The Internet has delivered an explosion of learning opportunities for today’s students, creating an abundance of information, knowledge, and teachers as well as a starkly different landscape from the one in which our ideas about school were born. Traditional educators, classrooms, and brick-and-mortar schools are no longer necessary to access information. Instead, things like blogs and wikis, as well as remote collaborations and an emphasis on critical thinking skills are the coins of the realm in this new kingdom. Yet the national dialogue on education reform focuses on using technology to update the traditional education model, failing to reassess the fundamental model on which it is built.
Young girls interested in working on machines have few fictional role models, and even fewer hands-on experiences that are geared specifically toward them. This new Kickstarter project hopes to change that with its exciting new characters and tie-in engineering projects.
Homeschooling has been around for most of recorded history, but hybrid homeschooling is a fairly new phenomenon. For hybrid homeschoolers, education takes on multiple dimensions, combining elements of both homeschooling and traditional schooling to take advantage of the best aspects of both.
In preparing students for the world outside school, what skills are important to learn? This goes to the heart of the research addressed in the Deeper Learning Report released by the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science in Washington.
Independent publisher Nosy Crow is pleased to announce its first non-fiction book educational apps for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, Rounds: Franklin Frog, is now available on the App Store.
Award winning social learning company Radiowaves has recently launched Makewaves, a free service for schools worldwide to blog and share media. Makewaves is the new name for the safe social network previously known as Radiowaves. The name may be changing, but the Makewaves mission stays the same: to provide a secure and moderated platform for young people to share their world.
Some think that teaching is an easy job that does not require as many efforts as some other jobs. Well this holds true when compared with some blue collar jobs that necessitate a lot of strenuous physical efforts such as working as a flag man.
Send the kids back to school this year with an arsenal of education. Instead of fighting with your third grader over how much time he should spend practicing his multiplication, give him something fun to play instead.
Educators from around the world have emphasised on how Montessori education could solve most of our education related problems. I remember meeting Lavanya, a Global Changemaker at the British Council and an advocate of the Montessori system of education, something that she is using to educate many slum kids in Delhi. In her own words, “It’s been a life-transforming experience not just for the kids but for me as well.”
Can this system be the answer to our education-system problems?
Pinterest has really revolutionized visual bookmarking and within just few months since its launch it counted thousands and thousands of members and is still exponentially growing in popularity that it catches up with the other long standing popular platforms such as Diigo , Stumble Upon, and Digg.
The Domtar Corporation today announced the launching of an interactive, educational site The Forest Academy. The edtech tools, introduced a few months ago, has reached a milestone of 25,000 visitors.
GazziliWorld, a developer of innovative educational apps for young children announced today the availability of its GazziliScience app which is included as a "New & Noteworthy" pick in Apple's iOS App Store.
As part of our reading program, Mr. Colosi's First Grade class read the book "The Dot," by Peter Reynolds. Students were so inspired by the book's message of uniqueness that they decided to create art in a brand new way. Using the classroom iPad, each student sketched their own "dot" using the Drawing App app. Using this unique app, students were able to draw with crayons, paints, and markers to make original artwork that could be shared with the world!
Discovery Education and Intel have teamed up to create Curiosity in the Classroom, a website designed to bring teachers, students and families on a journey through life's biggest questions. Access free lesson plans and videos designed for 6th-12th grade students. Engage them in the mysteries of science and introduce them to cutting-edge careers in science and technology.
The split between what Marc Prensky called “digital natives” and “digital immigrants” in his landmark 2001 article has grown wider every year of this century. Unlike the teachers and parents who have watched technology slowly phased into modern culture over the past three decades, today’s students have been immersed in the digital era since birth.
In her new book Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success, psychologist and author Madeline Levine exposes the pitfalls of over-parenting, and argues for a new definition of success and achievement.
When we envision a well-rounded, progressive education for our kids, we think of a vibrant environment that nurtures students’ passions, provides structure for rich and deep learning, a place where kids can get their hands on projects that are meaningful to them. That’s the goal at Brightworks, a small, K-12 private school just starting its second year in San Francisco: to re-imagine traditional modes of education so that curiosity and creativity hold sway over standardized tests and worksheets.
An introduction to Montessori philosophy in all its aspects. Help for parents of children from birth to three, and parents and teachers of children from three to twelve years of age. Montessori materials, montessori toys, montessori.
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