by edtosavetheworld | Jun 11, 2020 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding, Uncategorized
By Nathalie Lauriault Lire en français ici. Some language teachers claim that students should spend a lot of time on repetition and memorization of vocabulary words before they ever do any type of thinking about content. However, it helps to think about teaching a new...
by edtosavetheworld | Jun 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Note: This is an excerpt from the manuscript of our forthcoming book. If you like these ideas, consider joining our all day virtual workshop on July 6. See details here. “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” — Albert...
by Trevor Aleo | May 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Of all the phrases floating in education’s buzzword soup, 21st Century Learning has become one of the soggiest. It’s not that there’s anything inherently wrong with it. On the contrary, its ubiquity speaks to its relevance. It’s used by everyone everywhere. We’ve used...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
The COVID-19 outbreak is changing the way the world thinks about public health, governance, and economics. Soon, it’ll shape the way we think about education too. As an increasing number of schools move to distance and digital learning, the conversation around...
by edtosavetheworld | Jan 7, 2020 | General, News and Trends
This post is written by contributor Trevor Aleo. All student samples are shared with permission. My students didn’t come in to class today talking about the shows they binged, gifts they received, or books they read over break—they were too busy discussing #WW3. Some...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
The following article was originally shared on the Corwin Connect Blog on October 21st, 2019 by Trevor Aleo. It’s 1:52pm on the last day of school. There are about two dozen sixteen-year-olds in my 7th block class sitting in a giant circle. No one is on their cell...
