Kids have to be in school. But they don’t have to pay attention.
The first thing educators should be doing is giving their students a reason to pay attention.
What can educators learn about good teaching from a Hollywood screenwriter? Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go
Wilder is regarded as giving some of the best advice for how to write the perfect screenplay - that engages the audience until the end and elicits an emotional experience for the viewer.
So what can a legendary screenwriter teach us about learning?
Is the real world of work more playful than most schools?
The educational institution is not always the fastest at pivoting or implementing innovative teaching tools and methods. Obviously every school is different, but in general it seems we are still clinging onto some long standing traditional methods of teaching and learning which have less and less value in our information-rich and interactive digital world.
Education needs more of the one thing AI lacks: feeling
If we are rallying around a technology that notoriously lacks empathy, let's make sure we don't forget the importance of how students feel about their learning experience - which can be innovated with or without the use of AI.
Primary Computing Hacks (for busy teachers)
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