This information is published from an Adobe Press Release: Creative thinking deserves a much higher priority in education curricula, according to college-educated professionals surveyed in new research released today by Adobe. The U.S. study, Creativity and Education: Why it Matters, sheds new light on the role of creativity in career success and the growing belief…
Infographic: Is Social Media Hurting Productivity In Learning? So, you’ve just finished a task or an assignment and figure you deserve a little mental break. Why not check Facebook or Twitter? It will only take you five minutes, right? Wrong. As American students and workers spend more time on the Internet and on social media…
Proficiency-based grading is significantly different from the letter-grade system that most parents grew up with.
by Frances Judd These are exciting times in the world of education. Touch-screen technology is enabling teachers and parents to empower children to be at the helm of their own learning. Â Investigations with these devices can inspire young students to think creatively and to take risks in learning as they solve problems using a process…
Most educational games for the iPad aim squarely at the kiddish crowd. But those punk whippersnappers who need to get off the lawn shouldn’t have all the fun. Adults can enjoy their own as well, including these! If you want to let your kids in on the fun learning, check out our kid’s edition of this list….
Engaging Students Through Social Media by Rob James first appeared on gettingsmart.com; Using Social Media In The Classroom For Real-World Learning Social media has become an essential part of most people’s everyday lives, from checking Facebook and Twitter to posting blogs, Pinterest listings, and uploading YouTube videos. However, and with smartphones making it easier than ever…
60 Apps For Mobile, 21st Century Learning Clint Stephens, a Regional Technology Integration Specialist, put together this meticulously and creatively arranged presentation on 21st Century mobile learning apps, and arranged them via four categories: 1. Productivity 2. Core 3. General Education 4. Fun Included are classics like Evernote, Pages, and Dropbox, and apps that might…
The 20th century saw several amazing advances in philosophy, particularly in the realm of how we view the many objects and symbols that surround our daily existence. Many such advances came from great European thinkers such as Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault and the several major theorists of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, who each…
Adaptive learning technologies work from the premise that there are other, more personalized ways of acquiring knowledge.
An MMORPG is a type RPG–a role playing game. By definition, this offers enormous potential as a living, breathing character simulation.
The teaching of reading and writing has long been viewed as the “job” of English teachers, though success across content areas depends heavily on reading and writing fluency. One of the stronger messages of the K-12 Common Core academic standards is that the “burden” of literacy should be spread across content areas–that teaching reading and…
Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts to make–well, all kinds of gadgets.
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