Educators Blog

What skills will students need?

About a year ago, I read about something called the “gig economy.” Not knowing what that meant, I turned to Google to do a search and within . 30 seconds, I had over 35 million results. After a more advanced search and filter, I learned that the […]

Classroom Tools and Activities that Foster Future-Ready Skills

There are so many different ways to get our students involved in learning with the use of technology. When we leverage the technology properly, there really are no limits to the number of resources and the possibilities to enhance and extend the […]

How Can Educators Nurture Innovators?

By Anne Jolly

Kids are born creative, curious, and imaginative. They like to daydream and ask questions. Children you teach have the potential to make unusual connections, imagine, and come up with multiple ways to do things differently and […]

Versatile Tools for Blended Learning

Years ago when I started to use more technology in the classroom, I thought that by having students watch videos at home, rather than in class, I would be “flipping” the classroom. Fortunately, I learned quickly that I was not, and made some […]

Teacher Responses that Foster a STEM Mindset

Hovered over a table full of intricately designed gears, lights, and wires, one student looks up and cautiously asks, “What if it doesn’t work?” She’s nervous. She dedicated a lot of time to this project. She has meticulously planned and applied […]

Tips and Tools to Encourage Classroom Collaboration

Students need opportunities to do more than just sit passively in the classroom. We need to create learning experiences where students can collaborate, problem-solve, build their social-emotional learning skills, and go beyond simply learning the […]

6 Reasons PBL is the Pedagogy of Choice for Future-Thinking Educators

By Anne Jolly

Half a century ago Project-Based Learning (PBL) emerged as a practical teaching strategy for allowing students to solve problems or do simulations that mimic real life. Today, PBL remains the optimal education method for […]

Supporting STEM Learning Through Literacy

The residents of Marveltown were used to unusual inventions. They embraced wildly innovative ideas and their town reflected the unusual creations of those in the town. Some of the inventions were practical while others were a bit outlandish. It is […]