Testimonials

“Wow! I've learned a ton, and will be able to implement the ideas I've learned here throughout my teaching career. Thank you more than I can say!”

- R. Blanchard, Teacher, U.S.

“Teachers were able to experience the success of the strategies. Sometimes, when one of the strategies did not work out with one of the teachers, it was expressed during the Learning Community meetings, during which everyone helped their colleague in readjusting the technique used. In general, the graphic organizers worked perfectly well with students as they were able to retain more information through the use of graphic organizers. Somehow they enabled students to stay focused and organized their thinking.”

- S. Galal, Principal, Egypt

The following comments were made by LC Leaders in the summaries of their Learning Community meetings:

“All of the teachers commented on how their students not only saw connections to their study, but to outside events as well.”

“Creating the sequential organizers for processing during class, or for solving a math problem, allowed the students to feel more independent.”

“After completing the Venn diagram lessons, our team (Learning Community) as a whole was pleased with how well the students responded to this type of graphic organizer.”

“Each member of the team presented results and insight from their web lessons. Members were noticing that their students were brainstorming, collaborating, and referring back to the webs once they were completed.”

“I realize this year that my kids are really learning and retaining, not only the content, but the written word for the items we discuss. My students can demonstrate so many more concepts when I have used a concrete word wall and kept the words up all through the expedition. They have surprised many with this ability.”

“Our meetings gave me insight on the strategies.”

“The implementation of the various strategies learned through the program was the most interesting and rewarding part.”

“Students were able to retain more information through the use of graphic organizers; somehow, the graphic organizers enabled students to stay focused and organized their thinking.”