3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #115, 21st September 2022

Post-pandemic return to school has been hard for teachers and students. Issues of discipline, focus, and differences in levels of what has been learned in the past couple of years have surfaced. What are the choices for educators and educational institutions? How are you coping? Managing? Reimagining?

Three Images of the Week

Two Thoughts of the Week

“It is often said that education and training are the keys to the future. They are, but a key can be turned in two directions. Turn it one way and you lock resources away, even from those they belong to. Turn it the other way and you release resources and give people back to themselves. To realize our true creative potential—in our organizations, in our schools and in our communities—we need to think differently about ourselves and to act differently towards each other. We must learn to be creative.” — Sir Ken Robinson

“Every maker of video games knows something that the makers of curriculum don’t seem to understand. You’ll never see a video game being advertised as being easy. Kids who do not like school will tell you it’s not because it’s too hard. It’s because it’s boring.” ― Seymour Papert

One Video of the Week

The vulnerable are most impacted in crisis. In this insightful talk presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO (co-written by Dr. Betty Ogange, Education Specialist: Teacher Education) at the DETA Conference 2021, here is some direction for institutions to plan for their teachers’ professional development.

Most of the resources available by Commonwealth of Learning is open source for educators and institutions to use. Great learning from the innovative methods and flexible models that have been developed for teaching and assessments.

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I have been a research scientist, a journalist, and an educator for over 3 decades. I read and, I write.  With this weekly newsletter, I share what I read, learn, and, experience. At the same time, I engage with students, parents, and teams of teachers across K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and ed-tech organizations.

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