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Leadership
10 Roles for Leading Toward Deeper Learning
As schools shift to personalized, competency-based deeper learning, how will the roles of leaders change? What sorts of skills, habits and mindsets will support these significant changes in education? What roles do leaders play to create and support deeper learning environments? The answers.
Leadership
Education Through Students’ Eyes: A Dry-Erase Animated Video
According to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., “It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.” However, when applied to education and the interactions between students and teachers, does this quotation ring true?
Leadership
Your Planning Process Signals What’s Important to You
Designing a retreat? Building a budget? Making a plan? Think about what the process will signal to your community. We suggest a process that is simple, transparent, and inclusive. Remember, how may be as important as what you decide.
Difference Making
Experiencing the World, Designing my own Learning Plan
By: Caleb Silverman. While my family travels to Ethiopia, Jordan, Israel, Turkey, Spain, Italy, and Eastern Europe, being away from school for six months means I must find alternative ways to learn on the road.
Personalized Learning
Learning is Personal for Your Child
By: Barbara Bray. To really personalize learning, the roles of the teacher and learners change. The learner owns and drives their learning with the guidance of a teacher as partners in learning. The learner may also seek others to support their learning as mentors or advisors.
Leadership
What I Learned About Deeper Learning From Co-Authoring Preparing Leaders For Deeper Learning
Reflection is an important component of any deeper learning experience. Here is Bonnie's reflection at the conclusion of our latest publication, Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning.
Difference Making
Student-to-Student: Customize Your High School Experience and Make it Meaningful
By: Grant Ryerse. Seven ways students can pursue their interests and customize high school: Finding "the best" parts, service learning, career exploration, teamwork, hands-on learning, and online learning.
EdTech
Edmodo: A Platform Redefining Learning
Edmodo is quietly, consistently positioning itself not just as the glue to hold your technology-enhanced learning initiatives together, but the rocket fuel that it will need to redefine what learning looks like now and in the future.
EdTech
Edgenuity Provides Rich Student, Teacher Experience
Edgenuity is a robust content platform that offers full credit-bearing courses based on state standards and has already developed custom courses in 30 different states to align to specific state standards.
Leadership
Finishing the School Year Strong: They Deserve Your Best
By: Trevor Greene. There's no “next time” in the education of our students, that's why we must take advantage of every opportunity and create experiences for students to extend their learning through the end of the year.