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Moving Forward Together: An Unprecedented Coalition for an Unprecedented Time
Moving Forward Together. Altitude Learning’s Devin Vodicka and Getting Smart’s Tom Vander Ark are leading a groundbreaking coalition to support support SEAs, districts, and schools paving a new path forward in service of all learners.
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How Learner Agency Impacts a Learning Ecosystem
School systems are interconnected communities of learners, and shifting to learner-centered models is a complex and humbling journey. In schools that are designed for standardization, tensions can arise very quickly when you begin to promote agency and innovation.
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Leading the Way to Authentic Learning
When students are engaged in solving real-world problems they are engaged in authentic learning. Gain strategies and examples for leading the way to authentic, learner-centered experiences.
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Do Your Assessments Improve Learning?
Grading and reporting of grades is one of the cornerstones of teaching but not always learning.
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Aligning Around a Common Vision for Learning
If we want to change how students learn, we must change how educators learn. A system that prioritizes learning and continuous growth through personalized, competency-based professional learning is needed for leadership teams and teachers just as it is needed for students.
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5 Reasons Every Learner Needs Project-Based Learning in Their Life
Real-world learning translates into real-world knowledge and skills. How can this type of contextual learning benefit your child?
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What Is Personalized Learning?
Learner-Centered Collaborative CEO Devin Vodicka explores the promise and challenges of personalized learning and reflects on what is needed in order to make dramatic improvements to the educational landscape.
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Learning Is a Process, Not an Event
If our vision for students is learner-centered, then our teacher development must be learner-centered, too. Katie Martin shares the key tenets of professional learning at Altitude Learning. See how our approach focuses on relevant and meaningful professional development that paves the way for a culture of learning that spans from adults to the youngest…
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Enabling Learner-Centered Education: Teachers, Technology, and the 4 Cs
In this tale of two classrooms, VP of Professional Learning Katie Martin shares examples that highlight the evolving role of the educator, how technology can support powerful learning, and why we must empower students to drive their own learning.
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3 Strategies to Transform Your School District Now
Transforming education to fit the needs of a new generation of learners is a daunting task. Former “California Superintendent of the Year” and current Altitude Learning’s Chief Impact Officer and Chief Academic Officer Devin Vodicka shares three strategies for tackling this monumental transition.