Voices Heard: learning from our students
In the past few months, we’ve been meeting with groups of students from six Vermont schools, asking them about their
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student voice
UP for (Changes to) Learning
When schools closed to in-person learning in March of 2020, UP for Learning’s Youth Advisory Council (YAC) continued to meet
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What Orleans students want you to know about student voice
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On this episode of The 21st Century Classroom: It makes me happy to come to school every day, because
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How to do a library diversity audit
7 tips for educators Create a place where all students lives are seen and valued. Expand the idea of what
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Increasing student engagement in PLPs at Williston Central
It’s about providing choice in reflection tools Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs) across the state have taken many different forms and
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What students want you to know about school
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The art of listening We are big believers in including student voice in our storytelling. Usually we ask students to
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Voice + choice = a better math classroom
Start by listening to students Elizabeth Tarno asked her students for feedback about their math class at the end of
Read moreClimate, Community and Voice from Day 1
Starting up with our students Another exciting year is upon us. It may be difficult to wrest our attention from these glorious
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Mathew’s Y.E.A.R. at The Compass School
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Scaffolding year-end reflections At The Compass School in Westminster, Vermont, students advance through grades by producing evidence of their accomplishments
Read moreV is for Voice Recordings
Why voice recordings work for young adolescents As students use technology to explore and capture projects that show both their emerging proficiency
Read moreStudent voice as a social justice issue
Eminent education researcher speaks at UVM Visiting New Zealand researcher Emily Nelson PhD spoke this past week to Vermont educators
Read moreMultiple platforms, multiple voices: scenes from a 1:1 rollout
Collaborative blogging puts students’ voices out front Hazen Union School 8th grade student Elijah Lew-Smith shared the first student post of the
Read moreProject-based learning at Essex Middle School: algebra and songwriting
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Making math and music at The Edge We were lucky enough to get to sit down with three groups of
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Students report enjoyment and challenges learning programming A huge congratulations to everyone — students, teachers and families — who participated
Read moreThe Problem with Genius Hour
Shouldn’t every hour be a genius hour? Anyone paying attention to education in the US lately has seen the proliferation
Read moreWhy is everyone doin’ it for the Vine?
Vine is a tool where users can craft looping six-second videos for sharing globally, and other users can up-vote them,
Read moreHow one teacher learned to let go and trust her students to lead their learning
While we’re all over here recovering from the epic spectacle that was this year’s Code Camp, please enjoy Shelly Wright’s
Read more“When Student Published Videos Go Viral” (podcast)
In September of 2009, Sarah, the 9 year-old daughter of our keynote speaker posted a 90-second YouTube response to President
Read moreStudent documentary: “The Merge: School Consolidation”
Montpelier’s U32 students did an amazing job crafting this documentary about school consolidation issues in Vermont. A fantastic example of
Read moreHow to: use iMovie on the iPad
A brief but effective demonstration of how to use iMovie to construct a poem recital video, courtesy a student at
Read moreIn the spotlight: Harwood Union Middle School
Traveled down to Harwood Union Middle School in Moretown VT on Friday to interview some of the students and teachers
Read moreEdge Innovation Tour
“It’s not that I feel smarter in learning, I feel smarter in everything.” Essex Middle School’s Edge team opened their
Read moreEdmodo at Warp Speed
Working through the Dorothy Canfield Fisher books with Edmodo: Warp Speed by Lisa Yee, Inside Out and Back Again by
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