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Black Math Teachers Are Good For More Than Race Stuff
Some of us have found a way to share our stories without apologizing through the #Blackout era. White educators need to be more aware of their complicity in the recent murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Abery by police. Instead of a quick "I told you so", I am choosing to engage with this new group of subscribers with a huge feeling of responsibility and awareness, while still holding firm to my identity as well as all the anchors that kept this boat stable despite the current at its port.
By Kim Grant4 years ago in Education
Highlights From Our Body Systems Unit
My Year Three move is great because I can experience new units and see how concepts and topics are built throughout the school. I have already written about the Year Three Conflicts unit. Click here for that post. Our second unit, a Who Areunit on body systems, has just been completed. Because it was filled with rich learning engagements, the unit brought science to life.
By Samuel Hill4 years ago in Education
Takeaways From The Learning Jam
Toddle presented the Learning Jam as a 24-hour PD event that celebrated all things STEAM. Expert teachers and designers from all over the globe led sessions on a variety of topics that had a common thread of making, tinkering and innovation.
By Samuel Hill4 years ago in Education
Is Instagram A Good Platform For Teachers
Because I have mixed feelings about Instagram as a platform for teachers, I would like to use this opportunity to talk about it. These are my observations. These are not the views of all teachers.
By Samuel Hill4 years ago in Education
What Is Design Thinking
Recently, I've become interested in design thinking in education. It is a great framework that I believe adds enormous value to learning and teaching. It is associated with empathy, agency creativity, problem-solving, cooperation, grit, and creativity. These skills and dispositions are more valuable than ever for both educators and employers. Design thinking is a powerful tool in our teaching toolkit that can enhance classroom experiences and foster deeper learning.
By Samuel Hill4 years ago in Education
Design Thinking: Reducing And Resolving Student Conflicts
This blog post will be about design thinking and classroom applications. Unit context My Year Three students were studying conflict resolution in the Sharing The Planet unit. They were specifically interested in personal conflicts, their causes, and strategies to resolve them. These are the details:
By Samuel Hill4 years ago in Education
Design Thinking: How Are Goods And Services Developed
Recently, we completed a Year Three unit on goods and services. All of the unit was approached using design thinking. This blog post will highlight some of the highlights of this rich unit.
By Samuel Hill4 years ago in Education
My Aims For Next Year (2021-22)
Each academic year is a time when I reflect on the past and set goals for the future. As I do every summer, here are my ten priorities for the next year. Many of these relate to my new role so I will explain them first.
By Samuel Hill4 years ago in Education
Where Did Education Fail Us?
My final reflection on the semester of my doctoral study (don't ask how it's going), was about what it meant to obtain an education. In this space, I have repeatedly thought about the big difference between education and schooling. The desire to teach students a particular set of ideas and materials is the hallmark of schooling. Education is the result of this process. However, teaching does not necessarily mean that someone is learning. And, even more importantly, learning does not mean that someone is in a school where schooling is taking place.
By Kim Grant4 years ago in Education
Let's Teach In Pajamas Forever
I propose to make the nation's largest public school system completely online, contrary to my public activism and advocacy. This may shock some of you who have been following me for many years. However, I may have felt a bit jealous for some my most passionate detractors. I envy their way of speaking, walking, and working as though they have the whole theory of online education figured out. Instead of fighting them with the other contrarians in my little line, I am now in complete agreement with them.
By Kim Grant4 years ago in Education
Evolution of Media
Since the start of current amassing media, analysts have scrutinized the force of media messages on the decision-making methodology of people. A part of the research on this point is the way we choose concerning our state of being founded on these media messages.
By Dan4 years ago in Education
The Long-Lasting Impact
Educating has been regarded as perhaps the noblest calling for the last numerous hundreds of years everywhere. The educators were believed to be the cerebrum designers and characters working of the best characters, including rulers, scholars, learned people, vanquishers, officers, and researchers.
By GameTech Streaming4 years ago in Education