Learning through questions, creativity, and shared knowledge | October 25–31

MEET ASHLEY BAREFOOT

Follow the clues

A handwritten journal becomes a mystery to investigate. Ashley Barefoot helps learners question, compare evidence and revise their ideas.

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Try this tomorrow

Editorial suggestion
Choose one photograph or familiar object. Ask learners what they notice and wonder, then add one new piece of evidence and invite them to revise an idea.

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Be a megaphone for good

Help more people discover the educators making learning possible. Follow Champions of Learning and share a story that inspires you.

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MEET KAREN BOSCH

Make learning visible

Karen Bosch shares her love of learning through sketchnoting, creative exploration and resources that invite others to begin.

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MEET KHAZIJA GHARIB ISSA

Share the knowledge

Khazija Gharib Issa helps women develop solar-technology skills they can use and share in their communities.

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MEET NOÉMI GÉGÉNY

Make repair a shared lesson

At Repair Café Budapest, Noémi Gégény helps create a place where beginners work beside skilled repairers. Time, patient guidance and a useful task make room for learning and another attempt.

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MEET DR. STEVE FOUTS & DAN FOUTS

Make room for conversation

Dr. Steve Fouts and Dan Fouts help educators plan purposeful conversations. Their work makes listening, considering another perspective and understanding one another part of everyday teaching.

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Keep wondering

An AI prompt to explore this week’s ideas. Copy and adapt:

Help me design a small investigation in which learners observe something, ask questions and revise an explanation using new evidence. Ask about my setting and learners’ access needs first. Suggest three approaches and their tradeoffs, including one without digital tools. Do not request student names or identifying details.

MEET COLLEEN O’ROURKE

Explore a changing world

Colleen O’Rourke connects ecological investigation with student-created immersive storytelling. The river-restoration archive is still growing, with students observing, recording and revisiting change.

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