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What’s edtech got to do with growth mindset?

Neo LMS

It’s no longer what happens in the learning environment, but what happens when edtech comes into the mix and how we can enrich that environment. Here are a few ideas on using edtech to promote growth mindset: Showing progress through competency-based learning. Read more: The PROs and CONs of competency-based learning.

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6 tips from personalized learning innovators leading change

eSchool News

For example, Donna Vallese, a former principal at Nowell Leadership Academy, a public charter school in Rhode Island, said she never told teachers they had to use certain tools like Google Classroom. Many initiatives that participants discussed came from a few early innovators trying new approaches within their systems.

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6 Ways Technology Can Reinvent Parent-Teacher Conferences

Edsurge

Bloom Board —collections of focused topics; the linked example will have parents surprised at what their little gamers are learning. Asking a child to reflect on her own learning can lead to more intrinsic learning and a sense of self-achievement. Personalized Learning Through Gaming. Assign some pre-work.

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The Trends and Challenges Shaping Technology Adoption In Schools

MindShift

Many schools are moving toward these goals by adopting pedagogies like project-based learning and competency-based learning that allow students to move more organically between academic tasks and rely less on rigid bell schedules and siloed disciplines.

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