The Definition Of An Asynchronous Learning Community
An asynchronous learning community is one where students learn together bound by some component other than time.
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Teaching The Child Downstream: In Favor Of Communal Constructivism
With communal constructivism, the goal is not to produce a scientific discovery but to help children respond to & guide their own discovery.
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5 Simple Ideas That Can Transform Your Teaching
The school year is a marathon, not a series of sprints. You have longer than you think to help students learn by transforming your teaching.
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Me Learning: A Student-Centered Learning Model
Key questions of Me learning include, “What’s worth understanding?” and, “What’s worth doing with what I come to understand?”
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15 Rules Of Great Teaching
Good teachers seek engaged students. Great teachers–somehow, someway–find out what makes students click, and use it.
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7 Principles Of Sustainable Learning: An Agrarian Learning Model
Can we design a school that’s more inherently sustainable? Our 7 principles of sustainable learning focus on to place, limits, scale, & more.
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The Gradual Release Of Responsibility Model In 6 Simple Words
Gradual Release of Responsibility is a strategy characterized by a sequence of learning activities that shift responsibility to the student.
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7 Ways To Remove The Gamification In Your Classroom
If you want to be more aware of what gamification, these examples may be useful if for nothing else than to be more intentional in using it.
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OPINION: Can We Teach Critical Thinking In Schools?
Can we teach critical thinking in schools? Of course we can. A better question: Are schools designed to teach children to think?
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50 Sentence Stems for Reading Critically
Critical reading is about gathering knowledge, understanding context, and seeing ideas from multiple perspectives to make sense of a text.
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60 Ways To Help Students Think For Themselves
There are many ways to help students think for themselves. Guide them to dynamic spaces characterized by people, thought, and creativity.
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The Big Picture: 8 Ways To Future-Proof Your Teaching
Education is both tired of change, and evaporating without it. Here are ways to future-proof your teaching to ‘evolve smarter,’ not ‘harder.’
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8 Learning Domains Of Modern Critical Pedagogy
How has teaching changed? What is 21st century pedagogy? Key elements include analytics, personalization, place, and perspective.
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How To Make Learning Visible: A Spectrum
As we make learning visible, the process and sequence of learning is illuminated. This helps students see understanding as always evolving.
