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Why Students Don’t Like School, and What Adaptive Learning Can Do About It (Part 3)
Miss Part I or Part II of the series? Check it out here. I recently read Daniel T. Willingham’s Why Don’t Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom. As I was reading Willingham’s investigation, I noticed that… Read more >
The Unprepared Nation: College Readiness Today [INFOGRAPHIC]
The U.S. is facing a full-on college readiness crisis. One-third of college students require remediation before enrolling in college-level classes. Of those students, one-half will never receive their bachelor’s degree. What’s causing the problem — and what’s at stake? This infographic lays out the state of college readiness in the… Read more >
EdTech Blogs We Love: Web 2.0 Classroom, ICT in Education, The Innovative Educator
It’s been a while since our last installment of EdTech Blogs We Love. Here are 3 more to add to the list! Blogging about the Web 2.0 Classroom Steven Anderson, the author of Blogging about the Web 2.0 Classroom, is well-known both for his blog and his prolific Twitter feed,… Read more >
Why Students Don’t Like School, and What Adaptive Learning Can Do About It (Part 2)
Miss Part I of the series? Check it out here. I recently read Daniel T. Willingham’s Why Don’t Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom. As I was reading Willingham’s investigation, I noticed that most of the… Read more >
Why Students Don’t Like School — and What Adaptive Learning Can Do About It (Part 1)
Ask students why they don’t like school, and you’ll get several answers: it’s “hard,” “boring,” “disconnected from reality” or “only for smart people.” The real answer is of course more complex than any of these responses would suggest. To get a deeper understanding of the matter, I recently read one… Read more >
Adaptive Learning for “Soft” Subjects: Can Technology Encourage Creativity?
It’s easy to see how online adaptive learning can be used to improve the teaching of quantitative subjects such as math, a subject we perceive to be defined by drilling, discipline, “right/wrong” answers, and skills which build neatly upon one another. Subjects such as English, art history, and music seem… Read more >
The Flipped Classroom [INFOGRAPHIC]
Go to school, listen to your teacher lecture, go home, do your homework. For centuries, this has been the way that school’s been done. But now, a new model of teaching is turning the traditional classroom on its head. Under the flipped classroom model, students watch lectures at home, online…. Read more >
The State of Digital Education [INFOGRAPHIC]
Fifteen years ago, “Amazon” was just a rainforest and “Kindle” was something to do with a flame. We fought traffic to go buy CDs, books, and movies. When we needed information, we lugged the encyclopedias out of storage. Now, we get our entertainment through the Internet. We can download an… Read more >
10 Inspirational Quotes for EdTech-Friendly Teachers
If you’re a teacher — especially one trying to integrate educational technology into your classroom — you’re probably aware of the challenges of the job. Tight budgets, inflexible administration, overcrowded classrooms… the list goes on. Even with all the day-to-day struggles, it’s important to keep the big picture in mind…. Read more >
4 Ways to Use Storify in the Classroom
Put down the dioramas; file away that mimeographed book report assignment. Why not give students an assignment that not only hones their writing skills, but also provides plenty of opportunity for creativity and critical thinking, helps develop communication skills, and requires an understanding of social media? Try Storify, a free… Read more >
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