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Discussion through the Digital Humanities, Creativity Protocols, and the Neuroscience of Trust
Read More: Discussion through the Digital Humanities, Creativity Protocols, and the Neuroscience of TrustThis week, we feel challenged by Paul Zak’s work on trust in the workplace, Leyla Alipour’s protocols for boosting student creativity, and NYU press’s forays into online discourse…
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Beyond Fragility and Into History
Read More: Beyond Fragility and Into HistoryA 2017 article challenges us to think from, but also beyond, the popular concept of white fragility — especially when it comes to building new curricula.
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Protagonists: Myles Teasley
Read More: Protagonists: Myles Teasley“Better classroom discussion will reimagine what History is for students who don’t like memorizing dates and facts.”
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Trust Gaps, Civic Agency, and Structural Racism in Schools
Read More: Trust Gaps, Civic Agency, and Structural Racism in SchoolsThis week’s highlighted media bring together ideas from students, teachers, and academics to identify problems and strategies for interrupting inequity and pursuing antiracism in schools.
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Protagonists: Meg Goldner Rabinowitz
Read More: Protagonists: Meg Goldner Rabinowitz“…when I think of my noble intention in life — justice and compassion. My wish for this world is that the concepts of justice and compassion would become…
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Rituals, Rethinking Direct Instruction, and Redesigning Schools
Read More: Rituals, Rethinking Direct Instruction, and Redesigning SchoolsThis week’s roundup asks us to question the structures of our classrooms, especially discussion-based classrooms, and to consider several new approaches to familiar work.
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Better Protocols for Online Discussion Boards
Read More: Better Protocols for Online Discussion BoardsHow do we use the “discussion board” feature to… actually hold discussions?
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Protagonists: Reanna Ursin
Read More: Protagonists: Reanna Ursin“I hope we see schools embracing more opportunities for students to learn with the things that are around them, with the things that interest them. We’re going to…
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Protocols for Equity
Read More: Protocols for EquityZaretta Hammond (leader in the Culturally Responsive Education movement) provides us tangible techniques to empower student voice more equitably in class discussions.
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Upstream, Online, and… in the kitchen?
Read More: Upstream, Online, and… in the kitchen?This week’s content offers inspiration for online learning models, humbling calls to reform systems within schools, and the diversion of a different kind of learning.