Teaching Lessons from Finland
In this presentation, Pasi Sahlberg argues that just having better teachers in schools will not automatically improve students learning outcomes. Lessons from Finland and other high-performing school systems suggest that we should also protect schools from prescribed teaching, toxic accountability, and unhealthy competition, so that all teachers can use their professional knowledge and skills in […]
Decoding “Everyone should learn to code”
“Everyone should learn to code.” Over the last few years, this has become a popular slogan, invoked by “learn to code” companies and organization interested no doubt in drumming up business. It’s a slogan that comes with some urgency, coinciding with a narrative about he supposed shortage of programmers and other “skilled workers” in STEM fields. More broadly […]
Coding to Become Creative Thinkers
Let me start with a story…. A few years ago, on the day before Mother’s Day, I suddenly realized that I hadn’t gotten a gift for my mom. So I started thinking about last-minute gifts. Instead of buying a gift, I decided to make an interactive Mother’s Day card for my mom, using the Scratch programming […]
From Technology Consumers to Change Makers
The digital age we live in dictates that educators provide students with the opportunity to learn to code. Coding is a significant skill because it allows you to explore and experience the digital world in its entirety. Learning computer science will benefit students in their future career or life path, as every field has some connection to computer […]
Assessing Creativity in Education by Paul Collard
How do we put a teacher’s or a learner’s creativity to test? When assessing creativity, what should we measure? Paul Collard, CEO of Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE), explains how the ‘Creative Habits of Mind’ framework is helping assess creative learning and teaching. Mr. Collard will be speaking at the 2014 WISE Summit. How do you assess […]
Perspectives on Learning Games and Engagement
Dr. Kari Stubbs from BrainPOP shares her views on the benefits of using learning games to engage students. Dr. Stubbs will be speaking at the 2014 WISE Summit Having taught 11 years in the classroom, I know first-hand that student engagement is at the core of learning. The ultimate challenge for a teacher is to engage a […]
Is Digital Literacy an Essential 21st-Century Skill?
Three ideas by Mark Surman, Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation, from the 2013 WISE Summit Last year, there were 2.4 billion users on the Internet all over the world. By 2025 this number is expected to reach 6 billion users with 1 trillion connected devices. Today the Web touches all aspects of our lives as we live in the […]
Turning School Upside Down With Personalized Learning
2013 WISE Summit Spotlight by Bilal Musharraf, Khan Academy Today, each child is struggling with unique gaps in their comprehension of content but the Internet is making it possible to scale differentiated learning and teaching. Students at both ends of the spectrum, those struggling and those excelling, can be engaged at their individual levels of […]
Exploring the Future for Education: Three Scenarios for 2025
What is “school” in the future? We gaze forward to 2025 and imagine Mariam, aged 10, in West Africa. Her school is a visor and a touch-response glove that let her enter virtual worlds to play and learn her way. For Aarav, age 15, in South Asia, school is a training center built by employers where […]
Sir Ken Robinson: “All kids have great promise, it’s the job of education to help them fulfill it”
We need to revolutionize education, asserts Sir Ken Robinson. In this exclusive interview with WISE, Ken Robinson shares his views on education challenges in the 21st century and the need to boost students’ creativity and talents. Students have great expectations but schools often ignore them, focusing in a narrowed type of ability –the academic one. […]