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Designs in 90 Seconds – Shadow Casting

June 2022

by David Hamilton, Director of Programs In our latest “Designs in 90 Seconds” video, we explore shadow casting. With a few pieces of cardstock, some Playdoh, and your smartphone, you can have a quick and…

Case Study Tools and Tips

Improving Your Teaching with One Piece of Data (Part 2): Observing Robots

June 2022

by David Hamilton, Director of Programs, EXPLO Elevate. Recently, a high school robotics teacher asked me to observe her class. When I asked her what kind of feedback she was looking for, she said, “Anything…

Essay Resource Toolkit

How to Find the Grail: The Path to Student Engagement (Part 2): Beware the False Flag of Rigor

May 2022

By Ross Peters, Managing Partner, EXPLO Elevate I sensed it was a badge of immaturity to ask about content relevance when I was a middle school student in an all-boys school. It was not a…

Resource Toolkit Workshop

New Summer Workshop: UNDISCIPLINED!

May 2022

We are excited to announce a four-day, dynamic workshop to help you find and create connections between your subject and others! Undisciplined: Creating Connections for Deeper Learning AUGUST 8-11 | 9:00AM-3:00PM | The Willows Community…

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New Video Series: Designs in 90 Seconds

May 2022

by David Hamilton, Director of Programs We are excited to launch a new super-short video series called, “Designs in 90 Seconds.” At EXPLO, we believe making is a critical skill. In making these new videos, our goal…

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Improve Your Teaching with One Piece of Data

May 2022

by David Hamilton, Director of Programs, EXPLO Elevate This is the first in a three-part series on how data collection + information design can expedite your progress toward a teaching goal (no matter what you…

Essay Resource Toolkit

How to find The Grail: Creating the Path to Student Engagement (Part One)

May 2022

By Ross Peters, Managing Partner, EXPLO Elevate We are distractible. We say this about students all the time. And students have been making a game out of trying to distract teachers for millennia – ”mention…

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Out on a High Wire: How Department Heads Balance Leadership Roles

April 2022

by Elise London, EXPLO Elevate Senior Consultant When I talk to department heads these days, I can’t help but picture them as tightrope walkers on the high wire. Although they are always excited to take…

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Surfacing Reflective Thinking in Ourselves and Our Students

October 2021

by Sudipti Kumar, Director of Research, EXPLO Elevate Last month, I wrote about a methodology called ORID for supporting meetings, conversations, and interviews at independent schools. I outlined the four components (O = Objective, R…

Case Study

A School’s Commitment to Deeper Learning

July 2021

By Shauna Hobbs, Director of Analytics, Innovation, and Research at Graded, The American School of Sao Paulo. In 2019, Graded set out to rethink and reimagine what they are doing as an institution. Realizing that…

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Designs in 90 Seconds – Shadow Casting

Improving Your Teaching with One Piece of Data (Part 2): Observing Robots

How to Find the Grail: The Path to Student Engagement (Part 2): Beware the False Flag of Rigor

New Summer Workshop: UNDISCIPLINED!

New Video Series: Designs in 90 Seconds

Improve Your Teaching with One Piece of Data

How to find The Grail: Creating the Path to Student Engagement (Part One)

Out on a High Wire: How Department Heads Balance Leadership Roles

Surfacing Reflective Thinking in Ourselves and Our Students

A School’s Commitment to Deeper Learning

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