Hack Learning

Teacher, digital learning specialist, and mom, Kerry Gallagher, explains how a label after an in-class assessment gave her 7-year-old daughter a stomach ache. Then, Gallager and Hack Learning creator Mark Barnes suggest some simple ways that both teachers and parents can eliminate labels and inspire children to think about learning, without the hindrance of a grade. This is Hacking Assessment.

What if every single student in your class participated in your next discussion? Yes, even the most reluctant learners, the shy kids, and English language learners. Imagine the power of 100 percent participation. Teacher, bestselling author, and Hack Learning creator, Mark Barnes, shares 5 ways you can engage all learners tomorrow. This is Hacking Class Participation.

Mark Barnes shares 5 classroom management tips that he says will work at any school. Learn more about hacking classroom management at www.hacklearning.org.

Hack Learning creator Mark Barnes enlists the help of seven experienced educators, who share various ways teachers can engage students in learning, without using traditional worksheets. These education hackers teach all levels in various subjects, demonstrating that the old worksheet is obsolete in any classroom. This is Hacking the Worksheet.

With more than 120 million illiterate children, it's time to put books in kids' hands. In this episode, Mark Barnes shares how one school built a Book Nook, filled with thousands of books, which the school gave to its students. Unlike the school library, the Book Nook is a place where students can simply take books and keep them. In one of the easiest, yet most powerful education hacks ever created, you learn simple steps for launching your own Book Nook as early as tomorrow. Then, you can build an amazing culture of readers at your school. This is Hacking Literacy.

Two popular connected educators discuss the problem of the unconnected educator and share some Right-Now strategies for helping them plug in to incredible professional development on Twitter. This is Hacking Connected Education with Mark Barnes.

In Hacking the Test (Part 1), Mark Barnes explains how a test is NOT assessment and how teachers can shift the conversation about learning away from the test. In Part 2, Mark shares a story about how a second-grade teacher and his 7 year olds discover that a one-time test says nothing about learning, and they provide a better alternative to the traditional test. This is Hacking the Test (Part 2).

A simple tweeted picture ignited an ongoing conversation about education technology and its place in schools. Should we ban mobile devices in classrooms? Should we strengthen network filters? Or should we teach kids boundaries? Hack Learning creator and author of Teaching the iStudent Mark Barnes provides two simple steps for improvement. This is Hacking Digital Citizenship.

Mark Barnes explains how author/expert Mike Fisher reimagines teaching the Common Core, with his one-letter hack. Fisher replaces the "r" in "rigor", to completely change the climate of today's classrooms, even in a standardized world. Barnes wonders if it's possible to change other areas of teaching and learning by shifting the language in other trendy education words. He suggests that major change is possible if teachers work together to come up with other one-letter or one-word hacks. Share yours at #HackLearning on Twitter and at http://hacklearning.org.

It's time to stop punishing students for turning in their work late. Author/educator Mark Barnes explains why late policies cripple learning and discourage students. Barnes provides simple steps for encouraging students to budget their time and one step for Hacking the Late Policy. Wait till you hear how Mark Barnes suggests that you Hack your own late work policy. Learn more at http://hacklearning.org.

Learn 3 quick tips for improving your professional growth today. Bestselling author, educator, and creator of the Hack Learning Series, Mark Barnes, explains how you can access a limitless supply of powerful information from like-minded people, and put it in the palm of your hands, using tools you likely know but may not be using to their full potential. Learn more at http://hacklearning.org.

Would teaching and learning change if teachers treated all students like they were your own children? Author/educator and Hack Learning Series book publisher Mark Barnes shares one of his worst moments as a teacher--when he humiliated a student--and how that moment forever changed his teaching style. This is hacking rapport building.

Sometimes leaders need to make decisions on their own. Author/educator Mark Barnes explains how one poor school principal decision can inhibit learning, damage relationships, and cost a district a lot of money. Barnes then shares one simple fix for this big problem. This is Hacking School Leadership.

What if you had more time at work? Imagine an extra 2-5 hours on the job that are self-directed. Mark Barnes explains how every educator and private sector employee can have this extra time. All you have to do is move the workplace meeting to the cloud. Learn how a digital backchannel and bin can replace almost all meetings, building up to 20 more hours per month into your work days. We're hacking the meeting.

Mark Barnes identifies 6 reasons that teachers assign traditional homework and explains how to circumvent each reason and eliminate outdated traditional homework. In this brief episode, Mark Barnes explains how to throw out homework, while inspiring independent learning. Join Mark in Hacking Homework.