21st Century Learning Resources
Recommendations from the QAE community & staff:
An interesting new look at how exercise impacts the brain. The beginning focuses on children but moves quickly into more adult implications. Delves into ADD, mood, anxiety, memory loss and learning. I read this with our kids in mind and it certainly has important implications there but certainly has a lot to say for us adults also.
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Filled with fascinating case studies, scientific findings, and unprecedented insights on how innovation must be managed, Disrupting Class will open your eyes to new possibilities, unlock hidden potential, and get you to think differently. Professor Christensen and his coauthors provide a bold new lesson in innovation that will help you make the grade for years to come.
Reinventing Project-Based Learning offers educators an accessible guide for maximizing the benefits of project-based learning in today's technology-rich learning environment. This reader-friendly book speaks directly to educators, administrators, and professional development specialists who want to transform learning into a more active, student-driven experience, using technology tools for inquiry, collaboration, and connection to the world beyond the classroom. Examples from educators in many different countries showcase this new vision of instructional design.
Education Nation offers a dynamic vision for a new world of learning. This groundbreaking book draws on author Milton Chen's extensive experience in media—from his work at Sesame Workshop and in public television to his twelve years as executive director of The George Lucas Educational Foundation. Throughout the book, Chen clearly shows how to "put the edge into education" and revolutionize learning through innovative classroom practices and uses of technology.
Sir Ken Robinson's new book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, first published in 2009, is a collection of real stories of highly successful people, just as ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, actress Meg Ryan, cartoonist Matt Groening, choreographer Gillian Lynne, author Arianna Huffington, physicist Richard Feynman and many others who are "passionate about what they do and couldn’t imagine doing anything else."
To prepare students for the future, educators need to cultivate both academic skills and character. In his new book, Five Minds for the Future, HGSE professor Howard Gardner describes five kinds of minds, or ways of thinking and acting. Three are related to intellect: the disciplined, synthesizing and creative minds; two emphasize character: the respectful and ethical minds. In a recent Burton and Inglis lecture at HGSE, Gardner describes what it means for citizens and workers to exhibit these types of minds.
The Whole Child Blog - 10 Ways Technology Supports 21st Century Learners in Being Self-Directed
The Creativity Crisis - Newsweek Special Report
How Creativity and Art Can Help Us Learn - NPR show featuring Suzi LeVine, QAE Parent and Microsoft Director of Education
The Birth of Queen Anne Elementary - Observations of QAE workshop with Bruce Dixon, June 2010
NYT Article: Building a Better Teacher
International Society for Technology in Education - website
A Is for App: How Smartphones and Handheld Computers are Bringing on an Educational Revolution
Re-Inventing Schools Coalition (RISC) - website
Delivering on the Promise: The Education Revolution by Richard DeLorenzo - book
How Creativity and Art Can Help Us Learn - NPR show featuring Suzi LeVine, QAE Parent and Microsoft Director of Education
The Birth of Queen Anne Elementary - Observations of QAE workshop with Bruce Dixon, June 2010
NYT Article: Building a Better Teacher
International Society for Technology in Education - website
A Is for App: How Smartphones and Handheld Computers are Bringing on an Educational Revolution
Re-Inventing Schools Coalition (RISC) - website
Delivering on the Promise: The Education Revolution by Richard DeLorenzo - book
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