Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Creating An Awesome Classroom!



Strategies to help facilitate learners having the best day ever:

Build on learner interests and passions
Involve learners in the what and how of instruction
Use whole body and hands-on learning
Allow learners to work with others if they choose
Embed seemingly unreachable challenges
Encourage and acknowledge a broad range of emotions
Celebrate both effort and success
Respect the process – creating the best day ever takes time
Respect the process – let go of the need to create the best day ever

Perfect Storm for Maker Education


Students Designing a 21st Century School


Great ideas for putting students at the centre of their learning.

Monday, October 5, 2015

10 Blogger Habits


The Future of Creativity and Innovation is Gamification: Gabe Zichermann...


Gabe Zichermann is the chair of GSummit where top gamification experts across industries gather to share knowledge and insight about customer & employee engagement and loyalty. He is also an author, highly rated public speaker and entrepreneur whose next book, The Gamification Revolution (McGraw Hill, 2013) looks at how leaders are leveraging gamification strategy to crush the competition. His books have helped define the industry's standards and frameworks, and continue to be key reference materials today. More info on www.tedxvilnius.com