Considering what Alisa Berger describes regarding curriculum, what is the role of the school leader in enahancing the motivation of students?
Alisa Berger made some very interesting points regarding the curriculum:
1. Ms. Berger believes that technology plays a crucial part in the curriculum at her school.
2. In her school, teachers use technology to transform learning.
3. iSchool has made a commitment to individualized learning where teachers engage students using the 21st Century Skills to move them from a level of basic understanding to one that involves deep critical thinking skills.
4. Most of the school day is spent engaging students in authentic learning using deep thinking skills.
5. Students will eventually know when they have to move on to a higher order learning and the teachers will know this as well.
Although students might have knowledge on certain topics, they don’t have a deep breadth of understanding on everything; however, Alisa is thinking of ways to create a school where students spending 4 years in high school will receive more depth of knowledge and understanding on a vast number of topics.
As the Co-Principal of iSchool, it would appear that Alisa’s role has a lot to do with enhancing the curriculum to increase students’ depth of knowledge. I also believe that Alisa will design a blended learning program which will effectively transform the curriculum using technology to make an innovative and immense impact on the lives of individual students in their 4 years of high school.
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