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Empower learners through project-based learning
08/15/2018
Topics: Global collaboration, ISTE Standards for Students, Project-based learning, Student empowerment
Tell me if this scenario sounds familiar: A teacher wants her students to engage in project-based learning (PBL) and also demonstrate their learning. So at the end of a chapter or unit, she assigns them to research a topic, collect some images and present their slideshows to the class…
Avoid These 4 Edtech Mistakes in Your Classroom!
07/28/2021
Topics: ISTE Standards for Students, Student empowerment
Yes, even teachers make mistakes. I know because I’m one of those imperfect teachers. I’ve taught students of all ability levels, and I’m the parent of three amazing children who, like my students, have very different capacities for learning. As director of instruction and digital media at a 1:1…
ISTE's Leader Standards can guide whole-district transformation
06/24/2018
Topics: Education leadership, ISTE Standards for Education Leaders, Student empowerment
Working in the nation’s second largest school district requires the collaboration and calibration of thousands of students, teachers and administrators. With the adoption of the refreshed ISTE Standards for Students,…