{"id":4547,"date":"2013-12-20T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T22:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/?p=4547"},"modified":"2013-12-20T17:35:12","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T22:35:12","slug":"alc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/alc\/","title":{"rendered":"Agile Learning Center @ MFS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<em>by Jerry Mintz<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn December 19th I visited Manhattan Free School with AERO staff member Kamala Bhusal and her two year old daughter. I was interested to see how they are doing and to find out about their new enterprise, creating an Agile Learning Center as part of the school. Here are a few pictures and a description of what they are doing. Among other things they have built a 3D printer that the students have learned to use:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"alc2\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-4550\" height=\"152\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/files\/2013\/12\/alc2-200x152.jpg\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/files\/2013\/12\/alc2-200x152.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/files\/2013\/12\/alc2-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/files\/2013\/12\/alc2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/manhattanfreeschool.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Agile Learning Center @ MFS<\/a> uses leading edge tools to support young people in their self-directed learning and living. Agile Learning Centers are designed with an intentional social architecture to evoke a specific hidden curriculum. In an Agile Learning Center, students are learning to:&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tIdentify their own needs and priorities\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCreate projects which accomplish those priorities\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tOrganize their time and activities around those projects\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFocus and follow through on those projects toward a creative end\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tShare their creative output (in a digital portfolio)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tReflect on personal progress and impediments (in a personal blog)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCo-create a collaborative, supportive social environment\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tBe Responsible for their action and inaction\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tEngage in new technologies to develop digital literacy\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"alc3\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4551\" height=\"269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/files\/2013\/12\/alc3.jpg\" width=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/files\/2013\/12\/alc3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/files\/2013\/12\/alc3-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/files\/2013\/12\/alc3-200x107.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jerry Mintz On December 19th I visited Manhattan Free School with AERO staff member Kamala Bhusal and her two year old daughter. I was interested to see how they are doing and to find out about their new enterprise, creating an Agile Learning Center as part of the school. 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