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About Classrooms For The Future |
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GSSD Teacher Presentation
click here or go to the document manager located on the navigation menu to the left.
Parent Information
click here to view the informational flyer sent home to parents with high school student 1st nine weeks report cards.
Classrooms for the Future is changing the way high school teachers teach and students learn. This $200 million initiative is transforming high school by creating "smart" classrooms and equipping every English, math, science and social studies class with laptop computers and other state-of-the art technology resources.
Most importantly,
Classrooms for the Future
is about modernizing teaching and learning across Pennsylvania by giving teachers and students access to the latest technology and providing teachers with intensive professional development to embrace new teaching tools.
Classrooms for the Future is leading the reform movement in our high schools. For teachers, it is about moving from lecturer to facilitator of student driven work. And for students, it is about moving from passive learner to active learner.
Cartoon created using www.toondoo.com
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20th Century
(From:)
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21st Century
(To:)
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Teacher Centered
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Student Centered
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Content Coverage
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Learning and Doing
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Memorizing Information
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Using Information
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Lecturer
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Facilitator
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Whole Group Configuration
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Flexible Grouping Configuration
Based on Individual Student Needs
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Single Instructional and Learning
Modality
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Multiple Instructional and Learning Modalities to Include all Students
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Memorization and Recall
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Higher Order Thinking Skills
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Single Discipline
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Interdisciplinary
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Isolated
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Collaborative
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Quiz and Test Assessments
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Performance-Based Assessments
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Textbook Dependent
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Multiple Sources of Information Including Technology
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Technology as a Luxury
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Technology Fully Integrated Into the
Classroom
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Teachers Teaching to One Learning Style
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Teachers Addressing the Learning
Styles of All Learners
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Learning Content
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Learning How to Learn
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Learning Isolated Skills and
Factoids
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Using a Variety of Types of
Information to Complete Authentic
Projects
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Acting Purely as a Student
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Students Acting as a Professional in
the Discipline
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