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Amplify Student Agency: 3 Tools for Empowering Learners' Voices and Choices

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Grand Hyatt - Lonestar Ballroom E

Creation Lab

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Session description

Empower learners to drive their own education. Discover cutting-edge strategies to foster student choice, spark creativity, and cultivate critical thinking. Learn to craft compelling projects that connect curricula to real-world challenges. Join us to learn about tools to help unleash the full potential of student-led learning.

Outline

10 minutes - intro and group poll

15 minutes - Share tool one (blog creator or digital storytelling tool such as Telegra.ph or Write Reader) If time permits, both tools will be shared, and participants can pick which tool to use during their creation time. After the tool's basics are shared - participants will have a chance to create a project using the tool.

15 minutes - Share tool two (audio-related tools such as Animate from Audio, ScreenPal, or Adobe Create Video) If time permits, two audio tools will be shared, and participants can pick which tool to use during their creation time. After the tool's basics are shared - participants will have a chance to create a project using the tool.

15 minutes - Share tool three (photo design tools such as templates at Canva or Adobe - or an image tool such as Add Text). If time permits, two image tools will be shared, and participants can pick which tool to use during their creation time. After the tool's basics are shared - participants will have a chance to create a project using the tool.

5 minutes - closing

Please note - that this session could be a 60-minute or 90-minute creation lab. A longer session would be laid out the same way, with more creation time.

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Supporting research

Bower, Kevin. “Teachers First - Thinking Teachers Teaching Thinkers.” TeachersFirst Blog, 27 Sept. 2022, teachersfirst.com/blog/2022/09/choice-boards-for-the-classroom/.

Ferlazzo, Larry. “Increasing Engagement with Student Choice (Opinion).” Education Week, Education Week, 5 Mar. 2021, www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-increasing-engagement-with-student-choice/2021/01.

Larmand, Andy. “Eduporium Weekly: The Growing Importance of Student Choice.” Eduporium Blog, 23 Oct. 2022, www.eduporium.com/blog/eduporium-weekly-the-importance-of-student-choice/.

Lynette, Rachel. “72 Creative Ways for Students to Show What They Know.” Minds in Bloom, 7 Aug. 2023, minds-in-bloom.com/72-creative-ways-for-students-to-show/.

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Presenters

Melissa Henning

Educational Content Manager

The Source for Learning

Session specifications

Topic:

Student Engagement and Agency

Grade level:

PK-12

Audience:

Curriculum Designer/Director, Teacher, Technology Coach/Trainer

Attendee devices:

Devices required

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows

Subject area:

Elementary/Multiple Subjects, Social Studies or History

ISTE Standards:

For Educators:
Designer

Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
Design authentic learning activities that align with educational standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize learning.

TLPs:

Connect learning to learner, Prioritize authentic experiences