Open Letter to the "Connected" Authors
Dear Dr. Fowler and Dr. Christakis,This morning I had the good fortune to listen to your interview with Kerri Miller on Minnesota Public Radio on your new book, Connected: The Surprising Power of Our...
View ArticleGuest Post from an Iowa AIW Coach
Have you listened to the interview with the title, Teachers Feel Ignored In Education Debate? If not, here is the link.I found it interesting that teachers cited being able to collaborate with other...
View ArticleValue Beyond School Changes One Man's Legacy
The Center for Authentic Intellectual Work (AIW) works with a lot of teachers who have a hard time formulating practical examples of applying classroom learning to contexts outside the classroom, also...
View ArticleCoordinator's Academy - A Success!
June 9-12, 2010, The Center for AIW hosted the first of two Coordinator Academies for summer 2010. Thirty-two educators from nine districts gathered at Honey Creek Resort to develop implementation...
View ArticleIntel's Units could be helpful for Teachers doing AIW
Lead coaches Julie Graber, Maryann Angeroth, and Deborha Humpal recently attended an Intel sponsored event where they learned about a new website that hosts unit plans for k-12 teachers in all...
View ArticleAIW Implementation Notes from the Field: Gilbert Middle School, IA
Gilbert Middle school is moving into its second year of full implementation of AIW. In an effort to support teachers' collaboration, prinicpal Chris Billings publishes teacher's weekly answers to the...
View ArticleAIW Implementation Notes from the Field: Gilbert Middle School, IA
Gilbert Middle school is moving into its second year of full implementation of AIW. In an effort to support teachers' collaboration, prinicpal Chris Billings publishes teacher's weekly answers to the...
View ArticleAIW Implementation Notes from the Field: Gilbert Middle School, IA
Why are AIW teams important? Here is a great story from a 6th-Grade Social Studies at Gilbert Middle School in Iowa.Last week the students took their first social studies test. The essay portion of...
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Looking for Value Beyond School in Geography?
Teachers looking for somewhere new to study or a place to have students write letters should read this note. The Slovenian village Župančiči was recently flooded terribly and some of the main roads...
View ArticleQuestion for Middle School Math Teachers with AIW Experience
Today at the AIW Statewiide Kick-off in eastern Iowa, a middle school math teacher asked this question. Thanks in advance for your ideas and comments!Is there a resource that has ready-made higher...
View ArticleAIW Kick-off Evaluations
For those of you lucky enough to attend an AIW kick-off, it was terrific.The link to the AIW kick-off Evaluation is here . If you are the only person from your building who attended, pllease send this...
View ArticleMath, Math and Why this is a great time to teach it!
One of our AIW Coaches share this video. It comes form a TED, a popular website about education.Educator Dan Meyer is a math teacher. This video excerpt, for teachers involved in AIW, is especially...
View ArticleAnimation of a Great Speech
This is a great video about the problems of education in the 21st century. Implicitly, it helps explain why AIW is is so effective in the classroom.Enjoy!To see the video, click here.
View ArticleNeed Primary source Documents for History Class?
One of our Lead coaches in the field, Tina Wahlert, sent this great resource: I have a few SS teachers utilizing this website – it looks like a great way to utilize primary-source documents. Just...
View ArticleHoliday Good Cheer - AIW Style!
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my learning team gave to me... 12 drawn conclusions11 applied theories10 substantive conversations9 HOT questions8 elaborated communications7 authentic intellectual...
View ArticleAIW Coach Finds Article Supporting Problem Based l\Learning
As we ring int he new year, the Center is excited to link people interested in AIW to a reaserch article recently found by Maryann Angeroth, on of the lead AIW coaches in Iowa.Thanks for sharig...
View ArticleAn English Teacher's Idea to stay connected From the Field
I just wanted to pass along a link that you might find interesting. The English Companion Ning is a fabulous and extensive web resource for teachers, and they're having a Webstitute tomorrow...
View ArticleMore News for English Teachers
AIW fans have been appreciating the insights and innovations of up and coming midwest poet, Todd Boss. Here is his latest review.
View ArticleSubstantive Conversation in 5th Grade Math Class
This link from Edutopia on substantive conversation in math class is a great sample of how to teach the process of having quality substantive conversation in class. The grade level is fifth, but I...
View ArticleThinking like a Historian
Lead AIW Katy Evenson and education consultant in Iowa's Northwest AEA passed along this very interesting article from Edweek. it helps us better understand the relationship between knowledge and...
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