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A Close Look at Competency-Based Learning

Cult of Pedagogy

These are assessed with rubrics used in every class, rubrics that focus on durable, transferable skills like collaboration, effective communication, and critical thinking. ” In MTC schools, this information is recorded on a Mastery Transcript. This video shows how these work: What About Content? They’re still proficient.

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Improving Teacher and Student Engagement Through Creativity

ED Surge

Creativity encourages problem-solving, critical thinking, iteration, collaboration and making deep connections in students’ learning material. Martha Bongiorno School Library and Instructional Technology Lead at Fulton County Schools How did the pandemic affect creativity?

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How Educators Save Time and Energy in Their Content Creation and Feedback Loops

ED Surge

Create digital lessons from a library Recommended Resources BookWidgets Blog BookWidgets Webinars BookWidgets Tutorials Teaching with BookWidgets | Facebook BookWidgets YouTube Channel Finding user-friendly online platforms to create projects and activities is crucial in our classrooms. The Widget Library.

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Confused by your kid’s math homework? Here’s how it all adds up

The Hechinger Report

Related: You probably don’t have your preschooler thinking about math enough. In China Grove, North Carolina, Abby Covington, a mathematics instructional coach at Millbridge Elementary School, hosted a webinar last fall for parents to explain teachers’ math expectations and tamp down pressure for perfection with homework.

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How a Middle School Library Promotes Maker Learning for All Students

Digital Promise

The Digital Promise maker learning team spent some time in Greer, South Carolina this winter observing and filming the Riverside Middle School Library Club students as they worked to design solutions to problems they identified in their community. We are excited to share their story as the second in our series of Maker Promise videos.

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