*Trends

= Trends: Changes that are occurring in technology, teaching and learning in other schools; initiatives that are on the horizon that will motivate us to change our current practices; variations on what we currently do that will revolutionize the way we deliver education to our students. =
 * mobile learning devices; use of cell phones for teaching and learning; for formative assessment; hand held devices for learning
 * Science Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) initiatives [|www.carnegielibrary.org;STEM]
 * co-teaching; partnerships among teachers; cross curricular teaching and learning; interdisciplinary units and lessons
 * cultivating effective, collaborative parent teacher relationships