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I believe with all of my heart in keeping the focus on what's most important in the classroom: the students. If student motivation and higher engagement is truly the desired result, then I as their teacher must adapt right along with student needs. For the most part, classrooms look just as they always have. The students we share our classrooms with don't know life without constant connectivity, wi-fi, etc. Outside of our classroom is a dynamic, fast-paced, and ever-changing world full of choices. How can we expect students to solve problems and make choices independently if we constantly solve their problems and make their choices for them? Our classroom environments should be conducive to open collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. This simply cannot be done when kids are sitting in rows of desks all day.

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I believe with all of my heart in keeping the focus on what's most important in the classroom: the students. If student motivation and higher engagement is truly the desired result, then I as their teacher must adapt right along with student needs. For the most part, classrooms look just as they always have. The students we share our classrooms with don't know life without constant connectivity, wi-fi, etc. Outside of our classroom is a dynamic, fast-paced, and ever-changing world full of choices. How can we expect students to solve problems and make choices independently if we constantly solve their problems and make their choices for them? Our classroom environments should be conducive to open collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. This simply cannot be done when kids are sitting in rows of desks all day.

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