When I first began my career as an educator back in the 90s, I believed the problem with schools was that they were boring and the work was irrelevant. Those are indeed big problems, but what I later realized is we need to do more than make schools relevant and exciting. We must provide environments where students can engage in innovative, real-world experiences they find meaningful. When you do that you move toward becoming an innovative educator.
Wonder if you’re an innovative educator? Consider this question:
"Do you inspire your students to implement and share their ideas and/or work in the real world or communicate their ideas to someone outside the classroom who can help those ideas or work come to life?"
If you can answer yes to that question, then you’re on the right track.
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Interesting and relevant just brings us part way there. Innovative and real leads to meaningful learning. Let’s take a look at some examples:
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