Tom Cosgrove
ROLE: Design and Technology Teacher
SCHOOL: Leysin American School and Modern Classrooms Project
COUNTRY: Switzerland / United States of America
I'm a math a science teacher turned design and technology teacher that is utilizing the Modern Classrooms Project model to teach computer coding to high school students. The Modern Classrooms Project is a movement to empower educators to meet every student’s needs.
TWITTER: @tgcosgrove
CO-PRESENTER: Roberto Barnett
The Modern Classrooms Project in Practice
DESCRIPTION:
Most K-12 classrooms operate under a flawed premise: every student learns at exactly the same pace as his or her peers. As teachers, we know this isn’t how learning works. In this session you will be introduced to the Modern Classrooms Project and some of the ideas that have been developed to create a teaching model based around self-paced, mastery based education. You will also hear first hand about how it works in the classroom from a teacher that is implementing the model on a daily basis.
STRAND: Beyond Now
TARGET AUDIENCE: Teachers/Educators, Administrators/School Leaders, Technology Coaches/Integrationists, Tech / IT Directors
TARGET GRADE LEVEL: Elementary, Middle School, High School
TECH LEVEL: Intermediate
LANGUAGE: English
TIME: Session 2-a: 11:45-12:15
WHAT DO PARTICIPANTS NEED?
Nothing is needed.