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Wed24
Student Creativity: the Importance of License and Limits
Posted by Margaret Haviland on Apr 24, 2013 in Less Teacher, More Student, Passion Based Learning, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices | 6 comments
Teacher and instructional leader Margaret Haviland considers the value to students of exploring creativity within limits and the need to give them license to freely pursue their creative urges within those limits.
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Thu31
Our US History Student Film Festival
Posted by Margaret Haviland on Jan 31, 2013 in The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices |
In mid-December, 33 tenth grade students, three teachers, assorted parents, and four guest judges gathered to watch the first ever Constitutional Amendments Film Festival at our school. The film festival was the largest and most complex research-based project of the three we’d done since school began this year. My colleagues and I had committed our students to two and one-half weeks of research, film creation, and film editing.
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Tue02
How I Spent My Summer Vacation — Teaching US History in Six Weeks to 10 Students Around the World
Posted by Margaret Haviland on Oct 2, 2012 in The How of 21st Century Teaching, The Teaching Life, Voices | 2 comments
Over the summer, Voices blogger Margaret Haviland taught her first online high school course — a survey of US History in six and a half weeks! Margaret journaled about her experience at her personal blog. We found her account rich in useful detail. Any teacher about to embark on a first-time online teaching experience will likely find Margaret’s narrative helpful, so we’ve posted excerpts here.
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Tue11
Election 2012: Help Me Engage My Students
Posted by Margaret Haviland on Sep 11, 2012 in Less Teacher, More Student, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices | 4 comments
Mock debates and school elections fail to give students a real voice and “a visceral understanding of what it means to participate in civic discourse.” Teacher and school leader Margaret Haviland is looking for alternatives. She’d like your ideas and advice.
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Wed18
Developing Our Students as Active Citizens
Posted by Margaret Haviland on Jul 18, 2012 in Less Teacher, More Student, Making The Shift, Student Life, The How of 21st Century Teaching, The Moral Imperative, Voices | 16 comments
The question becomes, how do we translate our history students’ understanding of past actors into action by young people today? In March we decided to chuck the traditional exam format and craft a project to help students make this connection and consider what it means to be an engaged citizen.
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