Our digital Learning environment
Student choice, flexible pacing & depth, driven by tech
Back to the Future - Last Scene
Our school day
- Flexible - different hours
- Workshops - Student sign up, interactive
- Real life connection to a bigger purpose
- Work sessions
- On-line - interactive
- Digital training
- Built in tutoring
Physical lay-out
- large area to work
- small work stations areas
- No walls
- Mobile furniture
- technology in the hallway
- lounge areas
- areas for on-line courses
Student learning
- Students learn basics
- Teach by concept not by grade
- students have the options of finding ways they like to learn
- Students are given flex pacing - individualized learning plans
- Students go deeper into concepts they are interested in
- Work force skills/college
- Interdisciplinary lessons
- report of progress - student accountability
Student teacher ratio
- 1 to 15 or less
- many managing together
Technology
- one to world technology
- community offers wifi to all
- access everywhere: hallways, print access
- Technology etiquette/protocol
Leadership Roles
- opportunities for growth
- clear definition of effective teaching in this environment
- ability for deciding the area of growth
- what do online lessons look like
- need to see what works and what doesn't work