Entries from June 2009

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

TIE 2009 Keynote

Dr. Tim Tyson…
Wow! What an inspiration…. and what affirmation that eDCSD is right on track!
One of our key phrases at eDCSD is, “Participation is Key!”.  Dr. Tyson shared movies made by middle school students illustrating the power of authentic learning environments, self-directed students, project based instruction, problem-solving, collaboration, relevancy and certainly the use of technology.  [...]

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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Where We’ve Come From… Where We’re Going

When Douglas County’s Online School, eDCSD, was conceived, it was done so in the spirit of teaching and learning. We knew that teacher instruction and differentiation were important; that relationships and teacher student rapport was critical; that content needed to be engaging and authentic; that the classroom needed to be innovative, creative and constructivist in [...]

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