Target 1 – Student-Centered Learning FWSU students will engage in personalized learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step - Increase easily accessible opportunities for global collaboration for teachers and students Last night at GEMS students from three fourth grade classrooms culminated a three-month international virtual exchange with three classrooms in South Korea. The program was … Continue reading GEMS Students Connect with Classrooms in South Korea
GEMS Teacher and Students Learn Together in Code Camp
The end of the school year does not have to mean the end of learning. This summer, Dayle Payne, Technology Integration Specialist at GEMS will be taking computer coding classes right along with a couple of GEMS 6th Graders. When asked why she was enrolling, Dayle reflected how two years ago, she saw a student become … Continue reading GEMS Teacher and Students Learn Together in Code Camp
BFA Students Create Animation
Target 3. Flexible Learning Environments – FWSU will maximize flexible learning environments by redefining the school day, promoting learning experiences that extend beyond the school classroom, and fostering creativity, innovation, and differentiated learning opportunities for all. Action Step – Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creativity for students and … Continue reading BFA Students Create Animation
BFA 6th Graders Explore the Lamoille River Ecosystem
Target 3: Flexible Learning Environments – FWSU will maximize flexible learning environments by redefining the school day, promoting learning experiences that extend beyond the school classroom, and fostering creativity, innovation, and differentiated learning opportunities for all. Action Step – Develop opportunities for students to collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize in all learning settings. Students in Mrs. Carpenter's … Continue reading BFA 6th Graders Explore the Lamoille River Ecosystem
BFA and FWSU Educators Present at Dynamic Landscapes Conference
Target 2 – Leadership in a Student Centered Learning Environment FWSU will foster development of teacher & student leaders who provide innovative opportunities for local and global student-centered learning. Action Step - Provide multiple avenues for students and staff to lead, advocate, and serve within the school and community Each spring teachers, librarians, technology integrationists and administrators gather for a learning event sponsored by the Vermont School Librarians Association and … Continue reading BFA and FWSU Educators Present at Dynamic Landscapes Conference
BFA First Graders Take Virtual Tour to Visit Pengiuns & Puffins
Target 3. Flexible Learning Environments – FWSU will maximize flexible learning environments by redefining the school day, promoting learning experiences that extend beyond the school classroom, and fostering creativity, innovation, and differentiated learning opportunities for all. Action Step - Make relevant and authentic problems become the focus of connected learning. After studying a unit on penguins, first graders at … Continue reading BFA First Graders Take Virtual Tour to Visit Pengiuns & Puffins
FWSU Joins the Geocaching World
Target 3. Flexible Learning Environments - FWSU will maximize flexible learning environments by redefining the school day, promoting learning experiences that extend beyond the school classroom, and fostering creativity, innovation, and differentiated learning opportunities for all. Action Step - Develop opportunities for students to collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize in all learning settings. Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which the … Continue reading FWSU Joins the Geocaching World
BFA Educator Presents Webinar – Live From the Tundra
Target 2 – Leadership in a Student Centered Learning Environment: FWSU will foster development of teacher & student leaders who provide innovative opportunities for local and global student-centered learning. Action Step - Ensure students and staff take an active role shaping their learning using rich, authentic questions, problems they identify, & diverse resources. BFA Teacher Tom Lane, currently on leave studying the … Continue reading BFA Educator Presents Webinar – Live From the Tundra
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