Place Based Education
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Future of Learning
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 […]
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Competency-Based Education
Designing Competency-Based Models for Students by Students
[…] holistic assessment of “hard to measure” durable skills. Provides an opportunity for authentic, real-world application. Recognizes that growth in discrete skills occurs in unison with durable skills. Student Portfolios create a learner record that aligns with the student’s growth transcript. Student-Led Growth The Growth Framework is a great starting point for launching a school or […]
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Future of Learning
The Role of Student Roles
Michael discusses how creating relevant real-world opportunities allows students to enhance their skills, resumes, and portfolios.
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Future of Learning
It’s Not About The Grade, It’s About the Growth: 5 New Mindsets for Hybrid Assessment
[…] sits at her desk in a cramped corner of her bedroom/ makeshift office; her computer screen opened to a new Zoom window. One of her fifty 10-year-old student’s faces fills the screen, shades of light streaking across it from his cracked living room window. He’s visibly nervous. After a few reassuring words of encouragement, […]
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Equity & Access
Emancipating Equity for Learning Justice
[…] in power struggling to keep control of it) is continuing the schooling assembly line by mechanizing equity. Oh? So the pandemic (further) revealed that schooling can throw students off the conveyor belt? Or allows them to fall off? Or doesn’t bother to bring them back on the belt because they just couldn’t fit right […]
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Getting Through
Building Community and Social-Emotional Learning in the New School Year
[…] the year and so we had to constantly look for different methods or digital tools to help us create the right learning spaces and opportunities for our students. We needed tools and strategies to help us stay connected, to keep consistency in our work, and that promoted accessibility for the resources and materials for […]
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Personalized Learning
Bringing Project-Based Mentors into The Educational Fold
[…] hands-on practitioner. The idea is simple: “learning from doers and learning by doing.” Project Based Mentoring® puts a project at the center of an intergenerational relationship, where a student is the project’s leader, where the student executes to a master plan, where the student navigates real-world obstacles, and presents their findings – all while having […]
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Personalized Learning
Telling Our Stories: Connecting Globally
Over the past few years, I have continued to look for ways to provide spaces for my students to connect with each other and build their collaborative skills and also to connect with students from beyond our classroom. When I consider the options for use in my classroom, whether they involve technology or not, […]
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EdTech
6 Ways Screencastify Can Support Online Learning Through Video
[…] interactive and engaging learning experience. Over the past year, especially as we transitioned from fully virtual, to hybrid and in-person learning, I wanted to make sure that students had access to the right resources to help them better understand the content and have access to review materials. For this, I relied on Screencastify for creating […]
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EdTech
Stop Playing: Your Campus Needs an Esports Program
[…] you receive at a conference or in options for learning. Similarly, young people vary widely in interest and passion, and campuses often have to facilitate opportunities for students to connect and find their people. One option that not only provides connection, but also provides an environment for skill development, and prepares students for life […]
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