Learning means building knowledge that will empower you in your future; it means understanding a concept or skill to the point where you can apply it to novel situations throughout your life. As students engage in various assignments and activities, ask yourself to what extent each will lead to building an understanding of content that will lead to application. […]
When you first learn to design a Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom, you are faced with the paradigm shift of launching each unit of study with an authentic, open-ended, real-world problem to solve. You start by thinking through the problems students could solve at the end of a five-week unit if they learned everything. Designing the problem-based task statement […]
What would most motivate you to learn how to calculate the perimeter of a space? Someone tells you to learn it. You want to fence in an area of your yard and need to know the distance around it. Someone tells you you’ll need it for your future. I don’t know about you, but I […]
IDE Corp. is proud to offer five sessions with our valued clients Tuesday October 25th and Wednesday October 26th at the NJSBA Workshop 2016 conference at the Atlantic City Convention Center. Come attend our sessions and visit us at booth 719. Visit the workshop schedule to learn more: Building Internal Capacity Through Instructional Innovation presented with North […]
Mr. Martin D. Cox, superintendent of Clarkstown Central School District attended the first day of an IDE Corp. Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom workshop for teachers. Mr. Cox shared his experience in his blog on the district website. TR Rathjen, Instructional Strategies Specialist, launched the day in the Felix Festa Middle School library, the first of six sessions, with a […]