Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The data below comes from the Ed Leaders workshop at the Austin Tech For Schools Summits. They are present when we’re building relationships with our peers, policies for our schools, or lesson plans in our classrooms. Learn more about how EdSurge Concierge can help make it faster, more reliable, and tailored to your school.

Textbooks 137

Textbooks Mental Models Coaching Communication 137

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. Instead of relying on textbooks and teacher direction, these students had to think critically about unfolding events, collaborate with peers and adults, and make creative use of digital tools to communicate their ideas.

Skills 167

Skills Critical Thinking Communication Gamification 167

Lab to Class

MARCH 31, 2024

Perhaps books will have a diagram or teachers will attempt to explain a way to visualize a higher level math concept, but rarely do math textbooks and other math exercises for middle and high school explicitly focus on visualizations.

Math 52

Math Mental Models Textbooks Study 52

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2016

That’s a big problem that is slowing change in college teaching, argued Wind, a professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and one of the organizers of the conference. The mental model of the traditional classroom is obsolete,” he told the crowd of college technology leaders. “It

Textbooks 154

Textbooks Mental Models Lecturing English 154