Matt Buxton's Blog – July 2013 Archive (1)

I really enjoyed reading and watching all of the assignments this week. In particular, I loved the last video on "7 skills that students need for the future."  The speaker did an excellent job of explaining how schools are failing students that have to compete in the 21st century.  Often times when teachers think of failure or disappointment in their own classrooms, they focus on the disengaged and underperforming students.  While this is obviously is an issue and a problem, the highest…