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Thursday, August 7, 2014

8-7-14 The Whole Child Blog — Are You Ready to Go Digital?

The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education:







Are You Ready to Go Digital?
How many kids are going to check out a whole set of encyclopedias? With digital, they do it every day, without a second thought. But digital curriculum is not just about a bigger backpack or cramming more content into a smaller container, explained education innovator Hall Davidson in his 2014 ASCD Annual Conference session, "The New Book as the Old Backpack: The Unintended Consequences of Di




8-5-14 The Whole Child Blog — Homework in a Flipped Classroom
The Whole Child Blog — Whole Child Education: Homework in a Flipped ClassroomASCD author Aaron Sams explains how flipped classrooms use class time to practice and apply skills learned during prerecorded lectures. Homework becomes classwork, and lectures and other content traditionally presented during class time are viewed outside of class, at home, on a personal device, or in a school-based resou