Launching Innovation in Schools
https://www.edx.org/course/launching-innovation-schools-mitx-microsoft-education-11-154x-0
Microsoft EdX Courses
The Leader Toolkit Learning page offers many free courses through the EdX portal.
I’ve worked through four of the five available courses, and this one
is my favourite. School is just a game!
Leading Change: Go Beyond Gamification with Gameful Learning
STEP
Problem Based Learning : Rubics for Assessment
Problem based learning is a key part of 21 CLD and requires Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity.
Rubics can be very helpful as an aide for peer or self assessment: https://www.bie.org/objects/cat/rubrics/P15
For teachers:
- How to use the rubics https://www.bie.org/blog/how_to_use_the_4cs_rubrics
- Rubic for creating Rubics https://www.bie.org/object/document/rubric_for_rubrics
- Project design Rubic https://www.bie.org/object/document/project_design_rubric
For secondary pupils:
- Project Based Teaching Rubic https://www.bie.org/object/document/project_based_teaching_rubric
- Creativity and Innovation Rubic https://www.bie.org/object/document/6_12_creativity_innovation_rubric_non_ccss
- Presentation Rubic http://www.bie.org/object/document/9_12_presentation_rubric_ccss_aligned
- Collaboration Rubic https://www.bie.org/object/document/6_12_collaboration_rubric_non_ccss
- Critical Thinking Rubic https://www.bie.org/object/document/6_12_critical_thinking_rubric_non_ccss
For primary pupils:
- Presentation Rubic https://www.bie.org/object/document/k_2_presentation_rubric
- Teamwork Rubic https://www.bie.org/object/document/k_2_teamwork_rubric
- Critical Thinking Rubic https://www.bie.org/object/document/k_2_critical_thinking_rubric
Free Online Courses from Microsoft
Loads of useful courses here:
Microsoft HackTheClassroom 2017
I took part in the Microsoft Hack The Classroom live event last night, along with thousands of other teachers from across the world.
Superb for 21CLD !
On demand videos should become available here:
https://education.microsoft.com/courses-and-resources/resources/htc-June2017-resources
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/events/hack-the-classroom/default.aspx
https://education.microsoft.com/courses-and-resources/resources/hack-the-classroom-june-2017
This question and answer may be of interest :
Q:How is Teams different from Google Drive 06/27/2017 4:07PM
Eric Herzog: Teams includes OneNote Class Notebooks, Assignment, persistent chat, ability to bring in external connectors and more!! Plus teams integrates deeply with your OneDrive to access all your files! 06/27/2017 5:18PM
OneNote for Teachers
Demise of Docs.com
Important information about Docs.com end of service
Microsoft is retiring the Docs.com service on Friday, December 15, 2017
The World’s Largest Lesson: 18th September 2017
The World’s Largest Lesson Introduces the Sustainable Development Goals to children and young people everywhere and unites them in action.
http://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/
Teaching Sustainable Development Goals
Workplace Trends
Workplace Trends and the Importance of Digital Literacy 1#
Some would say that the workplace is changing four times faster than schools.
A recent global survey of Chiefs Executives, Educators and students conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (The Skills Agenda: Preparing students for the future 2015) asked contributors to try to identify what skills might be required to learn and earn as we enter the third decade of the 21c.
