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Empowering Students Through Entrepreneurship & Design Thinking, Part 2
Students brainstorming ideas for an improved system to reduce patient errors with prescription medications. Later, they built a working prototype to fully test and show their concept.Photo credit: Kim...
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Design Thinking Meets a Community Action Project
Image credit: Ewan McIntosh via flicker (CC BY-NC 2.0)Jeanine HarmonEducation TrendsJeanine Harmon, Director of Community Outreach and Service Learning at Park Day School, describes a middle school...
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One-Minute Papers: A Way to Further Design Thinking
Image credit: iStockphotoAshley NahornickEducation TrendsGuest blogger Ashley Nahornick, a Doctorate of Education Candidate at Teachers College Columbia, offers a one-minute strategy for introducing...
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How Design Thinking Can Empower Young People
Video & TranscriptHow Design Thinking Can Empower Young People (Transcript)Daniel: For kids who really feel like most of life happens to them, for them to have an opportunity to feel that they have...
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Teachers are Learning Designers
Photo credit: VeerAndrew MillerTeacher LeadershipEdutopia blogger Andrew Miller, inspired by Sir Ken Robinson's metaphor that teachers are like gardeners, reviews the skills teachers need to design...
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5 Tips for EdTech Entrepreneurs
Image credit: iStockphotoMary Beth HertzTechnology IntegrationEdutopia blogger Mary Beth Hertz, in the interest of aligning new edtech products with the needs of their intended users, offers five...
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Sports for the Mind: From PlayStation to Active Learning
Video & Transcript Fostering Creativity and Community with a Platform Video Game (Transcript)Mark: The idea of making computer game is, to a lot of people, is probably quite an intimidating or...
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Engagement and Impact: Design Thinking and the Arts
Photo credit: ThinkstockKim DabbsEducation TrendsYouth arts program administrator and guest blogger Kim Dabbs describes an after-school program in which teens used design thinking to create a mobile...
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How the Maker Movement Is Moving into Classrooms
Vicki Davis @coolcatteacherMaker EducationFrom the pedagogy of educational theorists and design thinkers to the passion of tinkers and hobbyists, the Maker movement finds its way into mainstream...
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The DIY World of Maker Tools and Their Uses
Vicki Davis @coolcatteacherMaker EducationFrom new technology to everyday materials to rebooting school woodshop and home ec classes, makerspaces challenge students to open their minds and expand their...
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Why Learning Space Matters
Ramona PersaudLearning EnvironmentsTo maximize learning potential, classrooms should be open, comfortable, well lit, and visually stimulating. Strategic use of existing space can make a big difference,...
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Arts Integration: Resource Roundup
Arts IntegrationAll points of arts integration -- from implementation in the classroom and engaging students, to linking the arts with core curriculum -- are covered in this roundup of useful Edutopia...
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The Hattie Effect: What's Essential for Effective PBL?
Suzie BossPlace-Based LearningCheck out how John Hattie's research is demystifying what works in education and how this relates to project-based learning.
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Hi there, I've noticed some recent Edutopia articles have focused on unschooling and self-directed learning, and so I wanted to reach out and share Agile Learning Centers with members of this community.
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Classroom in the Cloud: Technology as a Learning Environment
Laura FlemingLearning EnvironmentsAn under-utilized high school library becomes a constant learning organization and a place of cloud literacy where students send their avatars into 3-D virtual...
View Article3D Printing Aims To Revolutionize Australian Schools And Manufacturing
Just wanted to share my view of something that becomes more and more popular these days that plenty of people are considering it a buzzword.3D Printing Technology in Schools3D printing has been a...
View ArticleAndragogy in Pedagogy
This topic absolutely fascinates me because of the differing paradigms that exist when talking about learning. "Can't teach an old dog new tricks." or "that child absorbs information like a sponge."...
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Students Break the System of Bullying in English Class
Video & TranscriptEveryone is a Participant (Video Transcript)Teacher: Once you gain your students' trust, if you can give them that's just a little beyond their reach, then they will go way...
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Using Gaming Principles to Engage Students
Douglas KiangGame-Based LearningImprove your grasp of instructional design by looking at five game design dynamics and applying them to how you build curriculum and run your class.
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How the Maker Movement Is Moving into Classrooms
Vicki Davis @coolcatteacherMaker EducationFrom the pedagogy of educational theorists and design thinkers to the passion of tinkers and hobbyists, the Maker movement finds its way into mainstream...
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