So much of 21st century education often involves getting your students to unleash the creativity they did not even know they had. The challenge is getting them to access it on a daily basis. The solution might be to have them collaborate—daily, nightly, or pretty much whenever possible. Two heads are better than one and collaboration is a crucial 21st century skill.
Even with technology available, you might be wondering how on Earth teachers could provide each student with a meaningful personalized experience. Personalized education has become more than just a trend in our education systems, however. When teachers provide students with content and approaches that suit them best, students often find success.
Makerspaces have burst onto the scene in recent years and they are only becoming more popular as time passes, including in school environments. Perhaps because their benefits are so impactful or maybe because they’re super affordable and fun, makerspaces have helped spur a storm of STEM stimulation—for everyone from kids to teachers and even grandparents.
Project-based learning, interactive engagement, and real-life relevance are among some of the most important characteristics that today’s instruction should contain. Teachers know that they need to update their pedagogical styles and approaches to better relate to students and facilitate a true 21st century education. So, here’s how you can do just that.
Kids need project-based stimulation during the hot summer months to ensure that they do not slip into a beach-and-pool kind of lull. While it’s not essential that it’s rigorous and demanding, as it’s okay for kids to get a bit of a break, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with keeping them fresh until they start back to school in September.
Whether it’s blended learning, project-based learning or hands-on tinkering in a STEM-centered Fab Lab, modern educational tools have made it easier than ever for kids to become future ready. The goal of learning with technology is as simple as many top classroom products: prepare kids for a tech-filled work while honing key hard and soft skills.
In today’s world of education, there are certain skills that all students must learn and certain ways of learning that many classroom educators feel are necessary to accomplish those goals. Though it has often been compared to a spectator sport for much of, well, forever, learning isn’t an experience that is best carried out from the sidelines, especially in today’s climate.
The constant reiteration of the importance about “STEM this” and “STEAM that” has led to the revitalization of hands-on education in many of our K-12 school systems across the country. While many of these movements—in education or otherwise—die out after their trendiness loses appeal, the Maker Movement, it appears, should be one of them that sticks around.
In this section you are going to do a questionnaire survey. You can choose a teacher at your school, at least two students who come to school using different methods and two adults in your neighborhood (this may include your parents). Tell them this is about a report you are creating about transportation and your city.
Do you ever sit around and dream up ways for how classrooms can be made more exciting, innovative and useful? Just start a little inquiry, mix in a bit of cool technology and you’ll be on your way to interacting with a room of engaged students! That is the focus of this week’s Eduporium Weekly along with how you can started with project-based learning.
