Sentences with phrase «real classrooms take»

Scenes from real classrooms take you through each of the seven principles described in her book.

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And to the folks that would rather take these «professors» over us real world folks, you're either very insecure about your own intelligence and can't think on your own, or you are a part of the very same classroom smart, real - world - dumb class.

The Cummings family story ends (or continues) with the family taking a direction that may bring the worlds of homeschool and real school together: an online charter school where some classes would be «self - directed» and others would «meet in a virtual classroom on a regular schedule.»

Data Nuggets are created to bring real data from current and ongoing research into the classroom and take students through the process of science, from the inception of ideas to the analysis and interpretation of data.

Cleta and her staff take their Gold Level #GoldenRadish status seriously with boxes and boxes of local produce served all year round in deliciously appealing ways.Bibb County's healthy ways extend beyond the cafeteria to Georgia Grown parades for #FeedMySchool week in hallways, nutrition education in classrooms, science - lessons in school gardens, and real field trips to local farms.

A $ 223 million midyear budget cut — the amount that Gov. David Paterson is threatening to take from city schools in January — will do real damage to classrooms if a union survey of the harm already wrought by the $ 400 million in city budget cuts this fall is any indication.

Internet voting Online e-voting seems a logical step at a time when home buyers can take virtual tours of real estate thousands of kilometers away and students can receive college degrees without ever setting foot in a classroom.

In what's expected to be a heady application process — one estimate suggests it will take 675 hours to complete a credible application — and with grant money eventually trickling to the classroom, teachers have a real stake in helping their state make the case.

Above all, the children take real pride in their new classrooms, which is evident in their positive approaches to lessons.

The week - long takeover, saw students from the college's catering and travel and tourism courses take over the hotel in a variety of roles, to gain real world work experience, and complement their classroom - based training.

Caldis, who is taking a year off teaching at school to teach pre-service educators at Macquarie University, says connecting learning to the real world and getting students out of the classroom to carry out their own investigations increases engagement and interest in the subject.

AD:... I think that a Flipped Classroom model, I mean, a real Flipped Classroom model where you are really taking all of the didactic instruction out of the classroom and doing that through video and podcast, I think that format probably lends itself better at the senior end of the school.

Learning in a Real - World Context Teachers know that by taking education beyond the classroom, it becomes possible to make learning concepts more relevant by setting them in a more realistic context.

Edutopia's series takes a look at game - like learning principles in action and commercial games in real classrooms — and offers tips and tools for bringing them into your own practice.

It is full of ideas that you can take back to the classroom, with lots of photos and real life examples to illustrate.

When I was in the classroom, taking the time to listen became a real art form.

Virtual classroom technology takes this one step further by allowing real - time teacher presentation, commenting, and collaboration.

I want them to have real - world experiences that will take them (both physically and virtually) beyond classroom walls.

And, just having external observers come into the classroom and take notes is not going to help any teacher notice things that they didn't notice in real time.

Here's how you know when you have true, meaningful performance assessment happening in your classroom: when preparing for the test, taking the test, and then applying the skill in real life all look the same.

Although this technology hasn't exactly taken classrooms by storm, the potential for thoughtful integration is real.

«A learning partner is an expert in the community or somebody who can help us take our learning from the classroom and apply it into the real world,» says Laura Haspela, a Hood River seventh - grade science teacher.

Suggested learning activities include: taking students on a field trip to the local shop or bank to see real money and consumer practice in action; using the $ 50 as a stimulus, exploring the life of Indigenous entrepreneur and inventor David Unaipon; setting up a classroom economy such as a shop, showcasing learning through planning and creating a market or small enterprise; and planning, budgeting and managing an event, such as the school fete or an Elders lunch.

75 % of Nobel Prize winners in sciences report that their passion for science was sparked in a non-school setting.By taking learning beyond the classroom, there are endless opportunities to make learning concepts, real and relevant by putting them into a more realistic context.

If we pay some of that money to our best teachers for taking in more students, we accomplish three goals at once — we save money, we get more students in classrooms with highly effective teachers, and we give our best teachers a real raise, not just for being good, but for taking on more work.

Grounded in advice from effective classrooms nationwide, enhanced with more than 40 video clips, Reading Reconsidered takes you into the trenches with actionable guidance from real - life educators and instructional champions.

Virtual reality can help students connect the learning taking place inside your classroom to events and experiences in the real world.

She became a vocal critic of the standardized testing movement and raised alarms on the outsize role that testing is playing in public education: taking over the time students spend in the classroom, being used as a weapon against their teachers, and distracting from the real problem of unequal opportunities for students.

If the news hits closer to home, we may simply take it as material for self - forgiveness: «See, the students I teach come to my classroom two years below grade level — let's get real about expectations!»

Rather than distill a student's growth into a single number or percentage, we've leveraged our rich data about each student to provide teachers with classroom - level strategy group support, a real - time activity feed that shares information about whether a student has demonstrated understanding in a lesson, the opportunity to experience the tasks and questions students were given in each lesson, and the ability to easily assign differentiated lessons that take into account each student's prior knowledge.

«But unless you're working to get into each classroom, where the real learning happens... unless it's tied to individuals, no one will take it seriously,» Miller said.

It's also easy to instantly view aggregate classroom data, detailed student information, and peer comparisons in real time — and immediately take action where needed.

We've taken the Common Core State Standards and broken them down into manageable, assessable elements in order to make it easier to create real - world Common Core - aligned rubrics that will work for your classroom!

Mathletics is making a real impact on learning outcomes in primary and secondary maths classrooms right across the country, but don't just take our word for it.

The multi-part test, which often takes a semester to complete and results in dozens of pages of essay reflections, tries to assess whether an aspiring teacher is able to teach multiple learners in real classrooms.

You want real engagement — a classroom filled with students who ask intriguing questions, immerse themselves in assignments, seek feedback on their performance, and take pride in their progress.

However, it takes a real person to go into each classroom in the fall, determine the child's level of achievement and then assess again at the end of the year.

Mathletics takes the weight off your shoulders, in real - time, so you can focus on using the data to drive teaching and learning in your maths classrooms.

The Best Practice Video Companion takes you into those teachers» very classrooms to watch them in action during real lessons.

Feel free to view the resource page for Kyle's Real World Mathematics workshop, where he introduced Dan Meyer's Three Act Math Tasks and introduced ways in which teachers could take a similar approach in their own classroom.

These were almost the exact items that'd been on my desk in a Cardozo High School classroom a year prior when I was a senior at the School Without Walls taking Real World History myself.

We see our city as a classroom, and one of our goals this year has been to take advantage of all the real - world lessons that come along with it.

We're working with educators in Chicago to show how these strategies take shape in real classrooms across the city.

This has led to a lack of creativity, an inability to implement activities which address real life issues, and has taken authentic learning experiences away in virtually every classroom.

A wide variety of extracurriculars and student leadership opportunities allow students to take classroom learnings and apply them to real life situations.

Grenot - Scheyer made these comments while explaining yet another local innovation, called UTEACH, an urban teaching residency in which student teachers are placed at public - school campuses for a year - long program of working in real classrooms every day and taking classes with professors who have watched them teach.

While one - off courses and conferences have their place, evidence suggests that the best CPD takes place over time, is focused on real classrooms and involves a degree of collaborative enquiry.

Take the students on a walk around the school or classroom identifying real life shapes or angles and annotate them using the pen tool or laser pointer.

You are able to take your furry friend out and see how they will react in the real life world, not just in a controlled classroom setting.

While these concerns are real and precautions must be taken to minimize such incidents, the benefits of classroom pets far outweigh these preventable issues.