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“A CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS OPENING HEARTS MINDS AND DOORS....”
LAKELAND CATHOLIC GOALS & ACTIONS
Our challenge is to seek ways to enhance and improve student learning and achievement in an increasingly technological world. Our District Technology Vision links education change and information technology for high impact on student learning and achievement.
Evaluate and Adjust
Envisioning the Future
THE VISION
Planning Goal Setting
Assessing Progress
Implementation
APPLE’S CHALLENGED BASED
LEARNING
As the teachers and students found, who partici- pated in this pilot project, challenge-based learn- ing brings relevance to class work. By giving stu- dents the opportunity to focus on a challenge of global significance, yet apply themselves to devel- oping local solutions, challenge-based learning creates a space where students can direct their own research into real-world matters and think critically about how to apply what they learn. The result, as this study shows, is increased engage- ment, extra time spent working on the challenge, creative application of technology, and increased student satisfaction with schoolwork. Not inciden- tally, students also mastered the subject-area con- tent and developed many of the skills identified as vital for 21st century learners.Challenge-based learning builds on the successes of problem-based learning models where students engage in self- directed work scenarios (or “problems”) based in real life. In challenge-based learning, as n problem-based learning, the teacher’s primary role shifts from dispensing information to guiding the construction of knowledge by his or her students around an initially ill-defined problem. Students refine the problem, develop research questions, investigate the topic using a wide variety of pri- mary source material, and work out a variety of possible solutions before identifying the most rea- sonable one. Documentation of the process and a high-quality production of findings further serve to give the process relevance to the world of actual work.
- Research Report from New Media Consortium
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