by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Creativity Fluency
Creative learners are not linear thinkers. Contrary to popular belief, while others have a plan from the beginning, creative learners are different. They might need to play first and experience the medium before they begin to come up with ideas of their own....
by GDC Team | Solution Fluency
At the GDCF we love sharing exceptional resources created by teachers we work with all over the world. This time around we have something on learning dispositions from Kathleen Baker Brown. Kathleen is the assistant principal at Parap Primary School in...
by GDC Team | Solution Fluency
“People can often do more, change more, and learn more—often far more—than they’ve ever dreamed possible. Our potential is hidden in plain sight all around us.” —Barbara Oakley via Greater Good Magazine People around the world are hungry to learn. Instructor...
by GDC Team | Creativity Fluency
In a truly creative classroom, teachers need to plan time in their lessons for change and growth. They must allow children to transition from knowledge gathering and memorizing to synthesizing and puzzle solving. This comes from teaching with imagination and...
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Social Media
We’ve got something cool brewing here at the GDCF that we’re super-excited about. It’s called “What’s Out My Window,” a Twitter project in tandem with our beloved teachers all over Australia looking to give their learners a window...
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | STEM
STEM learning is an interesting adventure. It’s a thrilling and fascinating study for many curious students. This area of learning has some of the most important digital-age skills modern learners can master. The Web is alive with some of the best tools for...
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Leadership
We’d like to do something we don’t do often enough, and begin this article by saying “thank you” to all you teachers out there. There are a number of things we want to express our gratitude for in order to segue into exploring the truths below...
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Project Based Learning
Social networks are a major part of most students’ lives. They have great capacity as learning tools if used properly. When integrating social media activities with project-based learning, students become more engaged in solving problems. It makes perfect sense...
by GDC Team | Solution Fluency
Educator Jeffrey Benson wants you to know that the best lifelong teaching practices are the simplest ones, ones that stand the test of time for every student and every teacher. He knows learners and learning well, having worked in his 35 years as an educator in...
