Every May, I have the fortune of teaching a 4-week long study abroad course focusing on 1960s British Invasion rock ‘n roll at The Ohio State University. This musicology/music appreciation course consists of in class and online activities that naturally lend themselves to listening activities...
It’s hard to believe, but our collective partnership College Ready Ohio has reached its halfway point! Our ten districts, 26 Catalyst Teachers, The Ohio State University educational technologists and researchers, and administrative partners from Battelle Education / Ohio STEM Learning Network,...
Are you looking to make a difference in K-12 education? Join College Ready Ohio on April 25 at 6 p.m. for their film screening of the award-winning film Most Likely to Succeed followed by a panel discussion lead by Ohio educators.
"Technology involves more than than just tangible tools, machines, and factories. It also involves the abstract thought and cultural practices that provide the contexts for such things and make them possible." - Larry A. Hickman
It is challenging to provide individual instruction to students when the entire classroom is packed full. Now, add the element of a wide-range of subject mastery and the situation becomes more complex. Students enter Northland High School with subject...
A virus flows through the body of the host, infecting every cell. The infection takes over the way the individual functions and makes the body perform. iSchool came to talk with College Ready Ohio...
In college, students are expected to be proactive not reactive. Undergraduates need to feel comfortable independently identifying when they need assistance in course work and what resources to use to better their understanding of the material. Blended high school classrooms allow students to...
A traditional high school transcript is no longer a good indication of how prepared a student is to begin college. Today's students are expected to enter higher education equipped with a skill set that allows them to immediately engage in an interactive and collaborative digital learning...
In 2013, Ohio attracted national attention with Gov. John Kasich’s push for a “ Straight A Innovation Fund .” The $250,000,000 competitive grant challenge awarded 24 successful applicants in December of that year and another 36 the...
Each fall, over 7,000 recent high school graduates enroll in courses at The Ohio State University. With each incoming class comes a group of students with increasingly higher composite ACT/SAT scores and, unsurprisingly, increasingly higher expectations for an engaging, world-class education....
