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Assessment for Understanding: Taking a Deeper Look

Performance assessements go beyond traditional tests and serve as an important teaching tool.

8/4/2008 | 12 comments | Core Concept(s): Assessment, Teacher Development
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Teachers, Like Students, Learn by Doing: Project Learning at Envision Schools

posted by Bob Lenz

A quote by experiential-education pioneer Kurt Hahn projects brightly onto a large screen: “We are crew, not passengers.” After a brief welcome, the thirty-five new teachers at Envision Schools are asked to respond to the quote in their journals. Then, following some quiet reflection time, the teachers meet their fellow group members.

8/29/2007 | 110 comments | Core Concept(s): Project Learning, Teacher Development
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Assessment Overview: Beyond Standardized Testing

Performance assessments offer a richer, more holistic approach to evaluating what students know and can do.

1/21/02 | 19 comments | Core Concept(s): Assessment
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Turning on Technology: Using Today's Tools to Study Yesterday's

A field trip from Ferryway School, near Boston, to the nation's oldest ironworks is captured with the latest tech.

06/25/08 | 60 comments | Core Concept(s): Technology Integration, Project Learning
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Tech in Real Life: Students See Devices as Tools, Not Toys

Classes at Clearfield High School, in Clearfield, Utah, apply computers and diagnostic equipment across the curriculum to engage in authentic learning.

3/19/08 | 9 comments | Core Concept(s): Technology Integration, Project Learning
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Learn and Live: Clear View Charter Elementary School

Clear View Charter Elementary School, in Chula Vista, California, has been recognized for its innovative efforts to support the needs of its multilingual student population through the use of technology-enhanced project-based learning.

05/01/2000 | 22 comments | Core Concept(s): Project Learning, Technology Integration
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Learning by Design: The Build San Francisco Institute's School-to-Career Program

Architectural projects and internships integrate real-life math, science, design, and technology skills for San Francisco high school students.

2/21/2007 | 7 comments | Core Concept(s): Project Learning, Social & Emotional Learning
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Global Education On a Dime: A Low-Cost Way to Connect

Teachers can create global-education projects on a small budget.

4/8/2008 | 5 comments | Core Concept(s): Technology Integration, Project Learning
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Learning Landscape: Kids Monitor Terrain with Tech

Students at this Minnesota elementary school use new technology to study the ancient ecology of a vast prairie wetland.

2/20/08 | 6 comments | Core Concept(s): Technology Integration, Project Learning
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The Key Learning Community: Cultivating Multiple Intelligences

Swimming against the tide, this K-12 Indianapolis school emphasizes exploration and deep understanding over rote memorization.

4/11/2002 | 4 comments | Core Concept(s): Assessment, Project Learning