Insights+from+ISTE


 * In the area below, please share some of your key insights and 'take aways' from your ISTE conference experience. **

"It's not about your teaching, it's about their learning."

Similarly, "it's not about what you cover, it's about what your students uncover".

Brain research has confirmed that we learn best when we are having fun. Similarly, we are more effective as teachers when we are having fun.

Students learn best in a rich learning environment (one in which there are a variety of learning experiences, materials, and inputs).

Smart kids do well on tests. Help the kids to build brain capacity/functioning, and they will do well on the test.

Research on 'teaching to the test' versus 21st Century Learning has shown that the students will perform nearly exactly the same on their high-stakes test. So why do 21st Century Learning? The same research shows that when students were given the same test one year later, the 'teach to the test' group retained 15% of the material they had learned, where the 21st Century Learning group retained over 70% of the material they had learned. This is said to result from the connections made and the brain capacity built as a result of an integrated approach.

Achievement improves when students have ownership of their learning. ePortfolios are a great vehicle to promote student voice and ownership of their learning.

Your classroom should be a place of conversations not a dissemination from the teacher. It is all about the learning not the teaching by the teacher.

SMART but BORED!