All Entries in the "Features" Category
Should you ‘friend’ your students on Facebook?
What if you used an account separate from your personal one? Is any online communication with students appropriate?
A Case for the Arts in the Future of Education
If you believe, as I do, that the techniques we use in education should be teaching students things that are most important to them and society, then arts have to be at or near the top of the list.
The Changing Nature of Play
Children run around McCleary Playground, located in Toronto’s Leslieville. The ground is covered in soft grass and wood chips; logs, boulders, and saplings fill the small, gated area. This leafy playground is part of a new trend. It is a natural playground, made of pathways, trees, shrubs, logs, and boulders from the Canadian Shield.
The Law of Unexpected Consequences: A Better Way of Learning
In the real world, subjects overlap, and taking a broader view of
Educating to Fail
Our education is failing today’s children in a big way. Yet, it’s not only our education system; it’s also our governments, our economy, and our national economic policy.
Gazing Down From Cloud Number Nine
Today’s ever accelerating speed of development means cloud applications are already entering the classroom
The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be
If you could take a doctor from the 19th century and transport him (for it would certainly be a man) to a modern hospital, he wouldn’t be able to do much more than walk around and shake hands, spreading disease as he went
Bridging the Relevancy Gap
The Relevancy Gap: Employers believe that high schools don’t teach relevant information and skills needed to succeed in the workplace and students don’t understand how their course work is relevant to the real world.
Collaborative Problem Solving Calms and Educates Explosive Students
The tragedy of our time is that few recognize and treat explosive
Amphibians in Space
This is the story of a scientist, a group of high school students and an unusual, but highly successful, research collaboration.
