Chris Lehmann, founding principal at Philadelphia's Science Leadership Academy, really sums it up: giving students "skin in the game," as he put it to Education Week. That means, as the educators I mention in the main article show, using education technology not as another platform or delivery tool for traditional tutorial-style teaching but for the kind of "inquiry-driven, project-based" learning … [Read more...] about Giving students ‘skin in the game’ – another anti-distraction tool [sidebar]
Science Leadership Academy
A student and a principal on books & tech
Take a 2 min. break from whatever and consider this cute video snapshot of how a book might look to a digitally fluent teen. The students in the video are at Philadelphia's Science Leadership Academy, a three-year-old "inquiry-driven, project-based high school focused on 21st century learning and formed by a partnership between the School District of Philadelphia and The Franklin Institute. Note … [Read more...] about A student and a principal on books & tech