There’s not much progress when teachers generally wonder, "How can I avoid getting in trouble?" rather than, "How can I collaborate with my administrators to improve things for students?" At their best, walkthroughs are viewed as a part of an ongoing formative assessment process that finds teachers and administrators engaged in a system of reciprocal accountability. They work together to improve students’ results, their own professional development, and each other as people.(via Reimagining Classroom Walkthroughs | Edutopia)

The Changing Role Of The Teacher In Personalized Learning Environments: I think that the...

OpenTED: Either this is a great way to get ideas out into the open, or TED is running out of...

This Is What Today's Online Learning Content Tells Us About The Future Of School: I liked the quote...

Ditching the Desk: I think that this is a great idea. It makes for a more active learning...

The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Teacher Development: New study details...

Rewriting the Myths of Creativy: This is an interesting ebook where the author, David Burkus, looks...

I like this small little graphic. It explains clearly why we need to teach creative thinking. I think we spend too much time on the left panel of Knowledge, and very little time on the right panel. Project based, problem based and authentic learning give us the middle panel, but not everyone is on board with that type of teaching yet. I do not know who created this graphic, maybe you do, so I cannot credit the artist. However, whomever created it I tip my hat.

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