Sir Ken Robinson shares his ideas about schools killing creativity instead of harnessing the natural skills and talents of our youth. His ideas are definitely worth sharing. This would be a great discussion to have with your own staff at a staff development training.
An excerpt by Sir Ken Robinson. He discusses how children are waiting to blossom in their talents and skills, but might be held back by current trends in education. Can education really be revolutionized to where each child has a personalized learning experience?
In this video the Kid president has some thoughts for teachers and students, but mostly teachers. Keep being awesome and seen in kids their best.
This video was made by 2revolutions.com and does a really good job visualizing the current state of education. The ideas in the video are worth listening to.
This video has a couple of eye opening stories about why and how to properly engage your students.
Here is a video of Rita Pierson, a teacher just like you and me. She has it going on. In this video she addresses an audience of teachers about the need for student connections with teachers. Well put Ms. Pierson.
For those wanting to get a good, quick explanation of what PBL or Project Based Learning is, this is a great video to watch.
If you have been in education for a long time, you will have undoubtedly heard of some "idea" that would "revolutionize" education. In this video, Veritasium, describes some research into how students learn, how technology can help, and what the role of the learn and teacher actually should be.
Rebecca DuFour reviews the four critical questions professional learning communities (PLCs) need to ask to continuously focus on student learning. This is a great introduction for a staff professional development discussion on changing our focus from, "Have I taught that? to Have they learned that?"
This is a great clip to show in a professional development training to demonstrate the value of using data in the classroom. Teachers have access to more quality data than ever, on factors like student performance, attendance, and more. When used along with pedagogy, content knowledge, and professional judgment, these data can be used responsibly to improve outcomes for students.