Blended Learning and Expanded Learning Time at Morton Middle School
This video, features interviews with students, teachers, and administrators from Morton Middle School in Fall River, MA discussing blended learning and an extended learning day. The video illustrates in-depth how math and ELA teacher teams have implemented a blended learning model, using station rotation and flexible grouping, within a 90 minute class period. Students discuss how the blended learning class has impacted… Read More ›
Digital Literacy Resource Platform
This website, designed by Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, hosts tools that explore four main areas of digital life: privacy, safety, information quality, and creative expression. This evolving collection of tools can help teachers guide students in navigating and making sense of the digital world through various mediums. For instance, the platform… Read More ›
Teaching in the Fast Lane
This webinar, led by author Suzy Pepper Rollins and sponsored by ASCD, will focus on crafting lessons that inspire and motivate students to reach their learning targets. The way educators plan and implement learning experiences influences work ethic, intrinsic motivation, engagement, and memory. Active lessons are powerful experiences that enable students to learn how to… Read More ›
ISTE 2017
The annual conference hosted by the International Society for Technology Education brings together educators, thought leaders, and education companies. Participants will learn about educator-tested strategies and resources for transforming learning and teaching through technology as well as network with others. The conference will offer opportunities to personalize learning and choose from a variety of PD… Read More ›
A School Leader’s Student-Centered Resources for Next Gen Educators (Part 2 of 3)
Part one of our “Student-Centered Resources for Next Gen Educators” series was posted on April 14, 2017. Be sure to check out the third and final installment. What does an actual school leader use to inform their work as they implement student-centered practices, instruction, and professional development for their staff? This Student-Centered Learning Podcast series gets to… Read More ›
Deeper Learning Website
This website created by the Alliance for Excellent Education is an in-depth exploration of deeper learning. Deeper learning is defined as delivery of rich core content to students in innovative ways that allow them to learn and effectively apply what they have learned. It includes many approaches that support student-centered learning including personalized, project-based, work-based, and… Read More ›
Technology in Education: An Overview
This brief from Education Week provides an overview of the big trends, opportunities, and concerns associated with classroom technology. As technology is used more and more to support learning, the list of trends to follows continues to grow. Topics covered include: Personal and blended learning The evolution of online testing Open education resources Digital resources in… Read More ›
Making Equity a First Principle of Personalized Learning
This was originally posted on the Christensen Institute on April 12, 2017 . “Racism and inequity are products of design. They can be redesigned.” These words echoed from the keynote speakers at the annual Blended and Personalized Learning Conference (BPLC) in Providence, R.I., last weekend. On April 1st, in partnership with Highlander Institute and The Learning… Read More ›
Using Exhibitions to Demonstrate Mastery: Lessons from The MET School
This was adapted from a post by Michelle Portilla published on the Center for Collaborative Education blog. Imagine a student walking into your classroom and telling you they had found a way to turn their binge watching of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation into a project that could meet the national Career and Technical Education (CTE) standards.… Read More ›
A Guidebook for Success: Strategies for Implementing Personalized Learning in Rural Schools
This guidebook highlights how leaders in rural districts can use the research-based framework and free planning resources developed by Future Ready Schools (FRS), a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education, to transform teaching and create a personalized learning experience for their students. It explores ways in which personalized learning approaches can capitalize on community… Read More ›
Igniting the Spark: Engaging Secondary Students in Real-World Problem Solving
In this webinar, Emily Davis, Director of Educator Engagement at ASCD, and Susan Patterson, math teacher and Spark 101 fellow, will introduce teachers to free skills videos, lesson plans, and resources to engage students in authentic STEM problem-solving. The videos meet national and state education standards. Spark 101 works with employers and professional educators to design,… Read More ›
Unlayering Digital Equity
Providing students with equal access to technology tools — known as digital equity — is a challenge for many schools. Digital equity extends beyond the classroom, encompassing not only devices, but Internet access, available apps, and the quality of the education experience. This webcast, offered by THE Journal: Technological Horizons in Education, examines a path… Read More ›