How Does Technology Improve Learning? This is a contributed post by Jenna Smith It doesn’t matter what you want to learn, whether it’s how to play the piano, solve advanced calculus problems, or cook gourmet French food, technology can help you do it. A simple example of this is biologcal dissection. Twenty years ago, all…
Tarun Mitra, CEO & Co-Founder of LurnQ “Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately necessary” – Thomas Friedman, NY Times Three big Stanford classes demonstrated a breakthrough in late 2011. There was a need for education and learning to undergo a transformation and this was now possible through the open…
iPad has an intuitive, elegant touch interface, & user-friendly operating system. Here’s what a teacher should be able to do with an iPad.
Using a mind mapping tool would bring together valuable resources within the same context, thus appealing to the different learning styles of students.
Pursuing college education is now more expensive than before, which means that the academic degree that is being pursued can be considered as a career investment. With the rising cost of education, selecting a worthwhile major almost a necessity. The courses that students pursue have variable economic value and subsequent employability chances. If your students…
by Kay Bisaillon, TeachThought Intern A few weeks ago, I joined a Google+ community at the request of a colleague. Honestly, I knew very little about Google+ . Although, I am always willing to try something new. I enjoy challenging myself and happily began learning. Confession-I did not get it. It was confusing to me….
Planit crowdsources community planning & encourages users to be involved in planning & design of projects, neighborhoods, and social spaces.
The best resources for teachers supporting students who think they hate math may not get better than Numberphile .
“A voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles.” That’s one very dry, but interesting way to describe play. The role of play in learning–given the chance–is incredible–both in intensity, duration, and impact everything else connected to the brain. The video below takes a look at play through the lens of games (along with a perhaps distracted two…
I wrote (theorized? hypothesized? guessed?) the incredible ways technology will change education by the year 2028. It was based on current trends in education (e.g., eLearning and blended learning), society (e.g., economic downturns and population growth), and technology (faster, smaller, more connected everything). The following video from Masternewmedia.org has a similar goal of predicting the future of education…
Although most teachers are given loose parameters for their curriculum, including certain areas that must be mastered in time for testing, there is some leeway within these criteria for educators to create their own, unique lesson plans. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to come up with creative lessons and activities that are both fun and…
What Would A School Designed For Your Brain Look Like? by Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed Have you ever imagined your ideal school? For me, it is one where brain research truly informs learning structures. Walking through such a school, I might find: Instead of desks in neat rows and bells moving students at regimented intervals from…