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Sulla, a former teacher, computer programmer, and district administrator who is associated with an educational consulting company that specializes in instructional and organizational design, presents a guide for teachers to designing and implementing an authentic learning unit that engages students, builds responsibility for learning, increases academic rigor, and incorporates technology. She details how to design an appropriate core problem for students to solve and the analytic rubric to provide them with clear expectations, and how to create participatory structures for students, unit and classroom-level differentiation, and an environment in which students take responsibility for their own learning, as well as facilitate learning and design the physical classroom. There is no index. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Students Taking Charge: Inside the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom focuses on increasing academic rigor, fostering student engagement, and increasing student responsibility for learning. Teachers and administrators who recognize the needs of today's society and students, and their impact on teaching and learning, can use this book to create student-centered classrooms that make technology a vital part of their lessons. Filled with practical examples and step-by-step guidelines, Students Taking Charge will help educators design innovative learning environments that allow students to take ownership of learning so they can achieve at high levels and meet the rigorous requirements of state standards. These innovative learning environments also empower students through problem-based learning and differentiation, where students pose questions and actively seek answers. Computer technology is then used seamlessly throughout the day for information, communication, collaboration, and product generation. Check out the learner-active classroom in action! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjyiclWVJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zoXfaY0XhU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y91flkGcyX4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjHH_ujBIFw
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