Games for Change Festival 2018
The Games for Change (G4C) 15th annual festival will highlight the groundbreaking work that has been done in the G4C community in the last decade and a half. Participants will discover what games will look like in the next 15 years. With over 1000+ attendees, the G4C Festival attracts professionals from academia, government, media &… Read More ›
ISTE 2018
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference & Expo brings together educators and education leaders for a learner-centered educational technology conference. The annual event attracts over 16,000 attendees and industry representatives, including teachers, technology coordinators, administrators, library media specialists, teacher educators and policymakers. Particpants will engage in hands-on learning, exchange ideas and network… Read More ›
JFF HORIZONS: A Vision for Economic Advancement
Join Jobs for the Future (JFF) at their annual conference Horizons to take a deep dive into the future of work and learning. At this national summit, participants will generate solutions that will improve America’s education and talent development systems to meet the needs of the rapidly changing economy. Horizons is the new name of JFF’s national summit—it’s… Read More ›
Engaging Student Resistance as Part of Your Internal Early Warning System
This webinar aims to assist educators, school leaders, and district officials in identifying and fixing classroom- and school-level practices that can provoke student resistance and contribute to chronic absenteeism. Some of the key learning outcomes from this webinar are: Identify why a focus on student resistance will illuminate crucial factors that can influence chronic absenteeism… Read More ›
Research Collaborative Seminar: Building Improvement Networks to Boost Student-Centered Math Practices
How many times have you heard (or said), “I’m just not a math person?” Learn how researchers and educators are creating powerful student-centered learning opportunities that help students reject this statement and instead claim ownership over their math abilities. Dr. Daisy Sharrock and Dr. Stacey Caillier, both from the High Tech High Graduate School of… Read More ›
Principals Tackle Classroom Tech Challenges
This webinar offers a look at what principals and other school leaders think of the power of digital technology in the classroom. An Education Week national survey of 500 school leaders showed that they believe it has the ability to improve student learning, personalize education, and engage students. Yet some educators and principals have expressed… Read More ›
Mindsets for Social-Emotional Learning: Part 2 – The Practice
On Wednesday, May 16th, edWeb will be hosting an event for the Mindsets for Social-Emotional Learning. This is a free professional learning community where educators can collaborate and share ideas, examples, and resources for igniting positive change through social-emotional learning. Students and educators can achieve success both inside and outside the classroom by understanding the different principles… Read More ›
Mindsets for Social-Emotional Learning: Part 1 – The Research
On Wednesday, May 2nd, edWeb will be hosting an event for the Mindsets for Social-Emotional Learning. This is a free professional learning community where educators can collaborate and share ideas, examples, and resources for igniting positive change through social-emotional learning. Students and educators can achieve success both inside and outside the classroom by understanding the different principles… Read More ›
10 Equity Questions to Ask about Career and Technical Education
Career and technical education (CTE) has become the “next best thing” in high school reform. Lately, it’s been on the radar of governors, legislators, education commissioners, and business leaders who want to improve the match between what high school graduates know and the skills employers need. Expanding CTE can help them build the talent required… Read More ›
Highlighting Deeper Learning Competencies in New Hampshire
This blog was originally posted by CompetencyWorks on March 12, 2018. It is hard to argue the importance that being a strong collaborator, an articulate communicator, a self-directed learner, and a creative problem solver has on a person’s success in today’s world. In fact, a recent analysis by Valerie Strauss from the Washington Post on… Read More ›
How Closing My Competency-based School Led to Learning What Works
This article was originally posted in Youth Today on March 15, 2018 I closed the doors to Missouri’s first competency-based high school after just three years. Our school, based in St. Louis and on the campus of the city’s technical college, served young people ages 17-21 who wanted to finish high school but couldn’t succeed… Read More ›
Cultural Relevance and Academic Equity in the Age of ESSA
In this webinar, Dr. Almitra Berry-Jones, an expert in culturally and linguistically diverse learners at risk, will dive into the topics of cultural relevance and academic equity. She will introduce educators to a culturally relevant pragmatism that regards the culturally and linguistically diverse learner as one who brings to school a divergent order of reality that… Read More ›