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Pedagogy Shmedagogy, What's That All About?
![]() Lisa Gottfried, a 2016 Innovation Fellow and New Tech High School teacher, recently blogged about her experience in the program. In it she reflects on both the function and work of teacher and the art and science of teaching, education and methodology. As she reflects on her journey of examining her practice through a lens of equity and innovation, she highlights how her thinking evolved. Read more...
Learning Innovation Lab: LIL Investigations from the ClassroomHere are some explorations of innovative learning design trending now among our network of teachers:![]() Engagement & Motivation: How can we leverage the unique affordances of today's technology to engage and motivate students?
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The Challenge of Leading Schools to Become Ready for 21st Century Learning
Who are Innovation Fellows?The goal of the innovation fellows program, is to explore ways teachers and schools can make learning more accessible for all students by creating learning opportunities that, by the nature of their design, create multiple pathways to engage students. Ubiquitous access to information and the affordances technologies and digital media bring more tools and resources to the classroom, but our focus is on the learning, not the technology. We ask questions like, what is it that my students need to know? What are their learning needs? How can I best help them to acquire knowledge in a way that they will remember the content? How can I make sure that there's a role for every student in my classroom so that they can contribute to the learning? In essence we believe universal design for learning is not just for special education students - it's for everyone!
Students and teachers encouraged to take risks, embrace play, conduct ongoing action research, and use that data to inform their planning for next steps. Students and teachers alike are empowered to creatively use any type of communication tools to represent knowledge and understanding. The Innovative Learning Master's Degree program is housed at Touro University California's Graduate School of Education. Through the generous support of the NapaLearns non-profit organization over 120 Napa County teachers are now helping to change the future for the students in Napa county schools. |