Blended Learning Basics: Content

Blended learning, that combination of f2f and online experiences, offers a kaleidoscope of learning opportunities.    To provide quality education experiences, blended learning must include three basics:  content, process, and product.  One of my mentors, Irving S. Sato, set the framework for education excellence, particularly for gifted and talented students, with these three concepts.    . . . Read More: Blended Learning Basics: Content

Transform Education: Conversation to Action

There has been a flurry of conversation about education in the United States.

MSNBC News launched Education Nation, an interactive conference with continuing media reports, has focused on various facets:  teachers, community colleges, school lunches and health, paying for education.  As mentioned in my post by the same title Education Nation, NBC . . . Read More: Transform Education: Conversation to Action

Education Nation

It is extremely impressive when a major broadcast network commits time, talent, resources to education.  NBC News, a division of NBC Universal, has made such a commitment.    I am a professional educator with more than 30 years in the field.   In my experience, superintendents are the most prominent educators in a community.  Principals have . . . Read More: Education Nation

Relevance Can Make Learning Stick

Stickiness as identified by Malcolm Gladwell has become an inherent part of our 21st century vocabulary. The Heath brothers in Made to Stick explore why some ideas stick and others do not. With ideas, products, issues, and more swirling around us constantly, what does stick and even grow?

In learning, there is one facet . . . Read More: Relevance Can Make Learning Stick