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__Implementing New Educator Evaluation Model__ - approved by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)

__Student Achievement Grows with Use of Technology__ -Dr. Marzano's research report

__Transforming Teaching and Learning For the 21st Century__ - Using clicker technology to enhance teaching and learning for students and teachers (the same principles apply).

__Promethean’s transformational technologies learning principles as follows__: Essential Learning Principles 1. Learning builds on previous experiences. 2. Learning takes place in a social setting. 3. Knowledge taught in a variety of contexts is more likely to support learning across students with diverse learning needs. 4. Connected, organized and relevant information supports students learning of knowledge but also helps them develop higher-order thinking skills. 5. Feedback and active evaluation of learning furthers students' understanding and skill development. were designed to support these essential Aligned by Design Promethean’s Activotes and Activexpressions were designed to help teachers draw out and work with the preexisting understandings that their students bring with them. Promethean’s Activclassroom was designed to empower rich interaction and collaboration while allowing teachers to maintain executive control of the classroom. Promethean’s Activclassroom was designed to support visual, auditory and kinesthetic instructional differentiation as the rule rather than the exception. Promethean’s Activclassroom was designed to make it easy for teachers to pull in rich digital media into their lessons seamlessly, making lessons more relevant to their students. Promethean’s Activexpressions and Activotes were designed to give teachers and students immediate learning feedback during the instructional moment, not after instruction has occurred.

__Setting up the ActivExpressions Learner Response System: Quick start guide__

=Faculty and student experiences with clickers: A qualitative exploration of engaging students in higher level thinking.=

http://www.grin.com/en/doc/251406/faculty-and-student-experiences-with-clickers-a-qualitative-exploration

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) - results give 5 cluster areas for learner success: level of academic challenge, active and collaborative learning, student faculty interactions, enriching educational opportunities, and supportive campus environment.