This episode focuses on mobile inquiry and place-based learning, how putting technology in the hands of students changes the conversations we have in the classroom.
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[audio-clammr mp3=”http://www.hillbrookcte.org/podcastupload/place-based-learning-s2e2.mp3″]A favorite quote in researching this episode comes from Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities. Laurie Lane-Zucker writes in the foreward:
A significant transformation of education might begin with the effort to learn how events and processes close to home relate to regional, national, and global forces and events, leading to a new understanding of ecological stewardship and community.
Resources we talk about in the episode:
- Place-based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities [book]
- Hillbrook 7th Grade Sit Spot, ZeeMaps
- Place-based Education, Entrepreneurship and Investing for an “Impact Economy”
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