Schools Worth Visiting
[…] we should know about, send information to Info. Elementary (K-6) Horace Mann Elementary School Classic Rehab. Horace Mann Elementary School, in northwest Washington D.C., is a joy-filled student-centered personalized learning environment serving a diverse student body. The new and modernized historical facility reflects thoughtful programmatic values: Collaboration and Connection, Sustainability and Stewardship, and Choice […]
Expressing Learning Journeys Through Digital Portfolios
A few years ago I started having students in my Spanish II, III, and IV classes work on creating a digital portfolio using Google Sites. At the time, I was working on my Master’s degree and had to design my own Google site portfolio to show how I met all of the instructional technology […]
The 12 Shifts for Student-Centered Hybrid Environments
[…] for. Content, lessons, and assignments were rapidly shifted online. There was a lack of teacher training or an effective LMS to support the online shift and many students lacked access. This fall, things don’t look any more promising. Remote learning, or a hybrid version of it, is here to stay. But there is a […]
5 Ways to Make All Students Lead Learners
[…] applied level in order to successfully communicate it to others. This reality has led many educators to turn much of the instruction in their classroom over to students through student presentations, projects and more. That being said, too many students still never have the opportunity to become lead learners where they learn at the […]
4 Tiers Of Showcasing Student Work
The more we showcase student work - exhibitions, other events, digital spaces, and entering contests - the more students care about producing high-quality work.
21st Century Education Student Bill of Rights
Access to a relevant, personalized, applied, tech-infused and choice-based education should be non-negotiable for all students. It’s time for a 21st Century Education Student Bill of Rights.
The Role of Student Roles
Michael discusses how creating relevant real-world opportunities allows students to enhance their skills, resumes, and portfolios.
Three Keys to Making Game-Based Learning Student-Centered
By: Louisa Rosenheck Looking ahead to the needs of our ever-changing future, one of the key ways teachers can equip their students is to give them more agency and engage them in new ways. We already saw this need before the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has become even more urgent now. During the shift […]
Curating Content for Classrooms, Families and Students
[…] teachers are part of a school that uses Microsoft or Google. Having a way to streamline the workflow when it comes to sharing information, providing resources, accessing student projects, and providing students with options for showing evidence of learning, would definitely be a benefit, especially with time being a challenge. While there are different […]
Every Student Needs a Learning Coach
[…] learning science research more robust, an updated and revised advisory role is more important than ever. Currently, most public high schools have advisors, serving a couple of hundred students each, with a primary role of guiding course selection and post-secondary options. Additionally, counselors play a social-emotional and therapeutic role in some schools. Some public schools, […]