A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Below is a listing of some of activities that incorporated digital learning: In Mrs. Collentine’s Humanities class, students worked in the computer lab on researching the history of drama and theater in the culture of their own heritage.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 31, 2013

They rattled-off their methods used in the creative process, their personal experiences, human interest stories, and the inspiration for their pieces. Change Innovation Opinion Danielle Shanley Guest Blog Post Guest Blogger New Milford High School' This was JUST moments before a pep rally; I couldn’t help myself. Not these kids.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2013

A connected learning model is empowering and ultimately creates a human-generated search engine for the most practical ideas and strategies being implemented in schools today. They still can, but now have the ability to save time and money by harnessing the power of social media to learn anytime, anywhere, and from anyone they choose.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 2, 2021

Some AI developers aim to make systems that can do things, like prepare food better and faster than humans, to replace the work of humans; while others want to make an AI system to work with and help humans. Here’s a list of resources to learn more about AI: Blog post: Links to 3 Webinars on AI and the Future of Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Hirsch, a professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia, argues that democracy benefits when the citizenry shares a body of knowledge and history, which he calls cultural literacy. These ideas have revived interest in E.D. Hirschs Core Knowledge curriculum, which gained popularity in the late 1980s.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There are more opportunities for social learning and human interaction. As architects of learning experiences, teachers should focus on providing that human connection to students working remotely. For more detail on this three-part approach to designing a flipped lesson, you can read this blog. copyplaylisttemplate.

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Heinemann Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

Humans Who Teach is now available! Watch Shamari Reid discuss self-regard, a pillar of his thinking throughout the book.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Schools need to tap into the same sense of wonder that led early humans to seek unifying stories to explain their place in the world — and teachers need to do more to incorporate myths, jokes and riddles into curriculum and teaching practices, from the earliest grades up through high school. You can't have a culture without having metaphors.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2022

The goal of AI is to create machines that can mimic human capabilities. We believe that AI systems can enable teachers to do the things that humans do best while supporting them by doing things that machines can accomplish. A version of this post with additional examples of AI systems is available on the Educator CIRCLS blog.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 8, 2024

This is the fourth in a series of five blog posts elevating key learnings from this set of investments. Today’s blog explores how three grantees centered equity and reduced bias in education-based AI. Today’s blog explores how three grantees centered equity and reduced bias in education-based AI. Check out last week’s post here.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2021

It suggests the importance of relationships and human connection in the teaching profession. Many aspects of a teacher’s work can function to increase or decrease their engagement. I love that the word connection is the largest word in this cloud.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 15, 2025

For todays blog, we are highlighting a document that helps students intersect two of the most historically important elements of the 1960s: the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. We ourselves have often been victims of violence and confinement executed by United States governmental officials.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A cross-posting from my Fieldnotes from Iceland blog. Discover the World has made available a new resource. Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula has awakened after more than 800 years. Since the first eruption in March 2021, numerous fissures have opened across five locations, heavily affecting the town of Grindavík.

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World History Teachers Blog

JANUARY 21, 2024

Here is an excellent essay by the historian, Peter Frankopan, for AEON Magazine about the significance of silk from its accidental development in China to its use as a "symbol of extravagance and decadence" in Afro-Eurasia. It's a great story and the excerpts are for great for the classroom.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The point is that the connections between humanities and science have been lost in today’s separation of disciplines. Indeed, a recent report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences discovered that humanities and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) training majors largely dwell in different silos.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 11, 2025

A cross-posting from my Passed the point of no return blog. It would take someone from the poorest 50% of humanity three years to create the same amount of pollution. This piece in 'The Guardian' by Damien Gayle demonstrates the tremendous gulf between the super-rich and the average person.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 15, 2018

My colleague Chad sees those opportunities through an edu-entrepreneurial lens, always looking at what learning need isn’t being met and how to shape a response to the human needs inside our schools; in doing so, it shifts power from teacher to learners.

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Life and Landscapes

JANUARY 6, 2025

But the first humans once living here probably walked in hunting. The Life and Landscapes Blog Site is at [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] @reggievanstockum1097 [link] #reggievanstockum #reggiesrealm #kentuckyauthor #lifeandlandscapes It must lead to someplace important, an important place to be exploring. I will be patient.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I am writing this blog because the lack of balance in my own life has left me feeling exhausted. Sometimes it’s nice to just share our experiences as human beings attempting to make our way in the world. Yet, those slow mornings feel far away as I write this. I’d love to learn from the wisdom of other educators.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

For the purpose of this blog, I will use the lens of situated learning theory, introduced by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger, to examine the potential effectiveness of online learning. However, if humans learn by participating in their lives then how can online learning be effective? When people tackle everyday challenges, they learn.

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Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

I, for one, refuse to believe that humans, from whatever socioeconomic background, are suddenly unable to succeed without a modern technological innovation. Chan & Hu, 2023), but no detailed ethnographic work.) Are they overworked? Do they just not care? Are they trying to perform at a level higher than their abilities?

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

If we consider that in our study, tech courses were still comprised of 57 percent male and 38 percent female students versus humanities courses being 41 percent male and 52 percent female, a disparity becomes apparent in exposure to technology along gender lines. Visit the Edtech Pilot Framework to learn more about the edtech marketplace.

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Digital Promise

JULY 17, 2017

Human beings themselves are innately noisy and variable creatures. If each additional layer of technology we introduce adds to the variability of human data, we might well question how we fund, conduct, and interpret research involving humans and the use of technology. Change one element and the context changes. Stokes, D.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A cross-posting from my RGS blog: 'At the Home of Geography'. This module looks at how humans interact with the sea using aquariums as the lens in which to see them. Human geography, including economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Stewarding an inclusive network requires time, money, and human capital. Read our blog series on EdClusters’ COVID-19 responses here.). Follow the work of the Center for Inclusive Innovation , and sign up for email updates at the end of our blog here. Lessons learned include: Network weaving activities are essential.

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All Things Pedagogical

APRIL 17, 2025

This blog post has been percolating for the past few weeks and is inspired by a post on a listserv where someone in faculty development was asking about common practices to cite resources from other teaching and learning centers (CTL) if that information was in turn used for another CTL as a resource or part of a presentation.

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Psychology Sorted

JUNE 25, 2024

Meanwhile, many of my blog posts between now and the publication of the new guide will be focused on helping you plan for this exciting change. Question (modelled on typical question from Paper 1, Section C): Psychologists studying human development face difficulties in measuring childhood development.

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Heinemann Blog

MAY 22, 2024

Shamari Reid kicks off the Humans Who… series with a live interview with NYT bestselling author Bettina L. Tune into YouTube on May 30 at 7pm EST.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Technology should support rather than replace human interactions. What was reaffirmed by the amount of time parents spend supplementing the use of virtual programs and the emphasis stakeholders across our personalized learning initiative placed on educator capacity is that education inherently remains a human endeavor.

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Passion for Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Luckily, there are tons of incredible sociology lessons to ensure students explore the underlying social forces that shape human behavior. It is so neat to explore social forces that shape human behavior! By joining the email list, you will also receive freebies for blog exclusive subscribers!

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I don’t want AI to replace the human element of education; I want it to elevate it. As AI technology advances, the human part of the work we do designing and facilitating learning is what will make us relevant in education. Check out my other blog posts on AI, here.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 28, 2025

A Human Relations Committee Forms to Plan Integration In Belmont, a small town just west across the Catawba River from Charlotte, school integration presented fewer logistical problems, because segregated schools for black and white children were situated within a mile of each other.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 17, 2018

[ Every week a ‘Monday Morning Message (MMM)’ email goes out to all doctoral students from a faculty or staff member in the CU Denver School of Education and Human Development. blog posts. Here’s my second one, which came out today. ]. I can attest that there is great power in being engaged in relevant online communities.

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Heinemann Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

The following is an excerpt from Shamari Reid’s Humans Who Teach. Preorder available now!

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

I invited Rabbi Elchanan Poupko , a middle school teacher, to write a guest blog and share a strategy for pairing and grouping students for after school work. Human connection is critical to our mental and emotional health. Growing up, once we left school at the end of the day, it was over.

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Maitri Learning

MAY 2, 2025

The Montessori approach offers a complementary view that honors the complex, individual nature of literacy and human development. Note: This blog was drafted by Claude.ai As we continue to grapple with reading achievement gaps, isn't it time to broaden our perspective? So now all we really need is more Montessori research!

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Pedagogy and Formation

MARCH 5, 2025

For example, a large number of school leaders, teachers and parents read my blog in Muslim countries. They define Christian Practices as: the things Christian people do together over time to address fundamental human needs in response to and in light of Gods active presence for the life of the world.

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