LC Pilot/Star School Site
LEARNING CONNECT START SCHOOL SITE:
will provide promotional ties by sharing successful practices with other teachers across the state in one of the following school size categories. In return, LEARNING CONNECT will provide one year of extended access for all LC STAR TEACHERS to the LEARNING CONNECT website.
---- A LEARNING CONNECT STAR School Site: Small School Site – (Up to 20 Teachers)
is a school site willing for five or more STAR teachers to share one to two LC successful practices with other school personnel at one or more LC workshops held across the state per year.
is a school site willing for five or more STAR teachers to share one or more LC successful practices with other schools by providing an approved 3-5 minute video on their classroom experience.
Is a school site willing for teachers to be a part of LC promotional media to be shared in-state and out-of-state.
---- A LEARNING CONNECT STAR School Site: Medium School Site – (21 to 40 teachers)
is a school site willing for eight or more STAR teachers to share one to two LC successful practices with other school personnel at one or more LC workshops held across the state per year.
is a school site willing for eight or more STAR teachers to share one or more LC successful practices with other schools by providing an approved 3-5 minute video on their classroom experience.
Is a school site willing for teachers to be a part of LC promotional media to be shared in-state and out-of-state.
---- A LEARNING CONNECT STAR School Site: Large School Site - (41 or more teachers)
is a school site willing for ten or more STAR teachers to share one to two LC successful practices with other school personnel at one or more LC workshops held across the state per year.
is a school site willing for ten or more STAR teachers to share one or more LC successful practices with other schools by providing an approved 3-5 minute video on their classroom experience.
Is a school site willing for teachers to be a part of LC promotional media to be shared in-state and out-of-state.
Learning Connect Updates: Learning Connect has provided a preview of the upcoming tools to be available in the future. They are listed below:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS – A series of tools ranging from establishing leadership roles and project goals, to creating project action plans and stakeholder presentations.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP TOOLS – A series of tools for students to begin their journey of constructing their own personal Small Business Portfolio, brick by brick, as a pre-requisite to an actual business plan.
CAREER TOOLS – Five Year Time Capsule to establishing career goals is available. Tools for Job Interviewing and Workplace Success are in the future.
WRITING TEMPLATE TOOLS – A series of current writing templates are available from pre-writing planning, opinion writing to storytelling and technical writing.
All these drafts will be continually modified, eventually published and aligned with Alexa to ensure successful implementation in the classroom. Any current classroom implementation and feedback from a classroom experience would be appreciated.
Learning is defined as . . .
“Learning is defined as changing the structure of the brain. It is reported that all new information is incorporated into existing neural networks. An individual’s neural wiring changes as he or she learns activities. If an activity is new, the brain will respond slowly and start to develop new connections. (Jensen as stated by — Cercone, 2006.) The brain learns by overlaying a known pattern onto an unknown pattern to find similarities and differences. When learners compare and see similar patterns, and contrasts things to find differences, learners make connections and can better understand concepts. This fosters relationships and connections to new understanding (NREL).”