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        • 2.1 Knowing Students Well
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      • Ch 3: Laying The Groundwork for PLPs
        • 3.1 What Are Your Pedagogical Priorities?
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      • Ch 4: Starting with the Learner Profile
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        • 5.1 Engaging Pedagogies for All
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How to use data to inform progress

October 14, 2019February 1, 2021 Susan Hennessey Scott Thompson 0 Comments Common Sense Media, Google Forms, padlet, UDL, Universal Design for Learning

Involve learners with actionable data Wondering how to use data to inform progress for users in proficiency-based education? Assessment provides

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C is for Citizenship (digital of course!)

August 21, 2015October 12, 2015 Life LeGeros 11 Comments Common Sense Media, digital citizenship, Peoples Academy Middle Level

Approaching student digital citizenship from many levels Our students live in technology-rich worlds, regardless of how much technology they are

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The 21st Century Classroom 

About that NPR piece on kids’ reading habits…

June 6, 2014February 26, 2019 Audrey Homan 8 Comments Audacity, Common Sense Media, Garageband, iTunes, literacy, NPR, reading
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It’s the End of Reading As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Something new and different for us today:

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