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Teaching Must Get More Flexible Before It Falls Apart

ED Surge

They’ll need to find ways for school employment to be far more flexible, which will mean profound changes in how they work. More flexibility is the number one priority for job seekers. Almost three-quarters of knowledge workers plan to leave their jobs if they don’t get enough flexibility. What will they look for?

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Improving Teacher and Student Engagement Through Creativity

ED Surge

Engagement and creativity play such important roles in the learning process, but with the myriad of other requirements and obligations, they can easily get lost in the abyss of deadlines and mandates. Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over.

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How Creative Technology Can Help Students Take on the Future

ED Surge

With AI and automation reshaping entire industries, the skills employers once valued are being overtaken by the need for creativity, adaptability and technological fluency. He shares insights into how schools can leverage creative tools to equip students with the skills they’ll need to thrive in a world where the only constant is change.

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The Future of Work Is Flexible. Will Higher Ed Stay Stuck in the Past?

ED Surge

The project sought to “reimagine” how and where employees work after the pandemic, with a focus on “understanding the long-term potential for remote and hybrid work, flexible schedules, and other types of work arrangements”—arrangements it collectively calls “flexible work.” Intermittent flexibility” isn’t going to cut it.

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5 Things I Learned About AI, PBL, and Creativity at #ISTELive

Cool Cat Teacher

The ISTE Mainstage event today had several great takeaways relating to AI, creativity, Game based Learning, and more. is a powerful tool for creativity. Creativity 5. Adaptability & Flexibility 8. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Our Influencers are on. Critical thkg 2.

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Confronting the School Staffing Crisis With Creative, Community Solutions

ED Surge

I have been floored by the response—such urgency, such depth of creativity, such generative thinking. Educators know what they need, administrators have wildly creative solutions and parents want to play a role. We asked: What can schools do in the immediate, mid-range, and long-term to reimagine adult roles and teacher capacity?

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The Future of Online Learning: Benefits and Strategies for Educators

Ask a Tech Teacher

Online learning offers unmatched flexibility and accessibility, enabling both students and educators to manage their schedules effectively and break down geographical barriers. Online learning offers flexibility and accessibility that traditional classrooms were never capable of. This flexibility extends to educators as well.