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Student Agency is More Than Voice and Choice

A Principal's Reflections

A culture that embraces student agency promotes risk-taking while working to remove the fear of failure helps students develop a growth mindset, and has students applying what they have learned in real-world contexts as opposed to just in the classroom. Student agency is all about improving the learning experience for kids.

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3 Shifts to Make Learning Personal

A Principal's Reflections

In education, a lesson makes or breaks a learner’s experience in a classroom. Student agency and technology both play a huge role throughout by empowering learners through choice, voice, and advocacy. Planning takes time.

Learning 306
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Report: The 4 models of blended learning in action

eSchool News

New report explores main blended models and their use. A new paper by advocacy and policy org iNacol explores how blended learning is being used in practice and traces its history from 2008 to today. Flipped learning might also be used to help students rotate.

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Building critical thinking skills online

eSchool News

What we hear about less, however, are the most effective techniques for teaching those skills and how teachers can implement them in the classroom—especially now that schools are forced to provide virtual instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an online academic environment, the focus on critical thinking skills is amplified.

Advocacy 111
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Excellent Free STEM Strategies from TGR Foundation and Discovery

The CoolCatTeacher

They encourage self-advocacy skills and foster a growth mindset through t heir award-winning STEM curricula, college-access programs , along with a digital platform for educator professional learning. TGR Foundation, A Tiger Woods Charity, is unwaveringly focused on empowering students to pursue their passions through education.

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The Importance of the Right Technology in Schools

edWeb.net

She mentioned that blended learning and learning models were the top edtech trends, and defining blended learning was a big deal. The goal of the program was to provide high-quality instruction in every classroom and technology was seen as the vehicle to make that happen.

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Lexia PowerUp Literacy Wins Best Personalized/Adaptive Learning Tool

eSchool News

This is the fourth year of the Tech Edvocate Awards, which recognizes outstanding edtech products that support students across the Pre-K-20 sector by catering to identified classroom and learning needs. A complete list of winners of the 2020 Tech Edvocate Awards can be found here.