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Future of Learning
Five Building Blocks in the New Architecture of High Schools
[…] of adaptive software with individual and small group tutoring in a flex or station rotation model. Most common in K-8 literacy and numeracy development, flex blends and flipped learning are becoming more common in high school. A growing number of high schools and colleges (including ASU) use ALEKS in a blended math workshop model. […]
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Leadership
Who is Going to Teach the Kids?
[…] sure teachers have shared, high-quality common instructional resources across subjects and/or year levels. Natasha Mercer uses a shared Google drive of lessons and has brought in Edrolo and Atomi as resources for flipped learning or as a backup tool if students or teachers are on extended sick leave. Arrange for non-teaching staff to cover extra-curricular and yard-duty responsibilities. Trial innovative […]
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Learner-Centered
A New Spin on Education: Cognitive Capacity for an Uncertain Future
[…] of the student and then shine brightly in all the other classes. With cognitive training, I saw that in a number of our students. That light switch flipped for them. They got more confident, and they were excited.” The goal is cognitive literacy, that is, learning how to learn. Betsy Hill and Roger Stark […]
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New Pathways
Timetable Absurdity
[…] start times and being able to choose when to eat or move instead of responding to bells. Shifts in thinking about time ground evolving educational practices like flipped classrooms, blended learning, and block scheduling. In Australia, Simon Beaumont leads a school which uses a self-directed learning model that needs less face to face class time and builds independent […]
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New Pathways
Microschools: From Micro Innovation to Serial Disruption
[…] that are customized for students. The flexibility of microschools elicits lab features and innovation hubs for hands-on discovery. Microschools are innovative learning models where environmental space is flipped for agency, exploration, and personalization. A best in class, specifically in alignment with architectural disruption, is NuVu Studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Underpinning Coherence Process #2 in […]
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Learner-Centered
Building An Authentic Learning Culture Starts With Imperfection and Vulnerability
[…] in sweat, I remained unphased. The teacher slid my test across the table, then placed my neighbor’s test face down. We both glanced at each other and flipped our tests over at the same time. “Boom!” I got an 89 on the “hardest test of the year.” In my excitement, I looked over and […]
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Future of Learning
Reimagining Learning for Students with Disabilities: A COVID Crisis Silver Lining
By: Karla Phillips-Krivickas. As schools are reopening their classroom doors, they should also open the door to reimagining education for students with disabilities.
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Future of Learning
New Possibilities: The Role of Research in 4.0’s New Normal Fellowship
By: Hassan Hassan. 4.0 has resisted formal research and evaluation for the course of its history on the grounds that it is not accessible to early stage education entrepreneurs. In its latest fund, it is now developing innovative, accessible approaches to research that honor the needs of early-stage founders, especially in the era of COVID-19.
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Leadership
The Art Of Teaching Has Been Overcompensating For The Science
With the rise of learning science, the art of teaching could evolve into a system, and learners would be truly at the center.
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Future of Learning
Is Entrepreneurship the Antidote to Student Anxiety?
By: Dr. Tom Leonard. Entrepreneurship may be the key to empowering students to become agents of change and equipping them to solve problems.
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