EduCon 2.9

What does it take to move the power in the classroom from the teacher to the student? Teachers are experimenting with new ways of empowering the learners in their classrooms. We ask the question: What will turn passive students into heroes in their own learning? Through participation in a variety of activities that model student powers, we investigate what new skills and strengths, students need in the digital age. Many of these are new for teachers and for students. We look at the steps that educators can take to learn these skills and pass them onto their students. We also discuss what student empowerment looks like in the classroom and share amongst ourselves what works and what hasn’t.