Helping Students Become Independent Learners I’m always looking into ways of helping my students become more independent and help them take ownership of their education. Currently, my students struggle a lot with that. A lot of them couldn't get the education they deserve in their own countries. Therefore, they lack confidence and they want words of affirmation from me every day. It breaks my heart seeing that. Thus, I decided to take advantage of having technology available in my classrooms and help them take over their learning little by little. Therefore, I’ve created a digital classroom through Google Classroom and I added documents, videos and other things my students may need to be successful in my classes. I try my best to use something called Hyperdocs. It’s amazing how students can click on those letters marked in “blue” and access all kinds of information I want them to access. It gives them a sense of security and ownership of thei...