Teachers as Educational Entrepreneurs | e-Learning Today TV
Posted by Denis Soukhanov on Wed, Jul 28, 2010
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Episode 19 - July 23, 2010
- Custom-built, handicapped-accessible kitchen for its physically and mentally disabled students
- Allows them to practice social skills, teamwork, reading and math
- Gives them opportunities to practice independent living skills and real world tasks
- Is there an agreed upon goal for education?
- Schooling Vs. Learning
- “I don’t want my students to be good at ‘school’, I want my students to be great at ‘learning’.
- “college and career readiness”
- The mission of education should be to empower students to become passionate, self-directed, lifelong learners armed with the critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and collaboration skills needed to change and indeed save the world.
- Educated school staff about the importance of conserving energy
- Schools started forming teams to help spread awareness
- Started projects and tasks within each school
- Shows that a little effort can go a long way for our planet
- Earth Day Network promoting green classrooms
- Tons of ways to go green
- Ideas for projects to make your school green
- Benefits to your local community and environment
- Become an educational entrepreneur: team, research, schmooze!
- Volunteer to be a grant reader.
- Alignment, Alignment, Alignment.
- DO NOT seem desperate
- Be clear and specific. Over-explain.
- Demonstrate the community connection: replicated, far-reaching imapact?
- Think innovatively.
- Invest in and enhance in your grant.
- Clearly define your budget proposal.
- Never give up; never surrender!
So, What Do You Know?
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