Imagine learning coming alive in our schools, where students and teachers are engaged co-learners, deep learners, with their students. It’s happening now, in classrooms around the world.

Learning Coming Alive

Imagine 12 kindergartners busting out of the doors during their recess, with iPads in their hands. Pointing toward the sky, they excitedly call out the names of the clouds they were seeing, “Cumulus! Cirrus!” quickly taking pictures of them before running back to their classroom to share with their teacher what they just experienced.

Students doing a DiG at Woodcrest State College, Australia

Imagine… a group of disengaged middle school students becoming curious and engaged about the Bill of Rights, actively working both within and beyond class time to make relevant connections between their course content and lives. Imagine the joy as they become intrinsically motivated to deepen understanding, and then communicate the powerful stories of their discoveries with their learning community…and then imagine them asking their teacher to let them do it again!

Students doing a DiG at Westerville City School District, USA

Imagine a room of teenagers sharing what surprised them throughout the week, excitedly ready to act on their new insights about their creative potential. The look of empowerment on students' faces at the realization that they've just discovered a new insight about themselves. The grapple and then the reward of making connections that surprised and delighted everyone.

Students doing a DiG at the International Community School, Ethiopia