A Few Highlights of Innovative Learning in Action at the Hampton Township School District
| A brief look at innovative learning in action at the Hampton Township School District's Hampton Middle and Central Elementary Schools, where innovative art, robotics, print and maker studios are powering student learning and creativity. |
Global Learning with CoSN
Singapore
Building a Smart Country
The CoSN International Delegation to Singapore, continued CoSN’s long-term strategic efforts as a global leader in promoting a conversation around issues related to the successful use of ICT/technology in schools. Our delegation visited with the IDA– Infocomm Development Authority, MOE–Ministry of Education, NIE–National Institute of Education, and teleconferenced from Microsoft's Singapore offices with Hong Kong for a discussion with EdTech Leaders across Asia. Rounding out these high level meetings, we visited the SAS–Singapore American School, Nan Chiau Primary School and the Ngee Ann Secondary School. Of course a number of informal outings rounded out this innovation and learning focused delegation. The delegation report can be found here. |
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Norway and Finland
Systems Built on Trust
Learning about innovative policies and implementation approaches to ICT (EdTech) in schools, while also gaining insight into the larger industry and workforce development efforts of countries around the world is an essential aspect of understanding the overall learning ecosystem, as we prepare learners to live and work in the 4th industrial revolution. During the CoSN Delegation to Norway and Finland, technology administrators and educational experts visited schools and explored innovative education policies and achievements. With fortunate timing, we arrived in Oslo during Oslo innovation week and had the chance to meet with a number of tech focused startup companies that are benefiting from the education and workforce development efforts of the country. After Oslo, we continued on to Helsinki Finland where we discussed national curriculum and educational strategy while visiting schools and looking at their approach to promoting innovative edtech solutions through the Xedu schools and startups business accelerator. The delegation report can be accessed here. |
Ireland
A Tale of Two Cities
As a member of the 2016 CoSN Senior Delegation to Ireland and Northern Ireland, I was fortunate to contribute to the development of the report, "A Tale of Two Cities", published by CoSN. The report provides key takeaways from the senior global delegation CoSN led to Dublin and Belfast. |
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Equity at Scale in Ontario
CoSN led a senior level Delegation to Ontario, Canada, December 2-6, 2019. The Delegation of school technology administrators and educational experts visited schools and met with government officials, local leaders, educators, and the private sector to explore innovative education policies and achievements. Download the CoSN 2019 report "Equity at Scale" here.
In preparing for this journey, I first read Professor Michael Fullan’s (2019) book Nuance, which connected to efforts of the Toronto District School Board while offering vignettes of nuanced leadership from around the world, where “Nuance involves building the capacity of the adults around the students, especially those children not doing well (pg. 46)”. |
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