Collaborative learning <\/strong><\/p>\nOpen Window School has decades of experience working with gifted families and they know that gifted students make connections among a wide array of ideas and content. <\/p>\n
To meet that need, teachers designed Open Window Online focused on integrated, cross-discipline projects that inspire students with real-life, engaging and complex questions, problems and challenges.<\/p>\n
Projects require students to learn content across several disciplines (math, science, social studies, writing, etc.), actively practice collaboration and develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills to successfully demonstrate their learning to an authentic audience of teachers, business leaders, scientists and others. <\/p>\n
Exploring extracurricular activities and passions<\/strong><\/p>\nAlong with solving real-life challenges, gifted students benefit from spending lots of time and energy exploring their passions and interests. <\/p>\n
Open Window Online students have opportunities to dive deeply into ideas and topics that matter to them. Whether it’s sharks or space, ballet or computer programming, students needn’t wait for school to be over before exploring their personal passions. <\/p>\n
In this, students do real work that matters. The program is structured around student collaboration, because how<\/em> students learn is as important as what<\/em> they learn. <\/span><\/p>\nThe program teaches students how to collaborate in diverse situations – from a class meeting of 12, to small groups, to partnerships, they learn those tools along with the content.<\/p>\n
Online learning individualizes coursework<\/strong><\/p>\nAnother benefit to online learning is that teachers can differentiate course work to a greater extent than in a traditional classroom. This doesn’t mean just giving students more challenging work; when students work on individual understanding of certain topics and concepts, they have opportunities to meet one-on-one and in small groups with teachers, and receive instruction and content to fit their current level.<\/p>\n
Excursions and in-class time<\/strong><\/p>\nTo build a strong learning community of learners across Western Washington, students meet in-person every five to six weeks during the school year – gatherings used to further deepen the learning opportunities for students’ current projects.<\/p>\n
By spending time together, students build community and become friends.<\/p>\n
The team at Open Window School knows it can be difficult to find a great school for your gifted child, and they’re excited to offer the Open Window Online program as an option for gifted students from all over Washington. Learn more by visiting openwindowonline<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Intentionally designed education, collaboration + individualized learning creates model for success<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":37607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[57],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37606"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=37606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}