Driven 2 Educate

Catlin Tucker is an accomplished educator, author, speaker and blended learning advocate. She has been a teacher for 15 years and pioneered efforts for blended learning in schools that are not always set up for this approach to learning. She freely shares her methods through lessons learned via her site, blog and books to encourage and inspire fellow educators for the betterment of youth. She is continuously developing and modifying her methods, technology choices and approach to teaching. This year she is piloting a new program called New School; based on work done at a school in  San Diego. It is a Co-teaching and cross-curricular approach involving English, Science and Technology. She along with another teacher share 60 students across 3 block periods in adjoining classrooms. She has thrown out homework and instead opted for setting daily and weekly goals. This leaves autonomy in the students hands as to how they manage their time and interests in the classroom. If they complete their work and manage