Digital Promise

DECEMBER 15, 2014

As we all take time to reflect on 2014, now is also a good time to look forward to 2015. This past year was eventful in education – we saw new measures to connect schools around the country , concepts like maker spaces, design thinking, and coding make their way into the mainstream, and teachers become more tech-savvy and connected.

Education 110

Education Civics Pedagogy Lesson Plan 110

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

. | 60 minutes – We will spend most of the first half of our workshop applying trudacot in depth to one or two video examples of technology-infused lessons (with accompanying lesson plans) so that administrators and teachers can practice utilizing the template with actual lessons to make judgments about the presence/absence of higher-order and (..)

K-12 97

K-12 Leadership Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan 97

TCI

JANUARY 21, 2025

While games cannot replace classroom instruction, they can enhance learning when intentionally integrated into a lesson plan. A 2021 study highlighted a positive relationship between gamified learning and student motivation from 2015 to 2020. The three critical elements of a good game are strategy, chance, and design.

K-12 52

K-12 Lesson Plan Critical Thinking Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Brewer uses case studies to teach the science of vaccines; last year she used the example of a 2015 measles outbreak linked to Disneyland. The new standards emphasize scientific inquiry and critical thinking over recitation of facts. The NGSS was released in 2013.

Controversial Topics 117

Controversial Topics Middle School Lesson Plan Teaching 117

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2017

Wilder’s version of personalized learning means no more lesson plans and no homework, two key changes that helped teachers pivot their jobs from dispensing information to mentoring students. percent of Wilder middle school/high school students were proficient in 2015-16, compared to about 37 percent statewide. In math, only 3.4

Elementary School 80

Elementary School High School Middle School Tradition 80

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

Lessons like these help students gain critical thinking skills and give them an opportunity to learn about workers’ rights and labor history, subjects that are often missing from classroom discussions, educators say.

Education 88

Education Economics Civics History 88