by edtosavetheworld | Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Note: This blog was written in March of 2019 on Trevor’s personal blog site. A few updates have been made in terms of the framing and language, but it is largely unchanged to accurately reflect what occurred in his classroom. Discussing current events in our...
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. “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” — Albert Einstein We have yet to encounter a teacher whose aims for their students stop at the classroom...
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 | 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...
