20 Things Educators Need To Know About Learning Spaces
Here are 20 considerations for challenging old, limited notions of learning spaces in order to move students into a 21st century economy.
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10 Of Our Most Popular Posts About iPads In Education
Is your classroom ‘ready’ for iPads? What are the characteristics of a classroom or curriculum that can leverage the iPad’s features?
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The Flipped Classroom Turns Around An At-Risk, Failing School
“The Flipped Classroom Turns Around an At-Risk, Failing School” by Greg Green, Principal at Clintondale High School, was originally published on Getting Smart. As a principal of Clintondale High School, I’ve witnessed firsthand the struggles that a school must endure to educate at-risk students. Many of the students at Clintondale are faced with obstacles that hinder their education:…
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22 Tips For Better Teaching Online
The fundamentals that define a great teacher don’t differ much whether classes are taught in the online setting or off, but there are certain things that need greater emphasis and gain greater importance when a teacher is working with students who aren’t in a traditional classroom setting. Knowing how to highlight these things to help…
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Video Games: The Art Form For The 21st Century
Whether or not video games are truly art is a silly debate that keeps popping up everywhere–usually by those that continue to browbeat gaming based on games that are too (insert adjective here) for their tastes. For me, it’s difficult to not think of them as art–and as a woefully under-developed medium to promote interaction,…
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What You Owe Your Students
From removing barriers to learning, to creating an environment where it’s safe to take risks here’s what you owe to your students.
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40 iPad Apps For Science By Category
If you’re a college student looking to supplement your science studies, these apps are some of the best for learning, sharing & researching.
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What The iPad’s Popularity Says About Education
Placing an iPad into the lap of every student is nothing if not a sign that teachers are more than willing to give up control of pace and access,
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The Ultimate Guide To Flipping Your Classroom (Part 1)
Note: This is part 1. What is the Flipped Classroom? “A reversed teaching model that delivers instruction at home through interactive, teacher-created videos and moves “homework” to the classroom. Moving lectures outside of the classroom allows teachers to spend more 1:1 time with each student. Students have the opportunity to ask questions and work through…
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5 Reasons Mobile Learning Apps Fail
While an educational app may be “fun”, there’s a good chance that it is a net detriment to a student’s learning progress.
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15 Free Learning Tools You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
It can be hard to keep up with the ever-growing list of free educational sites out there, much less distinguish which ones will best meet your needs and help you learn skills you really need without shelling out big bucks. New sites are always being launched and even those that have been on the scene…
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What The iPad Has Done To Education
When adopting a new learning tool, the clearer the picture of how that tool ideally functions can be helpful in improving its use.
