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What Are The Benefits Of Blended Learning? Blended learning–the mixing of eLearning and face-to-face learning–is a natural response to the growing accessibility of eLearning, and the continued need for a human component, and the existing infrastructure of countless brick-mortal educational institutions. In fact, blended learning is as much as compromise as it is an experiment…
Catching Up With The Kids: Moving School Libraries Into The New Media Era Libraries have done a world of good for schools. They provide a self-directed learning environment and a quiet place to work and study — not to mention the wealth of carefully organized stories, articles, reference materials and other information for students to…
What Are The Best iPad Apps For Math, Science, ELA, & Social Studies? When it comes to classroom teaching, apps are a great way of getting the children engaged and learning at the same time. As well as being a fantastic way to get the kids involved in class, they’re also ideal for home use…
Critics of the U.S. education system have set out to determine which evaluation method produces data that best captures the way students learn and the way they progress toward classroom goals. Since the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, most educators “agree that we have gone too far in placing too much emphasis on…
As technology becomes more commonplace in classrooms, teachers from preschool to higher education are finding innovative ways to use technology to provide feedback to their students. Some educators rely on popular tablet computers to communicate with their students both inside and outside the classroom, while others use propriety software, social media and email to provide…
More schools and employers are permitting and even encouraging students and employees to bring their own technology resources to work.
The infographic from Digital Learning Now offers “drivers” of blended learning, including online state testing, cost, and personalization.
The following list of apps can be an excellent foundational slew for any 21st century teacher or student in the classroom.
With some careful management, it’s possible to optimize iPad memory for the classroom without sacrificing performance.
7 Ideas For Using Hashtags In The Classroom By Anibal Pacheco, TeachThought intern If you are an Educator looking to use Twitter in the classroom you might have noticed most tweets include a #Hashtag. The use of the # sign with a word attached to it makes up one. Hashtags trace their history to IRC…
Here are five new tools for edtech that I plan to use this spring. I hope it encourages you to sprout new ideas, too.
Education technology has changed what’s possible in learning. No longer are students confined to desks, textbooks, or even classrooms or schools. Today, a student has at least the potential for access to apps, an incredible catalogue of videos, podcasts, learning simulations, digital communities and so much more, all through a simple internet connection. The following…