All Blog Posts Tagged 'learners' (10)

My Year 12s asked me to write a blog about them :-)

With pleasure...

http://alisonwillis.org/my-year-12s-wanted-me-to-write-a-blog-about-them/

Added by Alison Willis on June 9, 2013 at 4:18am — No Comments

Virtual Learning Environments

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Virtual Learning Environments

In today’s society it is increasingly evident that education and in particular students are using more digital platforms and technologies as tools for learning. In order for educational systems to adapt to these differing learning styles and modern trends it is necessary for these systems to look at different teaching pedagogies. Over the past few years… Continue

Added by Steven David Pearce on December 4, 2010 at 4:42am — No Comments

Benefits of a 1:1 Laptop Scheme

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Recently, our school board asked me - how can I provide evidence that having a 1:1 scheme benefits our learners and school. If any of you already have a 1:1 laptop scheme running in your school you will realize that this is quite a difficult question to answer.

Some of the benefits listed here are unique to my school (a private profit making international school), which has totally different funding,… Continue

Added by Steven David Pearce on December 4, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

Free Resources for young learners(So Funny)

Hey!Today I will advice you some websites about kids stuff.You know, to

get the children's attention is more difficult than the other

students'.So we should do different things in our classes as long as

possible.

Anyway,Let's start !

http://www.english-4kids.com/

is one of my faves as I can find everything I need.Games, videos,

worksheets , powerpoints ..Everything!So I highly advise this website… Continue

Added by Azize Besik on November 15, 2010 at 2:36am — No Comments

Back to School How to Get an A+

Do you want to earn excellent grades in every one of your courses? Join this conversation to get study skills tips that will help you to earn A+ grades. This is for students of all ages. Call 323-417-0075 code 878084. It will occur on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Get your questions answered right after Dr. Jones presents helpful tips. Please confirm your participation at stephenjoness@rcn.com.

Added by Dr. Stephen Jones on September 4, 2010 at 9:04am — No Comments

Utilizing MP3s in the College Classroom

Earlier this year, as I was teaching my Developmental Reading and Writing students, I noticed that during the break, they would immediately plug in their MP3 players or smart phones and begin listening to music files. They would also share music with one another. That started me thinking about how to utilize their interest in music to get them more interested in what I was teaching in the classroom. Many of my students struggle with note-taking and other traditional ways of learning new… Continue

Added by Vicki Phillips on June 8, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Looking to communicate regarding 21st Century Learners from other countries

Hello all:

My name is Justin Fox, and I am a Mathematics and Computer Science teacher at the Bronx HS of Science in Bronx, NY. I was wondering if I could ask a few questions regarding your experiences teaching students, as well as your students who are 21st century learners that are considered "Millenials" (also known as Generation Y). In particular, I have the following questions:

1) What grade level/age range do you teach?

2) What subject areas do you teach?

3)… Continue

Added by Justin on October 14, 2009 at 4:54pm — No Comments

Merriam Webster for ESL learners

Confused by custom-made and tailor-made? The past perfect and simple past tenses? This site at Merriam Webster can help to answer all of your students' English grammar-related questions.

Added by Timothy L. Wahl on September 25, 2009 at 10:21pm — No Comments

Liven up eLearning course to engage learners with funny quiz

Originated from: E-Learning Zone: Liven up eLearning course to engage learners with funny quiz

Making good eLearning courses is a developing art. As a trainer, your goal is to make the training memorable. As you design the course, you must design not only the "what" (or content), but also the "how" (the delivery mechanisms). Integrating funny quiz (like "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire") into…

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Added by William Peterson on June 8, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

Creating Life Long Learners

So we went to the computer lab today for 1/2 an hour and I gave them this assignment.

Visit http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks and check out any book or author page you'd like. Then write down at least FIVE new things you learned from visiting those pages.

The kids were like, "We can visit ANY author on this page?" and, "We can look at ANY book site on… Continue

Added by Michelle TeGrootenhuis on February 17, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments