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Wow! This inquiry-based, technology-rich school has no tech staff

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With the support of a teacher or parent as facilitator, students research, design, plan, implement, and reflect on their learning. With the various platforms to house and share digital work, technology is an integral part of this learning process, especially for grades 4-8. Students decide what they want to learn and/or do.

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8 maker tools to inspire next-gen innovation and design

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I didn’t know that word when I was in the third grade.”. The project-based curriculum has students brainstorm, research, design, and develop a new product, then pitch it to “investors” during a class Pitch Night. My students’ vocabulary is changing,” one teacher said. They’re using words like ‘prototype.’

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Using the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Framework to Examine an Authentic Project-based Research Symposium

Faculty Focus

The courses that focus on research are foundational for social sciences majors. For many students in these courses, it is their first exposure to learning and applying the process of scientific inquiry, critical thinking and analysis, research and design, literature review, and statistical analysis.