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"Powerful Learning Environments"  

Core Concepts

    In order to meet the needs of our students, we must create a learning environment where students are actively involved and we take advantage of the power of technology to support learning and teaching. This type of environment requires many teachers to make a paradigm shift in how they view and practice teaching and learning. For the shift to occur, teachers must re-examine their beliefs about teaching and learning, be familiar with the indicators of engaged learning and use the indicators to align their instructional practices with those that create powerful learning environments. Technology, in and of itself, has no direct impact on student achievement. But when used as a tool to support teaching and learning, the possibilities are endless. As educators, we must understand the role that technology plays in supporting powerful learning and learn how to take advantage of that power.

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Guding Questions

  • What does a powerful learning environment in the 21st look like? Feel like?
  • What are some ways in which you can engage the rest of your school community in activities and discussions about powerful learning environments and develop a shared vision of teaching and learning?
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Participant Outcomes
  1. Explain the type of environment most conducive to student learning and provide rationale that supports their thinking.
  2. Describe how the power of technology supports teaching & learning.
  3. Explain the relationship between a powerful learning environment and technology use.
  4. Identify activities that will promote the faculty's understanding of powerful learning environments and how technology supports those environments.
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Agenda

0800 - 0810
Announcements and Overview
0815 - 1015
1030 - 1120
1120 - 1530
1530 - 1545
Debrief
1555 - 1600
Reflection
1600 - 1630

Updated 08/2001
Last reviewed June 12, 2003