Shifting metric from "teachers per student" to "time per student".
Wired Magazine 7.15.11 The disruptive forces of of 21st Century learning are becoming more evident in schools of the future. Read and watch how schools are leveraging online resources like the Kahn Academy to “flip” learning environments – where students can learn at home and get help at school.
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Tagged Khan Academy, Learning, Methods and Theories, Salman Khan, Wired (magazine)
Moving from teacher centric to student centric learning environments
Schools of the future look much different than the schools we have today. Think about a Starbucks, comfortable, collaborative and engaging. Technology becomes the enabler of personalized, paced and student centric learning. This is not the school we attended.
The needs of students have changed, and so have the tools we now have to engage them. We know that students learn in many different ways – and the current 1 on 30 model of educational delivery with one teacher, 30 textbooks does not enable a personalized learning experience. Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Educators, K through 12, Learning, School, Student, Student Centric, Transformation
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