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Teacher Statistics: How Teachers Make a Difference

Teacher Statistics: How Teachers Make a Difference | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
You know that bumper sticker that says, “If you can read this, thank a teacher”? It’s the literal truth. While most of us spend more time thinking about reality TV stars and pro athletes, teachers are among the few people who truly affect our ...
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There are days when we ask ourselves why we teach...and this infographic shares lots of reasons for why we teach and how we impact our students...so as a visual to share, or one to look at you when you need some building up.

Tiziana Iozzi's curator insight, September 11, 2013 1:37 AM

Un insegnante ha il ruolo di un mentore, è un modello, sa aiutare i ragazzi nelle difficoltà e li incoraggia a seguire i loro sogni... A chi di voi è capitata la fortuna di conoscerne almeno uno/a nella vita?

Darleana McHenry's curator insight, September 11, 2013 11:56 PM

I had the opportunity to tell my first grade teacher thank you 5 years ago. She actually had kept my first grade picture all these years. My teachers were great and school was my favorite place and I excelled there. So thanks to all the teachers that I did not get to thank. :-)

Silvia Nascimento's curator insight, August 6, 2015 9:22 PM

There are days when we ask ourselves why we teach...and this infographic shares lots of reasons for why we teach and how we impact our students...so as a visual to share, or one to look at you when you need some building up.

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Can Everyone Be Smart at Everything? | MindShift

Can Everyone Be Smart at Everything? | MindShift | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

In more recent years, research on how the brain learns is building on those studies. “How we learn shapes what we know and what we can do,” writes author Annie Murphy Paul in a recent Time column. “Our knowledge and our abilities are largely determined not by our IQ or some other fixed measure of intelligence, but by the effectiveness of our learning process: call it our learning quotient.”

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Sloan’s 5 Pillars of Quality Online Education | Online Universities

Sloan’s 5 Pillars of Quality Online Education | Online Universities | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
The Sloan Consortium is a professional leadership organization dedicated to helping online learning move into the mainstream of higher education.

As part of this mission they have published numerous effective practices for online education including their 5 Pillars of Quality Online Education. A closer look at these 5 principles and the associated resources serves as a gateway for examining and evaluating the effectiveness of online instruction. Here’s what they show us...

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