4 Challenges That Can Cripple Your School’s BYOD Program
To capitalize on the potential benefits of BYOD programs, districts must first address several security concerns and pain points.
To capitalize on the potential benefits of BYOD programs, districts must first address several security concerns and pain points.
One of the best education philosophies is collegiality. Without cooperation, teachers can’t remain vibrant members of a class community.
Seven Tools For Student Collaboration In Digital PBL by Rob Sabo Education today often requires extensive collaboration between students and faculty. Team assignments are an excellent way to improve learning and help students develop the communication tools necessary to thrive in the workplace. Choosing the right tools for small group collaboration is crucial for facilitating…
What if you tied financial literacy to your content area through a PBL unit about design, social media or the effects of World War II?
Questioning In The eLearning Environment by Rosa Fattahi, WizIQ As discussed in A Primer in Effective Questioning, Part I, it is important that traditional and eLearning teachers employ a variety of question types that address a range of intellectual skills. Questions should not only be used to assess student comprehension of the material, but also…
At their core, MOOCs can speak to the best, altruistic nature of educators by allowing them to share their knowledge freely with the world.
Long gone are the days when Google was simply an Internet search engine–in the space of just a few years, it has become a purveyor of every kind of tech product across all categories: Android, Chrome, Maps, Google+, Hangouts. Now students and teachers in K-12 schools may be joining the long list of gaga Google…
This contributed post was written by a bookboon employee 4 Sources Of Low Cost Online Textbooks And Educational Resources Online education and eTextbooks are becoming increasingly popular amongst students, teachers and professors all over the world. According to a 2012 survey conducted by The Digital Reader, 43.7% of US students are currently using digital textbooks….
Selecting Blending Learning Tools: An Administrator’s Guide Selecting the right eLearning platform, learning management system, or related digital content for your classroom–or even your school, district, or university–cannot be a case of monkey see, monkey do. What works there, may not be the best fit here. So Education Elements has reminded us of 3 simple…
Student To Community Interaction In Blended Learning Models In part 1 of this 6-part series, Thomas Stanley looked at an overview of blended learning, specifically the critical interactions of a blended learning model. In part 2, he looked specifically at student-to-student interaction, and the reality of synchronous and asynchronous access, and in part 3 he looked at student-to-teacher…
How To Reduce Student Testing Anxiety Tests aren’t going away anytime soon, and as the stakes increase, when the time for tests rolls around everybody in the classroom can get a little edgy. Teachers need all the help they can find to prepare students to take tests seriously without making them anxious or overwrought. Here…
With some careful management, it’s possible to optimize iPad memory for the classroom without sacrificing performance.