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to use technology to enrich their relationships, to be more efficient, to express themselves creatively and to play and trial things and to fail and try again.

I don’t know how I can afford this.”

That reason was because the teachers believed it was the way to go. And, we should back them.

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2) CONFIDENCE

3) CONNECTION

4) CHARACTE

5) CONTRIBUTION

6) COPING

7) CONTROL

When kids play, they make mistakes and learn how to recover.

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They have to actively engage in learning in order to become self-regulated learners who are able to control their emotions and motivations during the study process, set goals, and monitor their own learning process

We learn by pushing and pulling on concepts with one another

Students understand ideas better when there’s interplay between emotions, motivation and cognition, so positive beliefs about oneself are a core part of reaching a more profound understanding.

If students understand why it matters, learning becomes more important to them.

You really want practices and processes that help teachers engage each student where they are

Students need to experience both academic success and the challenge of discovery.

Assessment should be for learning, not of learning

when it’s done well and more formally it’s a whole structure and methodology where you collect feedback on the learning pathway and it drives the next step that you take.”

Understanding the connections between subjects and ideas is essential for the ability to transfer skills and adapt

if the school culture does not encourage experimentation, educators can mitigate negative reaction by framing the ideas in a way that will be accepted, or by bringing in outside resources to try and convince naysayers. Even finding one colleague in or outside of the school to bounce ideas with can make the process much smoother.

Learning is directed by students, often project-based, evaluated primarily through writing and projects, self-assessments and peer-assessment. The schedule is periodic, focusing on a topic like geography or history for three to four weeks and crossing into multiple disciplines. The teacher is seen as an active mentor and coordinator and the school has active parental involvement.