Innovation in Action

Student Voice: Building Communities of Empowered Learners

Waterloo District School Board (2016)

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Introduction:
Innovation in the classroom can involve rethinking and redesigning how courses are combined and the role students play in directing their learning. This video describes how one teacher transforms her classroom by engaging students in voice, choice, and real- world authentic tasks enhanced by technology, and combining two courses: English and Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology.

Themes and ideas:

Student voice and choice
Cross-curricular learning opportunities
Building communities of learners
Participatory culture
Global competencies
Student-driven collaborative learning
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

This video is for:

Students
Educators
School and System Leaders

Discussion questions:

In what ways can teachers intentionally create the conditions that foster communities of learners?
What considerations of digital citizenship are critical to student-driven learning experiences and the addition of the BYOD approaches?
What do you consider when designing physical spaces in your classroom or school in order to foster collaboration and communication?
How do educators and school leaders support and promote student voice that is oriented toward deeper lear?

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