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This post is authored by Allison Zmuda, Marie Alcock and Michael Fisher and was first published on the Solution Tree Blog. Based on The Quest For Learning: How To Maximize Student Engagement Have you ever tried to pry yourself or someone Read More …
This post first appeared on Leveraging Technology for Learning and is reprinted with permission. In working with teachers and students at Polson Middle School and Hand High School, I’ve seen students demonstrate their understanding in a variety of ways, especially Read More …
This post was first published on Inside the Classroom, Outside the Box. It is reprinted with permission. “The technology itself is not transformative. It’s the school, the pedagogy, that is transformative.” – Tanya Byron I am in schools and classrooms Read More …
In this day and age it’s almost impossible to walk into a classroom and see a teacher instructing his or her class without a computer. There is good reason for this. Technology provides us with an efficient way to learn Read More …
This post first appeared on Leveraging Technology for Learning and is reprinted with permission. Since the dawn of 24/7 cable news some 30 years ago, the lines between fact and opinion in our news reporting have become increasingly blurred. The Read More …
The creative collaboration demonstrated by a group of high school students in Madison, Conn. is so powerful … by design. High school teacher Luke Arsenault created an opportunity in his Intro to Video course for students to tackle conveying metaphorical Read More …
Homework has come to be one of, if not the most, stressful things that kids worry about today. If you asked 100 high school students what stresses them out in school most, I guarantee that at least 75 of them Read More …
One of my goals for 2017 is to help educators see that Personalized Learning (PL) is not “another thing” and not something that is hard to do in your classroom. All you have to do is start small and be Read More …
I recently came across the article, Personalized Learning and Common Core: Mortal Enemies? on usnews.com. The article defines personalized learning as “a new tech-fueled trend in education” and goes on to cite why adopting the practice may revert our schools Read More …
Written by Cuda Zmuda and Olivia Manke Cuda and Olivia are rising 10th graders who go to Princess Anne High School for the IB program Cardboard Virtual Reality Glasses are used with an apple device to allow the user to Read More …