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 * 1) 1 Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:

a. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness a. Research and discuss ways students can use digital tools and resources to enhance creative and innovative thinking and to develop and express their understanding of knowledge and concepts

b. Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources b. Develop technology-based learning activities to engage students in critical thinking, creativity, and authentic problem solving centered on real-world issues.

c. Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning and creative processes c. Demonstrate the use of collaborative tools to promote student reflection, planning and creative thinking.

d. Model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments d. Research and identify strategies for facilitating knowledge construction and creative thinking in either face-to-face or virtual environments.

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