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Modifying the Flipped Classroom: The "In-Class" Version

Classroom flipping involves significantly more than merely recording and posting instructional videos online. For starters, this developing approach involves giving students more control over their learning, while allowing teachers more time and freedom to offer quality instruction.

As a former math teacher, the flipped classroom scared me at first, but then I have to say, I loved it when I was learning stats this summer and used Khan Academy.....

Giving students a much-needed brain break-and academic boost-with exercises in class

comments Getting young women to study science, tech is aim of Princeton conference

Ethical decision-making should be included as a 21st century skill (overused term but don't know of an alternative).  Some would profess that ethical decision-making has always been a needed skill.  

Best Practices: Learning expeditions

"provide more personalized and meaningful feedback to students in their Google Documents"

he Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an ongoing triennial survey that assesses the extent to which 15-year-olds students near the end of compulsory education have acquired key knowledge and skills that are essential for full participation in modern societies. The assessment does not just ascertain whether students can reproduce knowledge; it also examines how well students can extrapolate from what they have learned and apply that knowledge in unfamiliar settings, both in and outside of school. This approach reflects the fact that modern economies reward individuals not for what they know, but for what they can do with what they know. PISA offers insights for education policy and practice, and helps monitor trends in students' acquisition of knowledge and skills across countries and in different demographic subgroups within each country. The findings allow policy makers around the world to gauge the knowledge and skills of students in their

What works in education - Hattie's list of the greatest effects and why it matters

wiggins lists Hattie's what works and big take away  all , according to him rank higher than SES and honme environment, including Outdoor Adventure Ed!!  

What works in education - Hattie's list of the greatest effects and why it matters