Hear me out. I know this statement sounds heretical in the realms of education, but I think this is something we should rethink, especially since it is so widely taught to pre-service teachers. I agree that the taxonomy accurately classifies various types of cognitive thinking skills. It certainly identifies the different levels of complexity. But its organizing framework is dead wrong. Here’s why.
The '101 greatest questions of all time' have been answered in a BBC magazine. Here we present the final twenty-one questions. 
Google’s Search Blog just announced its new Search Education Website, a new platform which can help students in the classroom become better at using search while learning. 
The 101 best websites for Social Studies, U.S. History, World History, Government, and Civics teachers. 
Johnny looks at different uses of gerunds and infinitives in sentences. 
"Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out." -Benjamin Franklin
FAIL = First Attempt In Learning! 
The lack of a systematic framework for developing teacher capacity and competency in teaching with technology is a massive black hole in Education today. We bandy around the term 21st Century learners every day at school but where is the plan for ensuring 21st century teaching and learning is taking place? 
I’ve just finished another mini-project with my Grade 6 Maths class and it’s been another successful integration of the iPad. The mini-projects involve the students planning, calculating and creating around the different Mathematics strands. Which in my mind is the REAL MATHS! Home-schooled students like me are occasionally subject to one awkward question: Do you ever socialize? 
Want your kid to be the next Zuckerberg or another programming genius but don't know how to code yourself? No problem. Leanback and IMG! later this week!LINKS TO LEARN: Smarter Every Day: http://www.youtube.com/destinws2 How to Lucid Dream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llw... 
If you’re like me, you have trouble keeping up with all of the great videos that are out there. I love it when others help me separate the wheat from the chaff. |
Maybe you've seen Vi Hart's cool video about SpongeBob's house. Go watch it, I'll wait... 
So, Dick (now he prefers to be called Rich) and Jane are upstairs in their bedrooms, supposedly doing their homework. 
TED-Ed is the latest wave in a growing trend of free online education. With offerings from the Khan Academy, founded in 2004 when Salman Khan began posting math tutorials on YouTube, and undergraduate courses from prestigious universities such as Yale and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, free classes and lectures are proliferating on the Web.
Distractions from our brains hurt as much or more than those from our tech! By Larry Rosen, Ph.D. ... 
I think we all can agree: flinging birds and slicing fruit are not educational afternoon activities. 
With all of the new mobile tools on the market today, teachers can more easily work from satellite locations, share educational resources and access school-related data directly from their cell phones. Here are 100 mobile tools for teachers that make the grade. 
In the jungles of Belize, near the southern border of Mexico, rise giant stone pyramids. I’ve seen deadly snakes lurk in this area, as well as venomous scorpions, tarantulas the size of a grownup’s hand and swarms of killer bees. Despite these dangers, volunteers such as myself come here to help archaeologists at the site uncover clues to a longstanding mystery
Twitter is a big part of education and technology. But what happens when it needs to be included in an academic paper? Until now, you had to do your best to guess the proper citation for tweets in academic papers. That all just changed. Horizon uncovers the secret world of our dreams. In a series of cutting-edge experiments and personal stories, we go in search of the science behind this mos... |
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