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Relevant Thinking and Learner Success

A Principal's Reflections

As the future workforce will demand individuals who can apply knowledge in diverse and evolving contexts, relevant thinking empowers students to become effective problem solvers, innovators, and disruptive thinkers. Educators should ensure students have a firm grasp of essential information in the classroom before progressing.

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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

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Here are the sixteen transformative tools, activities, and/or knowledge bases digitally-literate students should be comfortable using: annotation tool. online information. sharing digitally to build knowledge. online information. sharing digitally to build knowledge. backchannel device. cloud computing.

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How NOT to Assess Student Writing

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In my school, every teacher assesses writing. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine complex ideas clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Conduct research based on focused questions that demonstrate understanding of the subject.

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169 Tech Tip #151: 8 Popular Year-long Assessments

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Today’s tip: #151–8 Popular Year-long Assessments. Category: ASSESSMENTS. Teach students the correct way to keyboard (posture, habits, hand position–that sort; there are general guidelines in the inset and detailed information in this keyboarding curriculum ). Assess them anecdotally regularly to track progress.

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What is Constructivism and How Does it Fit Your Class?

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Because new information is blended into prior knowledge, the result is – of course – subjective, heavily dependent upon the personal lens of each learner. That, in turn, is dependent upon their society, culture, past knowledge, personal experiences, and more. It is an active response to the receipt of new information.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. This term refers to the pre-existing cognitive framework that each student brings into the learning environment, encompassing everything from factual information to deeply ingrained skills and misconceptions.

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Scaffolding Questions to Develop Deeper Understanding

A Principal's Reflections

The message that I try to convey is that technology should not be separate from sound instructional design, but instead serve as a ubiquitous entity that supports or enhances curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Below is a breakdown of the four quadrants: Quad A - Students gather and store bits of knowledge and information.