by Alisa Gross | Feb 5, 2015 | Teaching
Why school? Is its primary purpose to benefit the individual or the collective society? — Steve Hargadon Steve Hargadon is the founder of the Learning Revolution conference series and the Classroom 2.0 social network for educators. He also runs the Future of...
by Alisa Gross | Jan 27, 2015 | Teaching
“The idea behind Thug Notes was always that ‘the joke is that there is no joke…’ because the analysis is just so accurate and so smart. – Jared Bauer” On the YouTube series, Thug Notes, Greg Edwards, plays Dr. Sparky Sweets, PhD, a...
by Alisa Gross | Jan 19, 2015 | Teaching
The events surrounding Charlie Hebdo offer opportunities to discuss the implications of free speech and to understand religious prohibitions against images. The murder of 12 journalists at the offices of the French satirical newspaper, Charlie Hedbo, in Paris on...
by Alisa Gross | Jan 6, 2015 | Teaching
“We first have to ask what kind of world we want, then ask what kind of education system will create that world.” – Jordan Shapiro Jordan Shapiro is a professor at Temple University’s Intellectual Heritage Department, who writes about edTech,...
by Alisa Gross | Dec 11, 2014 | EdTech, Teaching
Students have become more active in their own learning, and experts at sourcing their own information. Students all over the country are looking for a classroom experience where their work is more meaningful and more connected to the world they live in. Information...
by Alisa Gross | Dec 4, 2014 | Teaching
“In moments like the reaction to Brown’s death, we need more engagement, not less, and each of us has something to offer.” – David M. Perry Michael Brown’s death and the resulting protests in Ferguson, Missouri, have inspired academics and educators on Twitter...
