A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 2, 2025

The future won't wait for us to catch up; it will demand that we've already anticipated its needs, making future-proofing learning not a luxury but the very oxygen of survival. Recently, on my podcast Unpacking the Backpack , I discussed this topic in detail after revisiting a blog post I wrote in 2021.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This trend echoes concerns I raised nearly five years ago in my blog post, “ What are we doing? While these tools may offer efficiency, they often fail to promote critical thinking, creativity, or problem-solving skills—competencies essential for the modern world. Despite the passage of time, the core issues remain unaddressed.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

However, research increasingly shows that integrating knowledge-rich instruction across subjects is essential for improving literacy, critical thinking, and overall student success. Reading Integration: Use informational texts, primary sources, and document analysis to enhance comprehension and critical thinking.

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Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

This cohort program is dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. This blog post is the first in a series where participating districts share why they are committed to providing maker learning opportunities to their students.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

The first and second blogs in this series focused on providing meaningful choices when students are acquiring information and making meaning. series, we will explore how we can provide students with choices that enable them to transfer and apply their learning effectively. In this third and final installment of our “Would You Rather?”

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

Dr. McLeod blogs regularly about technology leadership issues at Dangerously Irrelevant and is a frequent keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at regional, state, national, and international conferences. In short, we will redesign one or two lessons from elsewhere to make them richer and more robust. | Register here! Related Posts.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Day 3: Problem- and Inquiry-Based Learning – Review of last session’s evaluations and our rules of play – Crowdsourcing – Understanding how Wikipedia really works – Crowdsourcing ideas for students and teachers – Essential elements of project-based learning – PBL v.

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