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inSPiration deCKWithin the public school system
What’s in the classroom now that we can work with?
Others
What doesn’t really have a category but is equally inspiring?
Within the alternative school system (charter, etc.)
What’s in the classroom now that has to stand by itself?
Outside the current school system
What’s outside of the class-room now that has to stand by itself?
t h e C a t e g o r i e SWithin the public school system
What’s in the classroom now that we can work with?
Others
What doesn’t really have a category but is equally inspiring?
Outside the current school system
What’s outside of the class-room now that has to stand by itself?
Within the alternative school system (charter, etc.)
What’s in the classroom now that has to stand by itself?
Within the public school system
Creative Partnershipshttp://www.creative-partnerships.com
Creative Partnerships is a program that brings creative workers such as artists, architects, and scien-tists into schools to work with teachers to inspire young people and help them learn.
Within the public school system
Studio in a Schoolhttp://www.studioinaschool.org
The studio works exclusively in visual arts education: drawing, painting, printmaking, and media technology. They also specialize in connecting professional artists & visual arts programmers with students, teachers, and administrators.
Within the public school system
What is the million?http://www.millionnyc.com
The million teamed up with New York’s Department of Education, Verizon, and Samsung to provide students with free cell phones. The students were then rewarded with free minutes for excellent at-tendance, behavior, classroom participation, and grades.
Within the public school system
opening Mindshttp://rsaopeningminds.org.uk
Opening Minds supports young people to become successful learners, confident individuals, respon-sible citizens, and competent employees. They help teachers design and develop a curriculum for their own schools based on: Citizenship, Learning, Managing Information, Relating to People, and Managing Situations.
t h e C a t e g o r i e SWithin the public school system
What’s in the classroom now that we can work with?
Others
What doesn’t really have a category but is equally inspiring?
Outside the current school system
What’s outside of the class-room now that has to stand by itself?
Within the alternative school system (charter, etc.)
What’s in the classroom now that has to stand by itself?
Within the alternative school system (charter, etc.)
Knowmadshttp://www.knowmads.nl
The purpose of Knowmads is to create a life-long learning community that starts with a one-year program and the possibility to add on half a year after that. They work from the principle of a team based setting based on Action Learning; meaning they work with their heads, hearts, and hands.
Within the alternative school system (charter, etc.)
blue Schoolhttp://www.theblueschool.org
Blue School brings the concept of the Lab School (experiential and research-based learning, inte-grating academics with creative problem-solving) into the 21st century. They aim to create prepared, capable, and flexible learners who are ready for all the possibilities that await them.
Within the alternative school system (charter, etc.)
franChildhttp://www.franchild.com
FranChild is a company that makes “franchise-like” businesses available for children to operate. They were created by parents for parents to teach children about business.
Within the alternative school system (charter, etc.)
hotChalkhttp://www.hotchalk.com
HotChalk is a free online learning management system designed specifically for K-12 educators. HotChalk helps teachers easily & quickly develop customized lesson plans and assignments, locate & integrate curriculum materials, and manage assignments & grading.
Within the alternative school system (charter, etc.)
birdhttp://www.bird-sf.com
Bird is a school of music, an art space, a performance venue, a recording facility, and even a yoga stu-dio. They encourage students to use what’s current to enhance their creative musical ideas. They also emphasize technique and exposure to all genres of music to produce something unique.
t h e C a t e g o r i e SWithin the public school system
What’s in the classroom now that we can work with?
Others
What doesn’t really have a category but is equally inspiring?
Outside the current school system
What’s outside of the class-room now that has to stand by itself?
Within the alternative school system (charter, etc.)
What’s in the classroom now that has to stand by itself?
Outside the current school system
CarrotStickshttp://www.carrotsticks.com
CarrotSticks is an online multiplayer game that improves math skills for 1st – 5th graders as they practice and compete with peers around the world.
Outside the current school system
Vocabuwww.getvocabu.com
Vocabu is a program that aims to make learning words fun and easy. Simply add a word to Vocabu and the program will do the rest. They are also able to connect language learners who want to learn together in a virtual classroom.
Outside the current school system
top hat Monoclehttp://www.tophatmonocle.com
Top Hat Monocle is a unique platform for interactive learning in the classroom. Their design team works with teachers to create tailored content which can be used to conduct polls, quizzes, and col-laborative learning exercises via students’ own devices.
Outside the current school system
the new american academyhttp://www.thenewamericanacademy.org
The New American Academy is a public school (with a side contract). They are a collaboration of NYC’s Department of Education, United Federation of Teachers, and Harvard Graduate School. Their approach is collaboration and innovation – by pairing sixty students and four teachers in every class.
Outside the current school system
Skill Sharehttp://www.skillshare.com
Skill Share is a marketplace where anyone can learn anything, from anyone. Their mission is to flip the traditional notion of education on its head and revolutionize learning. They are tapping into ex-isting communities and ways to “build” the world’s largest university.
Outside the current school system
hiP2bhttp://www.hip2b2.com/magazine.php
HIP2B is all about edutainment – showing that subjects traditionally seen as “difficult” or “hard” can be loads of fun, while being important to their future success. They connect with learners on various accessible and informative platforms – such as website, magazine & TV shows, Brand Ambassador Program, etc.
Outside the current school system
Medikidzhttp://www.medikidz.com
Medikidz was founded by a group of doctors who designed 5 larger-than-life superheroes from outer space – each a specialist of different parts of the body. They aim to use these characters to educate children through videos, a virtual world, and comic books.
Outside the current school system
ekominihttp://www.ekomini.com
Ekomini is the world’s first and only interactive, web-enabled piggy bank. It also features an online educational game that helps children learn what they should know about money. Their mission is to improve the financial literacy of the world’s youth and that having fun is the best way to learn.
Outside the current school system
brightstormhttp://www.brightstorm.com
Brightstorm’s mission is to be the best place to learn in the world. They believe that great learning starts with great teaching and thus, they find the best teachers, film them while teaching, and build learning solutions around the videos.
Outside the current school system
Wordiawww.wordia.com
Wordia is an online dictionary, but not in the traditional sense – they help users to understand the spelling, meaning and etymology of a word through a collection of videos. Examples of filming styles include (but are not limited to) rap or comedy, poetry, or performances.
Outside the current school system
little Passportshttp://www.littlepassports.com
Little Passports is a global adventure where kids follow Sam and Sofia’s travels around the world with monthly packages received in the postal mail, online games, and activities. Packages include a per-sonalized adventure letter, activities, souvenirs, toys, and stickers.
Outside the current school system
better lessonhttp://www.betterlesson.org
Better Lesson was founded by a group of teachers from Atlanta and Boston public schools to con-nect educators and help them create, organize, and share their curricula. They are focused on aggre-gating and scaling the most innovative content and practices from high-performing teachers across the country.
t h e C a t e g o r i e SWithin the public school system
What’s in the classroom now that we can work with?
Others
What doesn’t really have a category but is equally inspiring?
Outside the current school system
What’s outside of the class-room now that has to stand by itself?
Within the alternative school system (charter, etc.)
What’s in the classroom now that has to stand by itself?
Others
design ignites Changehttp://www.designigniteschange.org
Design Ignites Change supports designers and architects who want to make a difference. Through their program, college students engage in multidisciplinary design and architecture projects that ad-dress pressing social issues. They support these students through award programs, mentoring, edu-cation, and public visibility.
Others
feast on goodhttp://www.feastongood.com
The Feast is a cross-disciplinary series of programs addressing social innovation and new ways to make the world a better place. They believe in a healthy combination of passion, creativity, and entrepreneurship to shift the way things are done – thereby changing individuals, industries, and ultimately the world.
Others
Startlhttp://www.startl.org
Startl is a social enterprise dedicated to supporting the innovation of effective, affordable, and acces-sible learning products. Their focus is creating the conditions for success that let innovators create and capitalize products that truly help learners learn.
Others
Soles and Someshttp://solesandsomes.wikispaces.com
Soles (Self Organizing Learning Environments) and Somes (Self Organized Mediation Environ-ments) believe that there will always be people in the world who are willing to mediate in children’s learning (with no remuneration). They believe alternative schooling could be created with ‘clouds’ of mediators and children on the Internet.
Others
Mobile Schoolshttp://mobileschool.org
Mobile School is an organization that commits itself to working with street children worldwide by helping existing organizations to increase the efficiency of their activities on the street. They develop educational materials for streetwork with street children that can be adapted to the reality of the street.
Others
redUhttp://www.letsredu.com
REDU stands for rethinking, reforming, and rebuilding US education. Powered by people and tech-nology, REDU is a movement designed to expand and encourage the national conversation around education reform by providing information and resources to learn, a community platform to connect, and tools and initiatives to act.
Others
institute of Playhttp://www.instituteofplay.com
Institute of Play promotes gaming literacy: the play, analysis, and creation of games, as a founda-tion for learning, innovation, and change in the 21st century. They bring non-traditional audiences into innovative spaces through partnerships with the game industry, academia, government, science, technology, and the arts.
Others
the third teacherhttp://www.thethirdteacher.com
The Third Teacher is a collaborative exploration of ways design can transform teaching and learning.
Others
idea – institute for democratic education in americahttp://www.democraticeducation.org
IDEA envisions an educational system based on respect for human rights and our common demo-cratic values of freedom & responsibility, participation & collaboration, and equality & justice. Their mission is to catalyze change through leadership development, advocacy, collaborative network building, and direct support to key stakeholders.
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