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How To Connect Schools And Communities Using Technology

TeachThought

How To Connect Schools And Communities Using Technology by Terry Heick It’s possible that there is no time in the history of education that our systems of educating have been so out of touch with the communities. Place-based education See above—learning that is based on place and not an indexed set of nationalized curriculum.

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Would You Rather: Transfer and Apply

Catlin Tucker

The first and second blogs in this series focused on providing meaningful choices when students are acquiring information and making meaning. series, we will explore how we can provide students with choices that enable them to transfer and apply their learning effectively. In this third and final installment of our “Would You Rather?”

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Making Time for Social Studies and Science Without Sacrificing Literacy

TCI

However, studies show that exposure to content-rich subjects like history, geography, and science strengthens reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking skillsessential components of long-term literacy success. Regular Content Blocks: Schedule dedicated time for social studies and science each day or week.

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Farewell, 2020: Lessons Learned

Catlin Tucker

In some respects, this blog has become my excuse to reflect each week on my professional work. 2 Providing a one-size-fits-all experience doesn’t work in any learning landscape. We all have unique interests, learning preferences, histories and life experiences, family dynamics, strengths, and weaknesses.

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How Can the Metaverse Transform Learning?

ED Surge

I integrated project-based learning and technology in all kinds of ways. I asked them to create blogs to interact through blended learning. We must embrace new technology and improve upon it to enhance learning. This is history in the making, and it is exciting to be a part of it! Absolutely.

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Helping Parents Decipher Education Jargon and Get to What Matters

Digital Promise

One key term that seems to be popping up as a priority at schools is “project-based learning.” The Project-Based Learning Topic Page discusses the history around this approach, and how engaging, authentic, and inquiry-based approaches can benefit all students.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

Those connections start with one-on-one mentoring, in which teachers meet with students weekly to discuss short-term goals, such as completing a certain number of units in a history course, and long-term goals that stretch into college and career. We don’t want to create gaps in our learning for our little ones.”.