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How Blogging Can Help Students Be More Engaged
Blogging has been a part of our lives for many years now thanks to the internet. There are probably millions of blogs out there that cover various topics ranging from entertainment, news, education, gossip, science and whatever topics other people … Continue reading
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Create a Quiz You Won’t Have to Check!
What’s one of the most time consuming activities you, an educator, has when you create a quiz? Test checking! Quizzes and exams are an essential and integral part of education. They are valuable educational tool which have been used to … Continue reading
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Teaching a Language? Use Pictures and Videos for a More Engaging Lesson
Learning can get boring. And throughout the history of mankind, this has happened time and time again. Learning a language, more specifically, can be daunting for the learner especially through the use of boring textbooks. What’s one way to engage … Continue reading
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A Large Online Community for Educators
Education World Community is an online educational resource for educators and non-educators alike. It almost reminds me of Facebook for teachers, but of course it’s not. Why do I say this? Because those who register have access to hundreds of … Continue reading
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A Tool that Makes Teaching Easier and Learning More Fun
Everyday we learn of new tools that just make it easier for educators and students to stay connected. The latest is called ClassConnect. What can it do? repository: send / share files easily with students offers: calendar, attendance and grade … Continue reading
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E-Learning: Rewarding Students During Lessons Engages Them
How can you encourage learning? An article called Design e-Learning Like a Game Developer: Provide Incentives for Good Work should be able to help. It makes reference to the famous Nintendo game Super Mario. For those of you who remember, during the … Continue reading
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E-Learning: Challenges In The Classroom
There’s a great article called The Challenge of Digital Media in the Classroom, which although is a year old, holds valid points. Of course, with the title alone, you can pretty much sum up the main idea. Below are a few … Continue reading
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E-Learning: Bye Bye Text Books, Hello E-books
Back in July of this year, there was news of South Korea moving to digital (text)books by 2015. It really isn’t that far away and considering the number of ebooks in use, as well ebook devices (tablets and smart phones … Continue reading
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Lesson Template: Speech Marks That Are Fun For Kids
Attention: Teachers I found a great site where you can easily share and get lesson plans from. It’s called EdGalaxy.com and their featured lesson template for today is on how to use speech marks using the movie James and the … Continue reading
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E-Learning: Course For Reducing Truck & Train Accidents
E-learning is used for a great cause. What is it? Allen Interactions and Operation Lifesaver have created a 15 minute course that aims to minimize, if not eliminate, railroad crossing accidents. Since June 9, 15,000 drivers have already taken the … Continue reading
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