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Update: Time to submit your video for Connect Your Classroom Contest!
In our last blog we announced the Connect Your Classroom Contest and the opening of pre-registration. Sponsored by Cisco and our friends at the Center of Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC), the contest invites K-12 teachers in the U.S. to tell us how they’re using technology to enable col…
Connect Your Classroom Contest: How are You Using Technology to Drive Collaboration?
In today’s digital learning environment, collaboration has become a cornerstone of driving student success. That’s why Cisco has partnered with our friends at the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) to find out how K-12 teachers across the United States are enabling collaboratio…
A Lesson in STEM: When a Teacher Becomes Student, It’s a Game Changer
When an opportunity in STEM education presents itself, the unknown can be a barrier or a game changer. But it all depends on how you look at it. In this case, the unknown was unavoidable and it was the very thing one school needed to embrace. Here is how one teacher turned the unknown into a game ch…
The Future of Education
Today’s stop while exploring #TheFutureofPublicSector takes us to education and what the future will make possible for teaching and learning. So, what does the future hold for education as we know it? With the powerful trend toward digital everywhere, educators will be increasingly challenged to fin…
Teachers as Problem Solvers: Mars Classroom Simulator Puts Technology in Students’ Hands
In my last post, I discussed the impact of Teachers as entrepreneurs. After returning from the International Society for Education Technology (ISTE) 2019 show, I’m thinking about teachers as problem solvers and Cisco’s role in creating the next generation of creative, innovative thinkers. Some wonde…
Teachers as Entrepreneurs: Applying Ed Tech to Better Learning Outcomes
I happened across a great (albeit non-Webster’s) definition of “entrepreneur” from the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center website today: — Entrepreneur/ noun en.tre.pre.neur Someone who’s willing to sacrifice sleep, sanity, and savings to grow an idea – because that’s just how they’re wired. A dre…
Creating Learning Spaces that Promote Active Learning
Learning can take place anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Learning is no longer confined to a physical time or location – it happens in spaces that transcend traditional, physical boundaries. These spaces support active learning and help students better engage. What is active learning? Active le…
From Places to Spaces: Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom Walls
Do you remember when school used to be a place? Do you recall going to a building, finding a classroom, locating your desk, and sitting in your row for an hour, or maybe seven? You probably had breaks to go out onto the playground in elementary school, the soccer field for PE in high school, or to y…
My Top 3 takeaways from CoSN 2018
The theme of this year’s CoSN conference was Designing Learning in the 4th Industrial Revolution. (CoSN is the Consortium for School Networking, a professional association for K-12 school system technology leaders.) In the weeks since the event, I’ve thought a lot about the potential of this new ind…