page 5: Slogans

Slogans

Time is a variable

Students work at their own speed

Edmentum allows students to put in more time or less time.   The student who needs more time can compete with the students who process information more quickly.

The student is the class

Each student has his or her lesson plan. In each class of 25 students, there are 25 lesson plans. Each student is in a class for himself or herself.

You have to go deeper with projects and discussions.

Any system has the goal of transmitting basic information (even through lectures). But we show our actual understanding only when we do something more than take a multiple choice test.  

Personalize the experience of high school for each student

Projects can be selected to fit the interests of students. 

Learning should be fun for the learner and the teacher

What is school for many students? “Boring.” But school can also include projects that connect with our dreams. What is challenging?

What is interesting?

I want to do something related to my goals in life

I want to do something that means something to me.

I want to learn about something that is important to me.  

That is when school becomes fun.

How do these slogans and declarations apply to Edmentum and other systems that train students through a computer program?

The computer assisted instruction (CAI) allows students to move at their personal speed. 

The student is a class because the teacher doesn’t have to keep each student moving at the same speed as other students.