Alliance for Catholic Education
Can video games inform good pedagogy?
If you are a teacher, I'm sure you've heard your students talking (at length) about Among Us, Minecraft, or Fortnite. Games have always been a central fascination of childhood, from...
Higher-Powered Learning Blog
Wireless Connection: Student Engagement in a Hybrid Setting
"I'm not in the room with half of my students, how do I make sure they're getting all they can from class?" We're often asked by teachers in the Higher-Powered...
Surveying the Learning Environment - Part 2: Learning Environments during COVID-19
In Part 1 of this series we defined four perspectives teachers take to create effective learning environments according to the How People Learn framework. In Part 2, we propose ways...
Surveying the Learning Environment - Part 1: Qualities of Successful Learning Environments
Your class is just different now. In fact, it's undergone numerous iterations, reversals, and adjustments of which "different" it is. Room layout changes one week, then distance learning the next...
Making Pandemic Changes Count: Part 3 - Shape the Path to Change
"Switched" by brendonhatcher is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Large-scale school change is possible and can come from the leadership of individual teachers. Higher-Powered Learning has contextualized the first two...
Making Pandemic Changes Count: Part 2 - Motivate the Emotional Side
"File:Macbook Pro Power Button - Macro (5477920228).jpg" by vincentq from Melbourne, Australia is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Every day we see schools changing in response to the pandemic: new...
Making Pandemic Changes Count: Part 1 - Direct the Rational Side
"Old Light Switches" by Orange Steeler is licensed under CC BY 2.0 School change can be intimidating, arduous, and bumpy—like riding a mountain bike down a curvy path. With the...
Adapting Lesson Plans for COVID-19 Guidelines
Your class undoubtedly looks different than it did one year ago. Still, you must teach the same information with the same quality you did one year ago. How? Whether you...
Where Two or Three Gather: Christocentric Distance Learning
"[St. Francis called] for a love that transcends the barriers of geography and distance, and declares blessed all those who love their brother as much when he is far away...
Music To My Ears: Technology in the Performing Arts Classroom
When conceptualizing blended learning, we often think of subjects like math, science, and reading comprehension. Performing arts may seem like it's on the opposite side of the learning spectrum from...