By: Punya Mishra

I just got back from a trip to Israel. I was invited by the MEITAL 2019 conference and the Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts. MEITAL is an organization of higher education institutions in Israel focusing on understanding and responding to local and global trends shaping the future of education.

By: Hannah Scully

This is a special guest blog contribution from Hannah Scully. Hannah is an undergraduate Barrett Honors College student in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College and completed her Honors Thesis on design thinking and its use throughout education.

By: Christina Ngo

When you first see the title to this blog post, you might think that there’s not much to say about Columbus, Ohio… and what does it have to do with our team?

By: Christina Ngo

Last week, our seven Teacher Instructional Leaders (TILs) at Coronado High School had their last day before starting summer vacation. Besides writing HAGS (have a good summer) in their imaginary yearbooks, how did we leave things?

By: Michele Gaines

Over the past year, the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College has engaged in an integrated effort to focus on wellness.

By: Emili Cabrera

Six months ago, I was asked if I had any experience with the design process or design thinking during an interview. I really wanted this job, but I knew I wasn’t going to lie, so I said I had no clue.

By: Claire Gilbert

As another school year ends, we’ve taken the time to talk with teachers at Coronado High School about their efforts to increase community involvement and student engagement at their school.

By: Jake Winfield

Now that my classes are all finished, I’ve had a chance to think about what I’ve learned as an OofSI Design Fellow.

By: Cassandra Kellaris

I’m a little sad that we’re done facilitating a series of workshops with ASU’s College of Health Solutions (CHS). These sessions, intended to clarify some grand challenges that the College will work on for the next several years, produced some really interesting outcomes.

By: Lisa Wyatt

If teaching is so great, why is it so hard to find teachers?

By: Punya Mishra

The journey of design is complicated, filled with conundrums —some expected, others not so much. There are many possible strategies to address them as we iterate our way to the finish line.

By: Stephanie McBride-Schreiner

Teacher shortages are a very serious problem with very serious consequences. How can we expect children to learn and achieve if they do not have constant, qualified teachers?

By: Elizabeth Mirabal

We recently had our first Admin Meeting! This was the first opportunity for almost all Teachers College administrative and support staff to meet face to face. At first you may think, ok, so what’s the big deal? Why is this so exciting?

By: Jodie Donner, M.Ed.

The ASU community is in the midst of a transition from Blackboard to Canvas. Some instructors have already adapted to the new learning management system while others are still in the process of migrating what may be years of content over to the new platform.

By: Jennifer Stein

During our team’s fourth and final February visit to San Diego, I had the privilege of being part of the MLFTC team that attended the two-day event, held at High Tech High’s Graduate School of Education.