Harvard Graduate School of Education: CAEL

Harvard's Graduate School of Education offers Certificate in Advanced Educational Leadership (CAEL).  Please use the link here for more information.  I completed the CAEL program in Spring of 2017 and would be happy to talk to you…

Digital Citizenship: Harvard Graduate School of Education

Digital citizenship is a holistic and positive approach to helping children learn how to be safe and secure, as well as smart and effective participants in a digital world. That means helping them understand their rights and responsibilities,…

d. school at Stanford: Design Thinking

The K12 Lab is a catalyst for creative confidence in the elementary and secondary education sectors. Through workshops, resources or tools, we teach using immersive real-world projects where creative problem-solving matters most. We aim…

Google Certified Innovator Program

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Why Schools Need Signature Learning Experiences

Good schools have intentional—not inherited—features. They share a set of agreements that create coherence around a few animating ideas. Strategies, structures, schedules, systems, and even spaces are aligned. Everything works together for…

Standards Based Classroom: Make Learning the Goal

If you have not liked/joined the group Standards Based Learning and Grading on Facebook, please do!  Here is a connection from a Facebook post where two educators share their work with secondary teams. Every standards-based system looks…

AI Can Pass Standardised Tests—But It Would Fail Preschool

Opinion: Sure, an AI aced an eighth-grade science test, but the method it used highlights its lack of common sense or anything resembling human understanding.  Check out the article here.

Some Helpful YouTube Channels for Social Studies Teachers

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Edutopia Article: Three Ways to Boost Students' Conceptual Thinking

“Learning knowledge and skills is like standing in the middle of a forest, surrounded by trees: It’s easy to spot details but hard to see patterns.” Consider these 3 questions to help students go from surface to deeper learning.

Globally- Minded and Value-driven with Empatico

Empatico is creating a global movement to spread kindness and empathy around the world. They combine the best of technology with the best of humanity to expand the boundaries of learning. Empatico is a free tool for educators to connect their…