Connected Teaching and Learning

New poll of rural Americans shows deep cultural divide with urban residents

June 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

America’s cultural divide runs deep. While rural and urban Americans share some economic challenges, they frequently diverge on questions of culture and values. On few [...]

The Worlds Largest Lesson

June 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

In September 2015, the United Nations are launching global goals, a series of ambitious targets to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change for everyone by 2030. To [...]

Teaching facts about the political system in the UK and the USA,

June 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

Introduction to government in the USA What do you know? In teams of 3 do the tasks below, who can manage to get this right? Write here on this padlet what you know about the [...]

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead review – the brutal truth about American slavery | Books | The Guardian

June 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

This thrilling tale of escape from a deep south plantation takes in terror, beauty and the history of human tragedy Source: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead [...]

Crash Course Government and Politics | Crash Course | Classroom Resources | PBS LearningMedia

June 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

From balancing chemical reactions to analyzing famous literature, never before has one collection offered such a awe-inspiring range of content. Since 2011, brothers John and [...]

Eli Pariser Predicted the Future. Now He Can’t Escape It.

June 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

Six years after the Upworthy cofounder coined the term “filter bubble,” things are much worse. In the aftermath of the US election, as pundits blamed highly biased media [...]

Innovate or die

April 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

What does Leadership for 21st Century Learning look like? We recently had principals and vice principals from 9 different schools in Norway and Sweden visit our school to [...]

Teaching the movie “Hidden Figures”

March 18, 2017 // 1 Comment

“That face when the President drops by for a visit,” the White House captioned the pic on its Instagram page.

The film Hidden Figures reveals the untold true story of a team of African-American women mathematicians, or “human computers” who helped the success of the Apollo Moon [...]

‘It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about’

March 17, 2017 // 2 Comments

President Obama slammed Donald Trump during his Rutgers commencement speech. Taking aim at the billionaires “anti-intellectualism.” source: Business insider. [...]

Teaching Gender inequality and the lack of education in developing countries

March 12, 2017 // 4 Comments

Gender inequality refers to unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender. It arises from differences in socially constructed gender roles. Women’s [...]