School starts on the bus! Interesting grant idea. Schoolcraft has a shortened school day, but can we provide devices for students so they can start learning before they arrive. Maybe it becomes there homework.
“We try to put the single child in the centre and challenge every child,” he says. “We let each child work in the learning style that is preferable for them.”
Cellphones are permitted and the youngest students are each given a laptop or tablet. Older students are free to come and go from school as they please, as long as they stay in touch with teachers by smartphone
all about equipping students with 21st century skills, such as synthesizing large amounts of information accessible online and working on problems with groups. “Our philosophy is that we have to give students academic skills, but just as important are social and personal skills.”
Short interactive science materials for early elementary teachers. Maybe a good link on a "resources" page for after school computer play that isn't bad for them....
This simple shift—from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning—has profound implications for schools.
How will we respond when a student experiences difficulty in learning?
The answer to the third question separates learning communities from traditional schools.
systematic, timely, and directive intervention program
When a school begins to function as a professional learning community, however, teachers become aware of the incongruity between their commitment to ensure learning for all students and their lack of a coordinated strategy to respond when some students do not learn
teacher conversations must quickly move beyond "What are we expected to teach?" to "How will we know when each student has learned?"
OK, maybe you can't show to students but this made me think of all the fun things you can do next year in the middle school with those new iPad2s. By the way, I just got one. ; )
Interesting. Are men/boys motivated by the technology tools more than women? Why?
And in order for it to be effective, faculty and staff need support so they can implement tools in relation to learning, not just to implement the tools for the sake of the tools.