Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Learn how to create innovative, student-centered learning environments for your elementary school students. In this practical book, Nancy Sulla provides a powerful framework for designing Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classrooms, which she has implemented in districts across the country. You'll find out how to use the framework to make your classroom a more personalized, rigorous place in which students take ownership of their work, pose high level questions, work on problems together, and actively seek answers. Each chapter provides a wide variety of practical tools, problem-based learning tasks, and examples to help you get started.
Synopsis
Discover how to design innovative learning environments that increase student ownership so they can achieve at high levels and meet rigorous standards. Students Taking Charge shows you how to create student-centered classrooms that empower learners through problem-based learning and differentiation, where students pose questions and actively seek answers. Technology is then used seamlessly throughout the day for information, communication, collaboration, and product generation.
You'll find out how to
- Design an Authentic Learning Unit, which is at the core of the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom, aimed at engaging students;
- Understand the structures needed to support its implementation and empower students;
- Build the facilitation strategies that will move students from engagement to empowerment to efficacy.
This new K-5 edition offers a more detailed look into elementary school implementation. With the book's practical examples and step-by-step guidelines, you'll be able to start designing your innovative classroom immediately