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International Alliance
When math and science teachers in the U.S. talk about major challenges they face in the classroom, you often hear: How can we teach problem-solving skills? How can we better motivate the students to learn? How can we help students take responsibility for their own learning? How can we go beyond teaching for the test?
In March, by invitation of Educom, a division of Horizons Technologies Group of Companies, the Concord Consortium visited with a group of dedicated classroom teachers who asked the same questions. The difference was that these teachers are called the "best" in the world and their students score the highest in math and science on the international TIMS and Cambridge tests.
Those secondary teachers are in Singapore, where recent national headlines read "School workload to be cut by 10-30%" and "Less chalk-and-talk, more project work for students." The Concord Consortium learned that in Singapore the classroom focus is shifting away from one where the teacher is in total control to one where students are encouraged to think critically and ask questions. We hope to share in future professional and probeware development with Educom in Singapore and elsewhere. If you would like more information about our work in these areas, contact us at the email address below.
Lotus Specialty Program
The Concord Consortium is a proud member of the Lotus LearningSpace™ Specialty Program, where we are recognized as having the skills and expertise necessary to help organizations develop, deploy and maintain LearningSpace-based distributed learning environments. Our experienced staff consults with businesses and academic organizations who need help implementing LearningSpace. We also assist in the conversion of traditional training platforms into online LearningSpace environments.
Three elements of our successful online professional development program for NetCourses are available on a fee basis. Courses are delivered through LearningSpace 2.5, which was released in March -
Teacher Learning Conference is a 26-week NetCourse that prepares teachers to create and teach a course in LearningSpace.
Site Coordinator Learning Conference is a 2-week orientation to LearningSpace for administrators and others who might provide technical support to students taking a LearningSpace course.
LearningSpace Student Orientation is a 2-week NetCourse designed to familiarize students with LearningSpace in order to improve their efficiency before they begin a course.
Contact us at CC Services for information and pricing.
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