Beyond the Classroom

June Teisan
Dec 12

“There is a glaring disconnect between what we say we want students to know and do – be resilient life-long learners capable of creative problem-solving for future challenges as yet unknown – and where we direct our educational resources of time and money: preparing capable test-takers.” – June Tiesan, USA

Seth + Firas
Dec 11

“We’ve learned that ‘non-experts’ bring something new to the table. As a gamer, you have a freedom that lets you try things that might be crazy, but that actually turn out to be the right solution.” – Seth Cooper and Firas Khatib, USA

anthony cody
Nov 24

“The best opportunity for innovation lies in the innate curiosity and creativity of our students and teachers. If we can only unleash it by abandoning the idea that excellence will come from standards and tests.” – Anthony Cody, USA

Nov 23

“There is so much momentum right now that can be used to create opportunities for children to see themselves as creators, who can solve problems and use new and old technology to bring their ideas to reality.” – AnnMarie Thomas, USA

Nov 19

“Over 200 million kids woke up this morning and didn’t go to school.” – John Wood, USA

Nov 12

“I think it’s very important to evaluate any new curricular intervention, and in today’s world when technology is seen as a panacea, it is increasingly important to be critical of its integration in education.” – Rey Junco, USA

Nov 10

“Through a process of critical self reflection, innovative teaching strategies and partnership development our school as an institution had been transformed. However, how successfully had I brought about a transformation in the life chances of our pupils? ” – Lena McMorrow, Northern Ireland

Oct 27

“Take time daily to learn more about your teaching topics — go online, talk to other teachers, take graduate credit courses — learning does not stop just because you got your degree.” – Denise Scribner, USA

Oct 23

“I’d love to see the concepts of conservation and sustainability embedded into every curriculum and content area. It would drive personal and social responsibility in ways that would impact untold and future generations while propelling us to address the difficult issues the world must solve.” – Stephen J. Ritz, USA

Oct 15

“One of the most popular ways people relate to one another is through the music they listen to. It’s one of the most important foods of your life.” – Gavin DeGraw, USA

Sep 26

“To increase student engagement and ownership of learning, we should give students opportunities to do meaningful work — work that makes a difference locally, nationally, and globally.” – Eric Williams, USA

Sep 5

“Rather than teaching students to just use technology, I want them to create the very same technology they use.” – Pat Yongpradit, USA

Aug 28

“Having taught on two continents, the obstacles to quality education seem to be the same the world over: funding, resources, burdensome bureaucracy, time, and class size.” – Pauline Roberts, USA

Jul 26

“Mobile media is helping students have immediate access to information of all sorts and all quality levels…however, we must also teach kids how to wade through the garbage, fact-check carefully, be skeptical and sleuth the truth amidst the misinformation.” – USA

Jul 3

“Although it seems that children are born with a “mouse” or “mobile” in their hand, they actually need assistance from adults to cope with digital literacy: privacy, ethics, critical thinking.” – Estonia

Jul 1

“In my experience the greatest obstacles are cultural – and children’s educational prospects are greatly shaped by the expectations of their teachers, families and communities.” – UK

Jun 20

“If teenagers are happy with themselves, they are a lot less likely to go put someone else down.” – USA

Jun 19

“In an ideal world we would see healthy school climate prioritized in the same ways we see standardized testing used to categorize the success of a school.” – USA

Jun 14

“Standardization works for factory parts, but it is not good for inspired learning.” – USA

Jun 10

“The parent power trend represents the best hope for the future of public education.” – USA