IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION TO HELP ME WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES- Authentic learning experiences are those which best enable learners to be engaged with their learning. Because the teacher attempts to make the learning situation meaningful to the life of the student and connected to real life events, students are better able to construct knowledge and to make meaning from school-based learning.

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