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Develop Self-Directed Learners and Teams with a Project Scrum Board
In teacher-led classrooms everybody is usually doing the same thing. đ„± It might be taking notes while listening to the teacher lecture. đ„± Sometimes...
From Teacher Led to Student-Led Discussion through WRITABLE Surfaces
Who does most of the talking in your classroom? Walk into a teacher-centered classroom and there's usually one person commanding all discussions...
Where is the Teacher? 5 Routines to Develop Self-Directed Learners
How has the start of the year gone for you? Have you built in the routines, structures, and systems to allow your students to be independent,...
7 Dead Easy Hacks for Student-Centered Environment Classroom Setup
Are you officially back at school yet?! If not, I imagine you have at least visited your classroom and are starting to feel those goosebumps...
How to Start the New School Year: Build Student-Centered Environments From Day One!
As our Summers đ wind to a close, I wonder how you are planning to start the new year with students. My mom, a school teacher for 20+ years used to...
Shift #10: From Teacher Assessed to Student, Peer and Expert Critiqued
Why do we award grades? Do they really improve learning? Research shows that in the short-term, grades do indeed improve learning outcomes...on...
Shift #8: From Independent to Collaborative Learning Experiences
Last week we discussed the benefits we provide our learners when we give them voice and choice around the work they complete. How about when they...
Shift #5/6: From Worksheets to Real-World, Interest Based Work
Last week we discussed how to move beyond the siloes of our classroom, and move inquiry into the real-world. Utilizing expertise from other...
Shift #4: From Siloed to Trans/Interdisciplinary Learning Experiences
Last week we discussed what happens when we guide learning with inquiry vs. content. What happens when we allow that inquiry to move beyond the...
Shift #2/3: From content-based to Inquiry- Based Learning
Last week we discussed the agency we unleash when we invite learners and the community to co-design with us. What happens when we guide learning...
Shift #1: From Teacher Designed to Co-Designed Learning Experiences
How might you co-design learning experiences in the 2024-2025 school year? Â Linda Amici harnessed the power of co-creation by inviting her...
Transformation Story: Building Agentic Environments in Middle Years Computer Science
This post is submitted in its entirety by Mariann Beagrie, an MYP Teacher at Beijing City International School, Beijing. One of the most effective...
How to improve peer/feedback critique? (Shift #10) Five TIPS to empower a class full of thoughtful critiquers
Do you use peer feedback and critique in your classroom? Empowering learners to think critically about their peers' work is one of the best ways to...
From Classroom Based Work – – -> School-Wide, Community Facing Psych Experiment Exhibition!
This case study has been written entirely by Gisou Ravanbaksh- A DP Psychology Teacher and Learning Designer at Beijing City International School...
Who Owns Your Walls? From Teacher-Centered to Student-Centered Wall Space
Who owns your classroom walls? When I was given the keys to my first Humanities classroom 15 years ago, I owned the walls. I even brought my mom in...
Using Learning Stations to Facilitate Student-Led/Centered Environments
Happy start of April! Can you find the teacher in the picture above?? This isn't an April fools joke. There is definitely a teacher if you look...
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