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An Interview with Richard Halkett – Part 3 of 6

In the third part of Alan’s conversation with Richard Halkett, Alan and Richard discuss the demand for Global Skills based on data from the past twenty years. Richard is the Director of Strategy, Research and Global Education for Cisco Systems. In the podcast, Richard discusses the power of informal learning and how schools need to [...]

Is Your Class on Facebook? Should It Be?

At BLC10, we had the opportunity to have Erin and Devin Schoening, from Council Bluff, Iowa, present a session on how Facebook can be utilized in class with first grade students. You heard it right – first grade. The two explained how Erin’s class uses Facebook every day to connect with the families of her [...]

An Interview with Richard Halkett – Part 2 of 6

In part two of this series, Alan November and Richard Halkett discuss the demand for Global Skills based on data from the past twenty years. Richard is the Director of Strategy, Research and Global Education for Cisco Systems. In the podcast, Richard examines the polarization of jobs for our students into routine and non-routine work. [...]

Student Scribes with Darren Kuropatwa – Part 3 of 3

In this final segment of Alan’s conversation with Darren Kuropatwa, the discussion shifts to classwork and homework assignments. Specifically, the two emphasize the need for change in the types of assignments teachers give to best make use of the content to which students now have access. Darren has been a presenter at our Building Learning [...]

Student Scribes with Darren Kuropatwa – Part 2 of 3

In our previous episode with Darren Kuropatwa, Alan and darren discussed what impact having students publish to a global audience has had on them and on his classroom. In this episode, they continue by talking about how this publication has also led to a shift of control that fundamentally changes teaching and learning. Alan and [...]