What do we need to do to prepare for the changed educational environment that we are going to face between now and at latest next fall? This is something that every educator – teacher, administrator, policy-maker – should be asking themselves now.
Sun Associates’ work with school districts around the subject of digital learning has suddenly moved from the realm of “someday it would be nice” to the immediate here and now. Let’s celebrate existing achievements and get ready to think about the future.
STEM interest and skills start well before Grade 3 and can be developed via non-traditional curricula and experiences. Learn about a project that Sun Associates is evaluating that uses school gardens to develop STEM interest in PreK - Grade 2 students.
If we understand that personalized learning is the pedagogical objective of digital and blended learning, then it follows that in an evaluation context our goal is to determine the extent to which a district has constructed and operationalized a student-centered, personalized learning environment.
Uncovering, clarifying, and creating the goals that underlie projects before implementation begins is a necessary first step in planning for how your project team will explain the outcomes of your project work. This process starts with spending time to reflect upon - and document - the connections between the work that you do and the outcomes that you expect.
