April Burkhardt
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  • Overland Park, KS
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Blue Valley West High School
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This is my second year teaching in Blue Valley. I moved to Kansas City two years ago after living and teaching in Dallas for almost 10 years. I worked for several years as an editor before going back to school to become a teacher. I currently teach 9th grade Communication Arts.

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21st Century Videos

Posted on April 17, 2010 at 7:36am 0 Comments

The videos we watched for Computers in the Classroom showed me that today's students feel disconnected from and isolated within their own learning. I think as administrators and teachers become bogged down in "teaching to the test" in order to maintain passing rates or to score high on those tests, students become lost in a curriculum that is uneventful and meaningless.

Teachers and instructors need to find ways to engage their students. They need to make learning more…

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