Relevance Personal Connections

Dr. Willard Daggett asserts that with relevance, rigor is possible for all students. Do you have a personal story about a time you found a way to make learning relevant to your students? Share here and let us all celebrate.

For further reading on Dr. Daggett's Rigor & Relevance Framework CLICK HERE.

Adding Rigor and Relevance

We spent a large part of our time looking at ways not only to infuse rigor into the way we teach our gifted and talented students, but also making the content relevant to world they live in and the world in which they will help to create. In your experience, what are some keys to making content relevant to your students, to help prepare them for the "real world"?

Initial Post

Congratulations! You found our place to exchange ideas and participate in meaningful conversation and reflection that will support each other and our efforts in our classrooms. We will make this first post somewhat generic, but please see the other discussion threads for more specific issues dealing with the course. What were some of your initial thoughts after going through this training?