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Outdoor Preschool - A Trend or a Lasting Model? | REI Co-op Journal
A look at the rising outdoor preschools movement—and would it will take to make the progressive model available to children and families across the... (2019)
Opinion | Math Teachers Should Be More Like Football Coaches - The New York Times
That style of motivation could help in the classroom, too. (2019)
Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion. - The New York Times
Public schools in Kansas rolled out a web-based learning platform backed by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. Now students have staged walkouts and sit-i... (2019)
Newsela - Crunchbase
Newsela is an Instructional Content Platform that combines engaging, leveled content with integrated formative assessments and insights to supercha... (2019)
Why an MIT professor says we should all learn like kindergartners if we want to succeed
The inventor of Scratch on why we need to go back to basics to learn again. (2019)
Why Singapore is so good at English — Quartz
Singapore is near the top of the rankings when it comes to English proficiency, after Sweden and the Netherlands, according to a new survey. (2018)
What other countries can learn from Singapore’s schools || The Economist
Copying allowed. Rigorous teaching methods and excellent teachers keep the island-state top of the class (2018)
Opinion | Those Who Can Do, Can’t Teach - The New York Times
Advice for college students: The best experts sometimes make the worst educators. (2018)
Parents: let your kids fail. You’ll be doing them a favor — Quartz
Your teenager has a science project due. He hates science. He hates projects (as do you). Do you: A. Set deadlines for him, get the necessary mater... (2018)
Bedtime problems boost kids’ math performance | Science | AAAS
Puzzling through a word problem even once a week produces sizable gains (2015)
2017 Ideas Worth Teaching Awards
Celebrating 20 exceptional courses that are redefining excellence in business education – and ultimately business practice. (2018)
Can LinkedIn Learning help train your employees? - TechRepublic
A month after LinkedIn launched its online learning platform in partnership with Lynda.com, companies report using courses to teach employees progr... (2018)
A ‘Netflix for Education’? Why LinkedIn’s New Product Should Give Us Pause - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Is delivering video courses and short quizzes all it takes to develop knowledge and skills? (2016)
Aptitude is not enough: How personality and behavior predict academic performance - ScienceDirect
The study investigated the incremental validity of Big Five personality traits for predicting academic criteria (college GPA, course performance) w... (2018)
SAMR - model designed to help educators infuse technology into teaching and learning
SAMR is a model designed to help educators infuse technology into teaching and learning. Popularized by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, the model supports ... (2018)
Florida’s CPALMS | Learning Registry
CPALMS is Florida’s collaborative platform that connects education stakeholders, researchers, subject matter experts, practicing professionals, and... (2018)
Relearn Faster and Retain Longer - Along With Practice, Sleep Makes Perfect
'Both repeated practice and sleep improve long-term retention of information. The assumed common mechanism underlying these effects is memory react... (2018)
England has become one of the world’s biggest education laboratories - The Economist
The big classroom experiment:ASH GROVE ACADEMY, a state primary which sits in Moss Roe, a poor suburb on the outskirts of Macclesfield, is an excel... (2018)
25-Year-Old Textbooks and Holes in the Ceiling: Inside America’s Public Schools - The New York Times
We invited America’s public school teachers to show us the conditions that a decade of budget cuts has wrought in their schools. (2018)
Building Skills Outside the Classroom With New Ways of Learning - The New York Times
Project-centered approaches to education could eventually make traditional methods as outdated as chalk and blackboards. "... this is not a typi... (2018)
The Science Behind How Boredom Benefits Creative Thought | Fast Company
Recent studies show that a little boredom in your day opens up the potential for more creative thinking. (2015)
To Lie Or Not To Lie - Open University
You need to make moral judgments about different types of lies. Find out how your opinion aligns itself with three of the main schools of philosophy. (2018)
Learning’s Future: Curation With Intent | Pathgather
If you care about corporate learning, you should care about curation. As the need for learning becomes more critical, the pace of technical change ... (2017)
When Gamification Goes Wrong (And It Often Does) | Pathgather
Gamification – for better or worse, it’s a common subject when talking about almost all products these days, especially learning products. I know w... (2016)
Where Gamification Went Wrong — and How To Do It Right | Pathgather
Gamification is losing favor in the Learning & Development field. That’s the conclusion of the L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2017, which tracks what’... (2017)
The scientific, efficient way to learn languages: "spaced repetition" | Quartz
Before your trip abroad, you hit the flashcards hard. You memorized how to say essential words and phrases like "hello," "where is the bathroom," a... (2018)
You probably won’t remember this, but the “forgetting curve” theory explains why learning is hard | Quartz
Learning has an evolutionary purpose: Among species, individuals that adapt to their environments will succeed. That's why your brain more easily r... (2018)
Dear Plagiarists: You Get What You Pay For - The New York Times
Suzy Hansen Essay on astounding array of plagiarism Web sites that sell term papers, essays and book reports; assesses the quality of some papers p... (2018)
Resiliency After Violence - Ideas for talking with students | Harvard Graduate School of Education
In the wake of the latest school shooting in Parkland, Florida, ideas for supporting and strengthening your family and school communities (2018)
The Physics Travel Guide
The Physics Travel Guide is a tool that makes learning physics easier. Each page here contains three layers which contain explanations with increas... (2018)
Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming
With students learning in more places and different ways than we have ever seen, the pace of change in education is dizzying. Can this progress nar... (2023)
GPT-4 Khan Academy In Depth Demo
Sal Khan walks through Khan Academy's GPT-4 integration (not generally available yet). Folks can join the waitlist at Khanacademy.orgTo learn more ... (2023)
Teach with Video Using Loom - Free for Educators and Students (Forever!)
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. (2020)
Educator Certification Program - National Geographic Educator Certification
National Geographic Educator Certification is a free professional development program that recognizes pre-K through 12 formal and informal educato... (2019)
Y Combinator - VIPKID Cindy Mi and Qi Lu Share Advice for Entrepreneurs Building Global Companies
Y Combinator Published on Jan 16, 2019 Cindy Mi is the founder and CEO of VIPKID. VIPKID is a 1-on-1 teaching platform where children in China le... (2019)
Calculus at a Fifth Grade Level
The foreign concepts of calculus often make it hard to jump right into learning it. If you ever wanted to dive into the world of mathematics - or i... (2018)
Introduction to Calculus (1 of 2: Seeing the big picture)
Introduction to Calculus (1 of 2: Seeing the big picture) by Eddie Woo Published on Jun 26, 2015 (300,000+ views) (2018)
Why is Trigonometry so important?
Why is Trigonometry so important? by Eddie Woo Published on Mar 6, 2015 (100,000+ views) (2018)
Improving Cornell Notes With Sketchnoting Techniques
Let's spice up your notes with some visual goodness :) Getting Started with Sketchnoting (Free Download): Show notes for this video... (2018)
What Most Schools Don't Teach - Learn to Code
Learn about a new "superpower" that isn't being taught in 90% of US schools. Starring Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, will.i.am, Chris Bosh, Jack Dors... (2018)
The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen | TEDTakaharu Tezuka
TED Published on Apr 14, 2015 At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the wor... (2018)
Standardized Testing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight Published on May 3, 2015 American students face a ridiculous amount of testing. John Oliver explains how standardized tests imp... (2018)
Personal finance education in high school | Tanvee Patankar | TEDxYouth@LakeVilla
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. When Tanvee was in 8th grade, she presented her idea to h... (2018)
Welcome to Next Gen Personal Finance
A quick tour of Next Generation Personal Finance (NGPF) for our teacher friends. Welcome! (2018)
What Is the SAMR Model?
The SAMR Model is a way for teachers to evaluate how they integrate technology into their teaching. Is it an act of substitution? Augmentation? Mod... (2018)
Outside Hitter Footwork - Improve Spiking TIMING (part 1/2)
How to SPIKE a Volleyball Tutorial This video is about how to spike a volleyball with better timing. Timing your spiking approach with a setter ... (2018)
Team Based Learning (TBL) Workshop with Dr. Michael Sweet | FIU
GoGlobalFIU Published on Jul 24, 2012 As part of our goal to advance interdisciplinary, problem-centered global learning at FIU, Global Learnin... (2018)
Team based Learning at UT
Team-Based Learning (TBL) is an increasingly-popular form of small group learning. The four components of TBL are permanent teams, readiness assura... (2018)
How to Pick Groups for Team-Based Learning
team-based learning Published on Oct 29, 2010 (2018)
Ken Robinson on Passion | School of Life
The School of Life Published on Apr 11, 2013 LECTURE @THE SCHOOL OF LIFE: Sir Ken Robinson believes that everyone is born with extraordinary ca... (2018)
How to escape education's death valley | Sir Ken Robinson | TED
TED Published on May 10, 2013 Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education cultur... (2018)
It's Surprising How Much Small Teams Can Get Done - Sam Chaudhary of ClassDojo
Y Combinator, Jan 24, 2018 Sam Chaudhary is the cofounder and CEO of ClassDojo. They've raised $30M and have 30 employees. Karen Lien - is an ... (2018)
Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED
TED, 2007 Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermin... (2018)
Quantum Physics for 7 Year Olds | Dominic Walliman | TEDxEastVan
In this lighthearted talk Dominic Walliman gives us four guiding principles for easy science communication and unravels the myth that quantum physi... (2018)
The surprising beauty of mathematics | Jonathan Matte | TEDxGreensFarmsAcademy
Jonathan Matte has been teaching Mathematics for 20 years, the last 13 at Greens Farm... (2018)
Five Principles of Extraordinary Math Teaching | Dan Finkel | TEDxRainier
TEDx Talks, 2016 "In this perspective-expanding and enjoyable talk, Dan Finkel invites us to approach learning and teaching math with courage, c... (2018)
Math class needs a makeover - Dan Meyer | TED-Ed
TED-Ed, 2013 Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more ... (2018)
Tossing Pennies on the Roof
Bill Gates and Washington State Teacher of the Year Camille Jones shars an engineering lesson (2017)
Chunking - A Learning Technique
YouTube Video, Sprouts, 2017 by Barbara Oakley: "According to learning expert Dr. Oakley it can hold only 4 chunks of information at once. So when... (2017)
New experiments in self-teaching | Sugata Mitra
TED: " Indian education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where... (2017)
#200 – Every Indie Hacker Has an Online Course in Them - Indie Hackers | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. Today I’m talking to some of the best online course creators that I know. So many indie hacke... (2022)
Access & Opportunity Podcast || Carla Harris and Freada Kapor Klein
Carla Harris talks to Freada Kapor Klein of the Kapor Capital, which invests in entrepreneurs who are women or from multicultural backgrounds. (2018)
‘Marvel-ous Makers’ Bring Black Panther-Inspired Creations to the Classroom | EdSurge News
Netia McCray is one of the educators using the Black Panther film as an educational opportunity. She is the founder of a non-profit called Mbadika,... (2018)
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Grit book. Read 5,351 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. In this must-read book for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psy... (2020)
Prenda - The neighborhood school reimagined
a managed marketplace of K-8 microschools—provides teachers (called Guides) with curricula, computers, software, supplies, and assistance in naviga... (2019)
Resource Library | National Geographic Education
a collection of educational resources, in a Resource Library - from the National Geographic Foundation (2019)
GEBG - Global Education Benchmark Group K12
The Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG) is a leading non-profit association of K-12 schools that researches and establishes model practices in ... (2023)
Big History - Curriculum - OER Open Education Resources
years of history. free. online. awesome. Teach a mind-blowing history course that harnesses your students' natural curiosity about our world. ... (2021)
Schoolhouse.world - free tutoring platform from Khan Academy
Schoolhouse.world is a free, peer-to-peer tutoring platform in which anyone, anywhere can receive live help. (2021)
Tinkercad | From mind to design in minutes
Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding. Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, an... (2020)
GitHub Classroom
Assess assignments automatically GitHub Classroom automates repository creation and access control, making it easy for teachers to distribute st... (2020)
Arduino - Home
Open-source electronic prototyping platform enabling users to create interactive electronic objects. (2019)
Mathigon: The Math Textbook of the Future
Discover Mathigon, a groundbreaking new education platform that adapts to every individual student. Mathematics has never been so colourful. (2019)
Pluralsight - Unlimited Online Developer, IT, and Cyber Security Training
SAVE $100 off Personal Annual and Premium subscriptions for a limited time. Gain access to THE technology learning platform of expert-led, online c... (2019)
Thinkific -- Create, Market & Sell with the #1 Online Course Platform
Create online courses and membership sites with Thinkific and feel confident that you’ve got the easiest technology and the best support in the ind... (2019)
Mystery Science: Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science.
Mystery Science offers open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science. The hook, visuals, and activity have all been prepared for you. Less ... (2018)
Nearpod | Technology in the classroom
Nearpod is an interactive classroom tool for teachers to engage students with interactive lessons (2018)
Edmodo - Connect With Students and Parents in Your Paperless Classroom
Edmodo is an easy way to get your students connected so they can safely collaborate, get and stay organized, and access assignments, grades, and sc... (2018)
Scratch - MIT - Imagine, Program, Share
Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations. (2018)
Curious Kids – The Conversation – page 1
Browse Curious Kids news, research and analysis from The Conversation (2018)
Kajabi - Knowledge Commerce Platform
Kajabi is the only Knowledge Commerce platform today with everything you need to market, sell, and deliver your knowledge online. ajabi: Create ... (2018)
Online Learning - providers, analysis - Google Sheets
How much can teachers earn on various teaching LMS platforms? Analysis of Udemy, Teachable, Kajabi, Podia, LinkedIn Learning, Lynda, Skillshare, P... (2019)