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Building learners' independence through thoughtful technology use
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32 Tips For Building Better Relationships With Students - TeachThought

32 Tips For Building Better Relationships With Students - TeachThought | Into the Driver's Seat | Scoop.it
Building relationships with students isn’t always simple, but it’s crucial to the well-being and academic growth of all students.

Part of the reason it’s not, in fact, ’simple’ is because every student is different and there are few universal rules for engaging students. In the same way connecting with colleagues and people in your personal life can be complicated because of different contexts, interests, personalities, and communication patterns, connecting and building relationships with students in the classroom can be equally challenging.

And a distinction should be made here between building a ‘working relationship’ and authentic relationship with students. Because of your position of authority in the classroom, a ‘working relationship’ with a students is a matter of ‘classroom management’ in pursuit of ‘student engagement.’ This approach can be efficient, but the clinical tone leaves a lot on the table for the growth of students.

If you are able to authenticate that ‘working relationship’ with genuine interest and personalization, more human and affectionate terms for that relationship can grow, resulting in the often-elusive ‘student engagement’ while also making your job—and life—easier, and your classroom a more enjoyable place for everyone to be.

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Joel Staples's curator insight, August 5, 2018 11:37 PM
Trust between a teacher and student can sometimes mean engagement and disengagement in the class.
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The Epic Guide to Student Ownership – A.J. Juliani – Medium

The Epic Guide to Student Ownership – A.J. Juliani – Medium | Into the Driver's Seat | Scoop.it

Take a look at the definition of student-centered learning, and let me know what you think:


Student-centered learning (SCL), or learner-centeredness, is a learning model that places the student (learner) in the center of the learning process. In student-centered learning, students are active participants in their learning; they learn at their own pace and use their own strategies; they are more intrinsically than extrinsically motivated; learning is more individualized than standardized. Student-centered learning develops learning-how-to-learn skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, and reflective thinking. Student-centered learning accounts for and adapts to different learning styles of students (National Center for Research on Teacher Learning, 1999).


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10 ways technology transforms student learning

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Thoughtful list

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The Shift From Content To Purpose: A Continuum of Choice - TeachThought

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What is the difference between a teacher-centered and learner-driven classroom?

We’ve taken a look at examples of student-centered teaching before. It’s both a subtle (in theory) and dramatic (in function) shift in the entire ecology of a classroom, curriculum, and sense of student identity in the process of learning. This idea isn’t new in and of itself. John Dewey espoused many of these same ideas century ago. It’s an idea that continues to pick up steam with proponents of ‘progressive education.’

Sylvia Duckworth–who has created dozens of useful, minimalist sort of sketch notes/illustrations that convey ideas in education–has taken the thinking from Barbara Bray and Kathleen McClaskey  and created a complimentary visual. (In fact, you can go straight to the source and read more from Bray and McClaskey on Choice is More than a Menu of Options.)

What happens when you empower students with choice and purpose? What do the new roles and responsibilities look like? The overview below (from the image above) offers some clarity on what changes. The biggest takeaway might be the change in focus from content delivery to purpose discovery.


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Hilarious Ted Talks for the Classroom – Engaging and Effective Teaching

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After years of testing out various talks in the classroom, I finally found a few that always go over well with my high school students. Of course, it has a lot to do with the talks being funny. Who doesn’t like to laugh? But there’s also a deeper meaning and positive message with each that resonates with the students. There is no particular order to this list. They each are awesome in their own right.

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All About Evernote [Infographic] | Tech the Plunge

All About Evernote [Infographic] | Tech the Plunge | Into the Driver's Seat | Scoop.it

Although I have used this resource for months-I had no idea what it was capable of.  "Evernote is a great note-taking tool for all educators. It is cross-platform and can be run on your computer or as a web app."


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