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The Credenda Way
Although we employ leading edge 21st century technology, Credenda is rooted in centuries old wisdom of virtues. Virtues are universal human qualities within all of us. All cultures recognize virtues as moral excellence and goodness. As well as speaking the language of the virtues, we highlight one with our Virtue of the Week (VOTW).

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Credenda has chosen synchronous delivery because learning is best done with social interaction for engagement and in real time for immediate feedback. As an eLearner, there are two components for you to master.

School
  1. Desire2Learn Learning Management System (LMS)
    One is the Desire2Learn Learning Management System (LMS). It is best thought of as your school building. It houses your course pages, email, grades, drop boxes, calendar, etc.
Student
  1. Elluminate Live! Virtual Classroom (vClass)
    Desire2Learn is your vital link to Elluminate Live! This is your virtual classroom where you meet in real time with your teacher and class mates.

To explore Desire2Learn or Elluminate Live! visit our customized training offered by our Helpdesk.

The Credenda Way

Desire2Learn     Elluminate

Guides
One of your best resources is our eStudent Handbook. It is aimed at our high school eStudents but it has a wealth of information on how to succeed at Credenda. It isn't updated for Desire2Learn but our eStudent Action Checklist can still help guide you on your path to success.

Handbook    Checklist

Cognitive Enrichment Advantage (CEA)
The phrases "learning how to learn" and "life long learner" may be familiar. Did you know brain research shows that life long learners live longer and often happier lives?

Cognitive Enrichment Advantage (CEA) immerses you in a language of learning so you can learn how to learn and become a life long learner. CEA recognizes that the brain and heart have to work together. Surprised to see the word heart? Brain research shows that engagement, or caring, is the first necessary step in any learning. CEA gives you 8 Tools of Learning for your heart to use with the 12 Building Blocks of Learning. Together these 20 Tools and Building Blocks cover the entire learning process as identified by the brilliant educator Professor Reuven Feuerstein.

CEA Building Blocks of Thinking

  • Building Blocks for Approaching the Learning Experience (Exploration, Planning, Expression)
  • Building Blocks for Making Meaning of the Learning Experience (Working Memory, Making Comparisons, Getting the Main Idea, Thought Integration, Connecting Events)
  • Building Blocks for Confirming the Learning Experience (Precision and Accuracy, Space and Time Concepts, Selective Attention, Problem Identification)

CEA Tools of Learning

  • Tools for Understanding Feelings within the Learning Experience (Inner Meaning, Feeling of Challenge, Awareness of Self-Change, Feeling of Competence)
  • Tool for Motivating Behavior within the Learning Experience (Self-Regulation, Goal Orientation, Self-Development, Sharing Behavior)
DEA

 

Brain Rules
If you want to thrive at school, check out John Medina's Brain Rules.

His site and his book take results from brain research and translates it into rules for us. Medina practices what he preaches. Inside the book you will find a multimedia DVD that follows Brain Rule #10 "Vision trumps all other senses." Experiment with a few and draw your own conclusions:

  1. EXERCISE | Rule #1: Exercise boosts brain power.
  2. SURVIVAL | Rule #2: The human brain evolved, too.
  3. WIRING | Rule #3: Every brain is wired differently.
  4. ATTENTION | Rule #4: We don't pay attention to boring things.
  5. SHORT-TERM MEMORY | Rule #5: Repeat to remember.
  6. LONG-TERM MEMORY | Rule #6: Remember to repeat.
  7. SLEEP | Rule #7: Sleep well, think well.
  8. STRESS | Rule #8: Stressed brains don't learn the same way.
  9. SENSORY INTEGRATION | Rule #9: Stimulate more of the senses.
  10. VISION | Rule #10: Vision trumps all other senses.
  11. GENDER | Rule #11: Male and female brains are different.
  12. EXPLORATION | Rule #12: We are powerful and natural.
Brain Rules