Over the last month, Kimberley Powell (LEVNT), Jonathan Nalder (SPLC – Indooroopilly) and Derek Bartels (LEQ) spent some late nights and weekends reviewing 78 Inspiring Global Education Innovations to support Contemporary Schooling as part of the HundrED arm called the Academy. This has also provided them with insight, connections and people behind these innovations such that we can enable and make available for Lutheran Education.
They were given 26 innovations to review in terms of impact and scalability.
It was a wonderful piece of work to engage with so many passionate and creative organisations who are all striving to improve education in a range of ways and for a range of learners across the world.
We will endeavour to share some of these innovations over the next few months. Here are five to start with
AimHi https://www.aimhi.co/
Ask big questions. Learn what matters. Be ready for the future.
AimHi is a live online school where everyone can learn, interact and be inspired by exceptional education and charismatic role models around the world for free.
Some of the many upcoming live lessons in August are:
What does courage look like? Philosophy
What’s the psychology of addiction? Science
Is there life in a puddle? Science
Co write a book English
The mysteries of Dark Matter Science
Night Zoo Keeper Inspire a love of writing https://www.nightzookeeper.com/
A safe online writing community for learners, night zookeeper has gamified the writing process. It provides reading and writing intervention through games, challenges and puzzles. Learners create their own characters, grow a rich vocabulary, develop grammar skills and are challenged to write creative stories, reports, poems etc. Their online work lives in a personal portfolio that can be shared with family, friends and a global audience.
Chatta https://chattalearning.com/
A powerful classroom approach ensuring confident speakers, fearless writers and deep learners. All Ages. All subjects.
I see this as having particular impact for students on the autism spectrum or with other expressive language difficulties. The Chatta app makes using social stories personal and easy. It links images with language and can be used across school and home to encourage communication.
Climate Action Project https://www.climate-action.info/
In October each year students ages 6-22 will collaborate on climate change topics over the course of 6 weeks. They will study caused and effect and try to solve issues and take action. Teachers can sign up to get involved and gain access to shared and local resources to support their students to become engaged and empathetic climate action takers.
Be Strong Online https://bestrongonline.antibullyingpro.com/
A series of online modules designed to be delivered by young people for young people. This peer led initiative aims to empower young people to increase the digital resilience of their peers. The program explores 10 different topics from cyberbullying and digital footprint to social media, digital detox, selfies and pressure online.
The 2 min brief video below may help inspire and explain. https://youtu.be/zLjGKa_Ppsc
