InnovatED - Tomorrow's Education Innovations Today

There's a prevailing view that we've raised a generation of students who are preoccupied with passing tests, strugle with too much freedom in the classroom and are afraid to fail. Our guest is an elementary school teacher whose classroom is on the leading edge of turning this around. Learn more... Follow: @mcnairan3 @donwettrick @bamradionetwork Andi McNair has been teaching for 14 years. She teaches gifted and talented students at Bosqueville Elementary in Waco, Texas. Andi enjoys sharing her passion for education and finding innovative ways to engage her students in the classroom.

Our guest today runs an inner-city, low-income school and is doing amazing work by employing some unconventional strategies. Learn how The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Hip Hop and video are changing students lives. Follow: @donwettrick @bowmanstrong @bamradionetwork Jamaal Bowman is the founding Principal of Cornerstone Academy for Social Action Middle School. He is a life long learner and educator, husband, father, and passionate about changing the world. Twitter: @bowmanstrong .

In this special edition of InnovatED Don Goble joins Don Wettrick to talk about the teaching power of giving students a voice and an authentic audience beyond the walls of your school. They close with an exciting announcement. Follow: @donwettrick @dgoble2001 @bamradionetwork Don Goble is an award-winning Broadcast Technology, Film and Multimedia Instructor at Ladue Horton Watkins High School in St. Louis, Missouri. Don Wettrick is an innovations class and Broadcasting teacher at Franklin Community High School, just outside Indianapolis, IN.

This is an extraordinary segment about the profound difference that was made in the life of a student, in an unexpected way. The segment underscores the fact that often, the best lesson plans are not planned at all. Follow: @donwettrick Don Wettrick, @donwettrick, is an Innovations class and Broadcasting teacher at Franklin Community High School, just outside Indianapolis, IN. He engages with his students from his class, Kevin, Grace, Eric and Tessa, who are making a difference in each others lives. @bamradionetwork

In this segment we talk with a teacher who explains her decision to dump homework and why it works. Follow: @donwettrick @bamradionetwork Trista Camp has been a math teacher at Greenwood Middle School for 15 years. During that time she has taught 6th and 7th grade math along with 8th grade Pre-Algebra and Honors Algebra. She is a member of IMLEA and currently the math department chairman. She has a B.S. in mathematics and a Master’s in Education.

In this segment we look at a school that turned its entire IT department over to students to maintain manage and grow. It was the quintessential experiment in project-based learning and the results were astounding. Learn more... Follow: @donwettrick @lzulli @bamradionetwork Lou Zulli Jr., has been an educator for 36 years; the past 18 as the IT Instructor and Network Administrator for the Center for Advanced Technologies at Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg, FL. Lou is the 2011 Microsoft Partners in Learning US Forum and the 2011 Microsoft Partners in Learning Global Forum winner for the Cutting Edge Use of Technologies for Learning with his project Center for Advanced Technologies News and Information Portal (CATNIP).