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Competency Based Learning: How Flipped Mastery Makes CBL Possible

Turning Learning On Its Head

During the 2007-2008 school year, Aaron Sams and I pioneered the flipped class model of education. Though the flipped class model proved to be an effective strategy in which we saw increases in student achievement and engagement, we only did the traditional flipped classroom for one year.

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6 Ways Technology Can Reinvent Parent-Teacher Conferences

Edsurge

Conferences are not for reporting test scores. Skype in the Classroom is a free community of educators from around the world and offers a variety of resources on getting started. If some parents don’t understand the technology you’re using in class, pool the conference slots and have groups of parents come in for personalized training.

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How Improving Student Feedback and Teaching Data Science Restored Our Classroom Culture

Edsurge

I came away from the institute eager to try inquiry-based instruction in my class during the 2015-16 school year. The switch to inquiry-based learning required a dramatic shift from teacher- to learner-driven instruction. We decided to make some changes, but shifting our practices proved harder than we expected.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The Flipped Classroom". with Pigeons.

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