Learning NOW One-Minute Spotlights

Back in 2018 you may remember the web series Learning NOW in Barrington 220, an online video series highlighting learning in Barrington 220 from the student perspective. Each episode of Learning NOW in Barrington 220 focused on one topic through the lens of students in different grade levels—elementary, middle, and high school. Topics included the 4 Cs (Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking), Coding, STEM, Entrepreneurship, and more.

Learning NOW has returned in 2019 in a new format: Learning Now One-Minute Spotlights. Rather than a panel discussion, we are highlighting some of the many ways Barrington 220 students are learning across the district. As you may have guessed, each episode is one minute in length. The original premise of the series is still the same: create a better understanding in the Barrington community about how students learn now and how the classroom environment has changed with the addition of a technology device in the hands of each student.

We began the series in the middle of September 2019 and our goal is to release one episode every week throughout the 2019–20 school year. So far we have highlighted activities in three schools at three different levels:

Students in Andrea Evelo's North Barrington Elementary Physical Education class use fitness tracking devices to watch the effects of exercise in real time.

Students in Brandon Murchison's Barrington High School Physics class use iPad to track acceleration and speed.

Please visit www.youtube.com/LearningNOW220 and click the SUBSCRIBE button, and/or watch Twitter each week for the newest episodes by searching for our hashtag, #bsd220tech.