Hannah Emmanuele

A prolific author and pillar of educational leadership, Howard Gardner of the Harvard Graduate School of Education is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, which holds that intelligence goes far beyond the traditional verbal/linguistic and logical/mathematical measurements. Here ...

Gaming expert James Paul Gee shares insights into why video games are such effective learning tools. Schools give the “manuals” or textbooks to students and expect them to learn.  Bringing experience to the learning and allowing kids to live the ...

Innovative thinker John Seely Brown, known for his ideas for merging digital culture and education, shares lessons educators can learn from surfers, gamers, and artists on how passion and competitive hunger can drive intrinsic motivation. For more information, visit: http://www.edutopia.org/john-seely-brown

Teacher Ron Berger demonstrates the transformational power of models, critique, and descriptive feedback to improve student work. Here he tells the mesmerizing story of Austin’s Butterfly in which classmates helped Austin think like a scientist, taking an illustration of a ...

When David Warlick used the words ‘irresistible’ and ‘learning’ together a few years ago, I instantly knew that’s the experience I want my children to have at school.  As a parent I don’t know exactly what that is but I ...

“We are living during the most significant change in human expression in human history.”  With that backdrop, Richard Miller of Rutgers University explains in this brief video how traditional studies have been redefined in the networked 2.0 world. (love the ...

From Steve Wheeler: The most effective teachers are those who not only innovate in their practice, but also know how to justify their actions through the application of appropriate theory. Praxis is the contextualisation of theory within action. It can, ...

From Steve Wheeler:  

From Steve Wheeler:

Children are natural innovators with active imaginations.  See how subtle changes in instructions can have big impact.