Developed specifically for grades 9 — 12, this resource presents classroom - tested lessons that help
take instruction and learning to the next level through technology.
Developed specifically for grades K — 2, this resource presents classroom - tested lessons that help
take instruction and learning to the next level through the use of technology.
Use the lessons, which focus on four essential skills — communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity — to
take instruction and learning to the next level through the use of technology.
Not exact matches
You will also get practical
instructions on setting up a Bitcoin wallet
and making transactions with it, so this course is perfect if you want to
learn the basics
and take the initial steps towards cryptocurrency trading.
The lack of emphasis on a single religion does not stop Disney from
taking up a catechizing role, Pinsky notes, «In the Western world in particular, the number of hours children spend receiving moral
instruction in houses of worship is dwarfed by the amount of time spent sitting in front of screens large
and small,
learning values from Disney movies,» Disney's evangelistic entrepreneurship has been extraordinarily successful.
«
Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me,» is Christ's
instruction, for that yoke is easy
and that burden is light
and that discipline leads to rest for our souls.
Watch our short
instruction videos to
learn how to switch from one position to another, put on /
take off the fabric seat
and turn the bouncer into a comfy children's chair.
There's no
instruction manual for your baby, but there's nothing to be worried about, instead
take each week as it comes
and enjoy the
learning and bonding experience you'll go through together.
Providing our * Complete Childbirth Education * ensures that our Hypnobabies students will not need to
take other childbirth education classes where techniques
and philosophies are
learned which can negate childbirth hypnosis
instruction.
It unfortunately
takes a lot longer to plan
and create this type of material than writing material which simply tells them things or gives them
instructions (that's probably one of the main reasons why much eLearning content today on the web still uses the instructional
learning method).
For example, when I design
instruction I just
take card after card
and divide them into two piles; the first one consists of cards which are «ok»
and the second one of cards that are «not ok» in the
learning context.
For while individualized, self - directed online
learning is all the rage, here's a technology that still
takes whole - class
instruction for a given, puts the teacher front
and center,
and offers not much more than a modern update to the age - old chalkboard.
According to Jensen, one of the best ways to engage students raised in poverty is to provide them with «
instruction that includes them
and their interests»
and then to let them
take charge of their
learning.
There are many definitions of blended
learning to be sure, but for our purposes let's
take the definition of blended
learning from Innosight Institute which defines blended
learning as: a formal education program in which a student
learns at least in part through online delivery of content
and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path,
and / or pace
and at least in part at a supervised brick -
and - mortar location away from home.
During this period, teachers give students who are struggling with a concept extra time
and attention,
and students who have mastered the basics receive
instruction that
takes their
learning to the next level.
Accountability pressure could have caused students to
learn more math through: 1) additional class time
and resources devoted to math
instruction and 2) changes in students» later course -
taking patterns, sparked by improved on - time passage of the exit exam.
In every class, both core
and elective curriculum, Trinidad Garza uses the six strategies from the Common Instructional Framework — collaborative group work, literacy groups, scaffolding, writing to
learn, questioning,
and classroom talk — to align their
instruction, create a rigorous environment,
and foster students who
take ownership of their
learning.
Students are so in tune with their
learning that they are able to truly
take ownership of it,
and the teacher provides
instruction without assumption.
Specific lines of inquiry will include: engaging complexity (developing tools to support learners to engage with complex contemporary issues); developing global thinking / competence (fostering perspective
taking, empathy, recognizing perspectives); transfer of
learning; balancing reflection
and intuition;
and emergent aspects of
learning (how some understandings
and skills may emerge best through bottom - up processes as rather than through direct
instruction).
Specific lines of inquiry include: engaging complexity (developing tools to support learners to engage with complex contemporary issues); developing global thinking / competence (fostering perspective
taking, empathy, recognizing perspectives); transfer of
learning; balancing reflection
and intuition;
and emergent aspects of
learning (how some understandings
and skills may emerge best through bottom - up processes as rather than through direct
instruction).
So, courses conducted or distributed via the internet can make the location of the instructor
and the learners irrelevant,
and in some cases the time at which the
instruction /
learning takes place can vary.
One possibility that has been embraced by many advocates is some type of measurement of student soft skills, which include social skills, self - management abilities, academic soft skills such as listening carefully to
instructions,
and approaches to
learning such as willingness to
take on challenging tasks.
In Deeper
Learning for All, participants will rethink old paradigms
and consider what it will
take to design a new a 21st - century system that promotes deeper, more engaging
instruction for all students.
Nothing prevents the online
learning experience from becoming the dominant form of
instruction, if Bill Gates is right in saying those courses will be both the best available
and the least expensive to
take.
Edmodo recently extended its range of online PD courses for teachers,
and to date, over 700 teachers have
taken part in fifty courses that leverage live
instruction, high - quality videos
and peer - based
learning through social collaboration.
Reach extension can
take several forms, such as redesigning jobs to concentrate 3X teacher time on
instruction, putting star teachers in charge of more children's
learning,
and using technology to extend 3X teacher reach
and meet their standard.
Central to the mission of this low - income, minority school is a commitment to the Expeditionary
Learning Schools Outward Bound model of instruction and schoolwide reform that emphasizes project learning that extends across curriculum areas and takes students out of the classroom and into the co
Learning Schools Outward Bound model of
instruction and schoolwide reform that emphasizes project
learning that extends across curriculum areas and takes students out of the classroom and into the co
learning that extends across curriculum areas
and takes students out of the classroom
and into the community.
Our teachers are asked to plan
instruction around these
learning expectations — when teachers guide, measure,
and push students toward these skills, the
learning takes on new relevance
and rigor.
Instruction should
take into account the wide range of different backgrounds of learners;
learning materials
and activities should allow for different levels / types of previous experience with computers.
Each student should have the opportunity to
take their
learning and correlate it to existing knowledge, it is the role of the instructor to know the student's existing knowledge
and to identify which students need additional guidance or less guidance
and continually reflect based on the effectiveness of the delivered
instruction.
In his letter, Duncan expressed his disappointment in the failure of Washington state's legislature to heed his
instruction «to put in place teacher
and principal evaluation
and support systems that
take into account information on student
learning growth based on high - quality college -
and career - ready (CCR) state assessments as a significant factor in determining teacher
and principal performance levels.»
Explicit
instruction to guide students toward
taking charge of their outlook on academic endeavors can lead to a more positive —
and ultimately more productive — approach to
learning.
Sometimes it
takes the form of «blended
learning,» with students receiving a mix of online
and face - to - face
instruction.
«Our social
and emotional skills known as «soft skills» are critical to success in school
and life — for instance how to control emotions,
take turns, share with others
and pay attention to
instruction, actually begin forming in childhood
and learning these skills in preschool could prevent harder problems later in life,» explained Mrs Williams.
Direct
instruction is where you read from a book
and you
take the kids through their
learning journey via the book.
In contrast to traditional classroom
instruction, this requires that we put students at the center
and empower them to
take control of their own
learning by providing flexibility on several dimensions.»
Although we can
take steps as individual educators to avoid
learned helplessness, we need to reexamine the systems of schooling, from curriculum to assessment
and instruction, to allow for empowerment rather than always getting the right answer.
Also, examine the rewards of data - driven
instruction and learn what it
takes to launch an effective intervention program that works for young English - language learners.
Deliverers of online
instruction must also include
learning strategies
and empowerment tips to get students excited about how far they can
take their
learning online.
While students with special needs have long had individualized education programs (IEP) to guide them from kindergarten through Grade 12 education — ensuring that they are receiving the
instruction and resources they need to be successful — individualized
learning is beginning to
take hold in all areas of public education in the form of the individualized
learning plan (ILP).
Community colleges are
taking the lead in building degree pathways based exclusively on OER, easing the burden of textbook costs for many students
and providing opportunities to improve
instruction and learning.
Nancie's books for Heinemann include Systems to Transform Your Classroom
and School, which
takes teachers inside her award - winning school to
learn about the innovations that make the biggest impact on achievement
and community; Lessons That Change Writers, a year's worth of
instruction straight from Nancie's file cabinets;
and Naming the World: A Year of Poems
and Lessons, which helps teachers to jumpstart their teaching of writing
and literature each day by unpacking a poem with their students.
If Japanese kids who were exposed to «reform» teaching strategies
learned more than Japanese kids exposed to traditional
instruction,
and if great care were
taken to make sure the two groups were equal on characteristics related to
learning, then that would suggest the choice of instructional regime might be driving the
learning differences.
By the time the NCTE / IRA standards were published in 1996, there was widespread concern about the direction that constructivist
and sociocultural views of teaching
and learning were
taking curriculum,
instruction,
and assessment in all subject areas including reading.
WTTW in Chicago
takes a look at Intrinsic Schools, a Chicago charter school that uses blended
learning and puts lots of students in one big pod, a large classroom with flexible furniture that a teacher can reorganize to create spaces for independent work, collaboration,
instruction,
and 1 - on - 1 time with teachers.
A metacognitive approach to
instruction can help students
learn to
take control of their own
learning by defining
learning goals
and monitoring their progress in achieving them.
As Michael Fullan points out in his article entitled, «Choosing the Wrong Drivers for Whole School Reform,» real reform
takes place when schools have the time
and resources to focus on student
learning,
instruction,
and assessment.
They need explicit
instruction on how to steer their thinking — when they may need to slow down
and when it's OK to speed up, where they might
take shortcuts to get to their
learning destination,
and when they might benefit from a relaxed trip along the back roads of knowledge.
When Emily
took a risk to obtain more technology
and use it in her
instruction, she was pleasantly surprised to
learn that her administration was not as opposed to technology use as she had previously imagined.
Curricular changes to incorporate explicit
instruction on neuroplasticity, metacognition,
and practical strategies to transform classrooms into positive
learning environments in which students feel safe, accepted, encouraged to
take intellectual risks, empowered to
take charge of their
learning,
and motivated to persist through the work required to progress academically;