Classroom and Teaching Makeovers
After a few sessions at #FETC this week one thing is clear…if you want to transform your classroom you are the driving force. If you want to change the …
Category: customized learning
A New Kind of Student: Learning Attributes of the Digital Generations
Contributed by Ryan Schaaf Today, learners take for granted growing up in a world that is seamlessly connected by powerful information and communication technologies that give them instant access …
The Key to College and Career Readiness: Flexible Thinking
Want to Ensure College and Career Readiness? Develop Flexible Thinking It’s true that verbal and abstract reasoning are the cognitive skills that predict academic achievement. The ability to make sense of complex information is …
#SELChat: Integrating SEL and EdTech to Benefit Students
Contributed by Tamara Fyke In my early days in education, a wise leader said to me, “The trends in education swing like a pendulum.” At the time we were …
FETC Guest Post | For Innovative EdTech, Unleash Students’ Creativity
Contributed by Nancy Conrad Can we implement it? Will it be compatible with our systems and devices? Will it work? How much does it cost? These are some of …
Teaching AI: Exploring New Frontiers For Learning
Contributed by Michelle Zimmerman Imagine a small secondary school in a converted city hall next to a library and a park, on a river, in a vibrant urban core. …
How Career and Technical Education Can Inform Competency-Based Learning
Contributed by Sam Brooks Competency-Based Education — a flexible approach that allows students to pursue personalized learning pathways and demonstrate mastery in authentic contexts — has been fundamental to …
Tasks Before Apps: Designing Rigorous Learning in a Tech-Rich Classroom
Listen to the Principal Center Radio interview with featured presenter Monica Burns. Listen here. About Monica Burns PhD. Dr. Monica Burns is a Curriculum and EdTech Consultant, Apple Distinguished Educator …
#SELChat: New Year, New Beginning?
Contributed by Tamara Fyke With the onset of the coming holidays, the school year is nearly halfway over. We know the students, parents, and teachers who have made the …
Bridging the Gap in a Rural School District Through Personalized Learning
Contributor: Starr Sackstein In Putnam County, Tenn., with 23 schools spread across 400 square miles, we share many of the challenges faced by our fellow rural school districts nationwide, including …