By Stephen V. Kiss I remember spending countless hours during my childhood playing video games with my friends. Besides their sheer entertainment, games like Halo and Mario Kart were a way for my friends and me to collaborate, problem solve, interpret complex storylines, and compete with one another. But video games were for after school,…
By Jeremy Hyler In April, I wrote a post about standardized testing. In that post I mentioned how students’ confidence could rise if they were given the opportunity to do more authentic assessments where they could be creative. Unfortunately, standardized testing does not allow for this. Students can’t demonstrate their knowledge through any other mode…
By Brad Currie Black River Middle School in Chester, New Jersey, takes great pride in the wide range of innovative learning experiences that students are exposed to on a daily basis. Focusing on digital literacy and building digital capacity are important aspects that we incorporate on a daily basis. Teachers and students take challenging risks…
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