An article in today’s L.A. Times about DaVinci High School displays the kind of learning and project-based assignments that students should be working on in schools throughout the country. While you read the article, consider the different types of content that could be infused into each of the projects that the students are creating. Forget [...]

The following is an excerpt from the book I am currently reading, “Brain Rules” by Dr. John Medina: “Whether you are a waiter or a brain scientist, if you want to get the particulars correct, don’t start with the details. Start with the key ideas and, in a hierarchical fashion, form the details around these larger sections.” [...]

In June of 2001 I bought my very first laptop. It was a Dell Inspiron with a 12GB hard drive, 128 MB of RAM, external CD-DVD drive, no Ethernet port, two card slots, no wireless card, no Bluetooth, an Intel Celeron processor, Microsoft Office 2000, and weighed approximately 6.6 pounds. I can still remember how [...]

I am a big believer in judging the quality of instruction and student learning based on the quality of the product created at the time of authentic assessment. In other words, every student should complete the same assessment, but the quality of in-depth thinking required is what separates the good from the…not so good. Teachers [...]

Hybrid learning is going to be the instructional medium of the (very near) future. Students will be spending more time receiving content instruction in an online capacity and then working with a local teacher who will perform a facilitator role rather than imparting content knowledge onto students. This will open pathways for students to take [...]