Darci

Great grade specific apps ||
 * Resource || Comments ||
 * [|Learning Without Boundaries] || Interactive/Technology rich projects - Kids4Change, iLearn, ROAR
 * Resources on Creativity ||  ||
 * [|Apple: Challange Based Learning Resources] ||  ||
 * What is Your Learning Style QUIZ ||  ||
 * [|Littlest Schoolhouse Article] ||  ||
 * [|Forest Lake Elementary Resources] ||  ||
 * [|Project Based Learning-ME] ||  ||
 * [|Article-Learning Lab Blooms] || * "In my heart, I knew students were falling through the cracks. As educators, we are under so many mandates and to-dos, but the fact is that no two students learn the same. It's very important to meet individual needs."
 * emphasis on low student-teacher ratios and individual instruction.
 * "We teach to the group but plan for the individual."Class sizes range from six to 10 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
 * ... teaching is one of the greatest responsibilities in society. That responsibility grows every time a parent decides to relocate to Jackson for a child to attend New Summit. Students come from all corners of the state. Some come from out of state. ||
 * Testing Teachers || * Research and support for PLC's - teacher teams
 * Students who get the best teachers learn more. Those who get the worst, fall behind. ||
 * [|Childrens Play] || * Social and intellectual skills one needs to succeed in life and work are first developed through childhood play.
 * Much of the movement has focused on the educational value of play, and efforts to restore recess and unstructured playtime to early childhood and elementary school curriculum.
 * key is not to instruct kids how to play with something
 * “Our neighborhood gang organized a lot of softball games,” she said. “There was no adult around. We adjusted the rules as we needed them. Once the adults are involved it becomes: Here are the rules, and we have to follow these rules. It still can be a good activity but stops being play.”
 * The average 3-year-old can pick up an [|iPhone] and expertly scroll through the menu of apps, but how many 7-year-olds can organize a kickball game with the neighborhood kids? ||
 * [|The Key To Equity] || * A commitment to education equity cannot depend on buy-in, but must rather be the result of a moral commitment that elevates purpose over popularity.
 * Regardless of the programs, curricula, standards, or mandates imposed on them, these successful schools still
 * retain a laser-like focus on achievement,
 * regularly engage in collaborative scoring,
 * provide students with multiple opportunities for success, and
 * emphasize nonfiction writing. ||
 * Project Lead The Way ||  ||
 * Overcoming the Global Achievement Gap[[file:Wagner Slides - global achievement gap brief 5-10.pdf]] ||  ||
 * Success Spoken Here - Video (below) ||  ||
 * School of One - Video (below) ||  ||
 * Changing Education Paradigms - Video (below) ||  ||

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