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// In keeping with our mission of expecting // // excellence in // // achievement, //// Hebrew Day // // School’s goals for technology // // are to help // // all students //// become thinkers, problem // // solvers, //// decision makers, and lifelong // // learners in this global community. //

**Students are responsible for their own learning**

**Students have ownership of their learning within the curriculum**

**Allows for a variety of learning styles**

**"Real" world oriented**

**A risk-free environment, which provides positive** **feedback and allows choice**

**Encourages the use of higher order thinking skills** **and learning concepts, as well as basic facts**

**Utilizes hands-on approaches**

**Problem based learning**

**Provides for in-depth understanding**

**Accessible for all learners**

**Utilizes various modes of communication**

**Assessment is congruent with instruction, i.e. performance-based**

**Projects promote meaningful learning, connecting new learning to students' past performances**

**Learning utilizes real time data - investigating data and drawing conclusions**

**The learning process is valued as well as the learning project**

**Learning cuts across curricular areas - multidisciplinary in nature**

**Teacher is a facilitator of learning**

**Student self-assessment of learning is encouraged**