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Focusing on Social Interactions with SEL

By: Team iCEV on 05/19/22 15:39

When thinking about social-emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom, we often discuss the student’s internal emotions and how they should be connecting and interpreting said ...

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Implementing the SEL Framework

By: Team iCEV on 05/17/22 14:58

What is Social-Emotional Learning? For most students, the classroom is the first place where they are exposed to others with differing backgrounds, upbringing and belief systems. ...

10 Steps to Growing Your CTE Program

By: Team iCEV on 05/12/22 14:07

To keep pace with growing economic demands and prepare students to compete in a competitive workforce, education providers are turning to Career and Technical Education (CTE). The ...

Design Thinking and CTE

By: Team iCEV on 05/09/22 15:18

Are you teaching Design Thinking? Most CTE teachers employ Design Thinking in their daily classroom instruction without even realizing it. Design Thinking is a belief system ...

The Importance of SEL

By: Team iCEV on 05/06/22 14:32

From a young age, the classroom is often the first place students are exposed to people who come from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, beliefs and capabilities. To ...

The Value of STEM in Middle School

By: Team iCEV on 04/26/22 15:06

Imagine developing code for a website or prototyping a new machine– at age twelve. Traditionally, education and training for careers in STEM has focused on high school and college ...

7 Things for Students to Include in a Digital Portfolio

By: Team iCEV on 04/21/22 16:19

Alternative assessments allow students to showcase their understanding of the course in a creative way. Typically, these assessments are project-based and student-led, allowing ...

Alternative Assessments with Classroom Podcasts

By: Team iCEV on 04/20/22 14:44

Podcasts have become increasingly popular among younger audiences and digital natives. Podcasts have emerged as a new way of sharing audio information with a large audience in ...

5 Digital Portfolio Tools for Alternative Assessments

By: Team iCEV on 04/12/22 11:00

Career & Technical Education (CTE) teachers often use portfolios to assess their student’s growth throughout the school year. However, paper portfolios are often stored or ...

Incorporating Alternative Assessments

By: Team iCEV on 04/07/22 16:30

Educators have used countless ways to assess their students’ knowledge and abilities. Over the last few years, CTE educators have begun using alternative assessments as an ...

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