Untitled Document. Teacher Tools. Digital teaching sites. EDU. iPads in Education. Apps for special needs. Doing More with Less in digital Classrooms. Innovative Educators hosts superior conferences and training sessions focused on the most critical issues facing higher educators: Recruitment, Retention and Teaching & Learning strategies. Laurie L.
Hazard holds an Ed.M. in Counseling and an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Teaching from Boston University. Laurie's experience with academic support began as a graduate student at Boston University and later as a reading and writing specialist in an innovative, team structured learning assistance program at Boston University. Less Wrong. A Brief Guide to Mission to Learn. If you are new to Mission to Learn, or have simply decided to spend a bit more time exploring what is here, the posts listed on this page represent good places to start.
It’s also good to know that the whole focus here is on lifelong learning. I mean that not so much in the sense of accumulating knowledge about specific topics but rather in the spirit of how we can continually learn, grow, and live the most fulfilling lives possible. You will find plenty here about specific learning resources, but you will also find general perspectives on what it means to be a lifelong learner in a hyper-connected world, how to develop and improve learning habits, and how to actually get the most out of what you have learned (which is nearly always more than you realize!) In every day life. Naturally, you can also read more about Mission to Learn on the About page. Jackie's Young Adults Blog. Graduation Ceremony Survival Monday April 14, 2014 If you've got a high school or college graduation ceremony coming up, it's time to start thinking about packing that survival bag.
Sitting in the glorious sunshine for a few minutes is a lovely thing. Sitting under that blazing orb for four hours is a recipe for pomp, circumstance, sunburn and heatstroke. So here's what to pack - sunscreen, of course, but also these nine sanity savers. The Lowdown on Dorm Options Saturday April 12, 2014. Higher Education - Web's #1 Source for K12 and Higher Education News and Commentary - EducationNews.org
How we will learn. The World Question Center 2010. I received this year's Edge Question while in Damascus, shuttling messages from Jerusalem aimed at probing possibilities for peace.
And I got to thinking about how my thinking on world peace and transnational violence has been shaped by the Internet, and how the advent of the Internet has framed my view of human history and destiny. I'm aware that I'm living on the cusp of perhaps the third great tipping point in human history, and that this is an awesome and lucky thing to experience. First, I imagine myself with a small band moving out of Africa into the Fertile Crescent around 60,000 years ago or so, when humans mastered language and began to conquer the globe.
More than half a million years ago, the Neanderthal and human branches of evolution began to split from our common ancestor Homo erectus (or perhaps Homo ergaster). Neanderthal, like erectus before, spread out of Africa and across Eurasia. Free Nonfiction Books: Free Business Books, Free Memoirs, Free How-to Books, Free Travel Books, Free Spiritual Books, and More! Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education. Downloads-Workshops. Elementary Schools .org - list of private elementary schools and public elementary schools. Past Interviews. Ceomind: Power Learning Solutions. Khan Academy. Study Vibe - How to study - study skills for primary and high school students. Discovery Education. SqoolTube. PBS Teachers. On-Line Resources. Reflective learners: helping learners make sense of their learning. SharpBrains.
Here you can enjoy the Top 25 Brain Teasers, Games & Illusions that SharpBrains readers (primarily adults, but some younger minds too) have enjoyed the most.
It is always good to learn more about our brains and to exercise them!. Fun experiments on how our brains and minds work 1. You think you know the colors? Try the Stroop Test 2. 3. 4. Challenge your attention and memory. The Thinking Classroom Home. EduTecher.net. Learning for everyone, by everyone, about almost anything.
Top Documentary Films (Free edu videos) Highlighting major new developments in the field, this updated edition of Discovering Psychology offers high school and college students, and teachers of psychology at all levels, an overview of historic and current theories of human behavior. Stanford University professor and author Philip Zimbardo narrates as leading researchers, practitioners, and theorists probe the mysteries of the mind and body. Based on extensive investigation and authoritative scholarship, this introductory course in psychology features demonstrations, classic experiments and simulations, current research, documentary footage, and computer animation.
This series is also valuable for teachers seeking to review the subject matter. Produced by WGBH Boston with the American Psychological Association. 1990, 2001. Watch the full documentary now (26 parts, each 25 minutes long) 1. 2. 3. Lexicon of Learning. ASCD. SmartBrief. Project Tomorrow. Online Education. Phi Delta Kappa Professional Education Association. History Is Elementary. Welcome to the midway of the 136th Carnival of Education!
Here's the very latest roundup of entries from around the EduSphere. Unless clearly labeled otherwise, all entries this week were submitted by the writers themselves. Folks interested in hosting an edition of the C.O.E. should make their intentions known by notifying Edwonk via this email address: owlshome [at] earthlink [dot] net. Thanks to everyone who helped spread the word about last week's midway, which was hosted over at The Education Wonks. Visit the C.O.E.' Teachers pay teachers. My School. EduFire. National Academies Press. StudySmarter. Online College. Suite 101. Naked Roommate. Professors' Guide. Teaching Mattters. Atomic Learning. Organizing for America. Education is the surest path to the middle class.
President Obama is making historic investments in education to create opportunity for all Americans. Study Guides and Strategies. Skills4Study.com. Box of Tricks - Technology and Education. The Standards. Building on the best of existing state standards, the Common Core State Standards provide clear and consistent learning goals to help prepare students for college, career, and life.
The standards clearly demonstrate what students are expected to learn at each grade level, so that every parent and teacher can understand and support their learning. The standards are: Research and evidence basedClear, understandable, and consistentAligned with college and career expectationsBased on rigorous content and the application of knowledge through higher-order thinking skillsBuilt upon the strengths and lessons of current state standardsInformed by other top-performing countries to prepare all students for success in our global economy and society According to the best available evidence, the mastery of each standard is essential for success in college, career, and life in today’s global economy.
For grades K-8, grade-by-grade standards exist in English language arts/literacy and mathematics. NAGC. Tools for Student Success: Selected Publications for Parents and. The U.S.
Department of Education has developed a number of publications featuring the latest research and most effective practices in subjects such as reading, homework, and staying drug free. This catalog provides brief descriptions of each volume, as well as information on how to obtain these publications in hard copy or online. Each is provided at no cost. This catalog will be updated as new publications become available. In the meantime, readers are invited to check out the various titles listed here. The research-based, yet easy-to-understand information in these publications can help families and educators make good decisions about children's learning. For Parents No Child Left Behind: A Parents Guide summarizes the No Child Left Behind Act. Questions Parents Ask About Schools provides answers to commonly asked questions on topics such as Getting Ready for School, Monitoring School Work, Helping with Reading, and Working with Schools and Teachers.
Technology and Education. Turning Teaching into Learning. The Role of Student Responsibili. This is a digest of a monograph that explores recent theory and research on the importance of college students' effort and involvement in promoting positive college outcomes.
An opening section introduces the issue noting that institutions must work to create a climate in which all students feel welcome and able to fully participate. At the same time institutions must nurture an ethic that demands student commitment and promotes student responsibility. A section on student responsibility summarizes Robert Pace's standards embedded in the College Student Experience Questionnaire. Learning Styles - How to Learn Anything FAST! - HowToLearn.com H. US Dept. of Education. Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) OECD PISA. This years focus is mathematics with an additional test in creative thinking. The new PISA 2021 mathematics framework was recently launched. Preparations for this test are underway with participants from 36 OECD members and likely 50+ non-members involved.
The PISA 2024 innovative domain, Learning in the Digital World, aims to measure students’ ability to engage in self-regulated learning while using digital tools. The tasks measure students’ capacity to monitor their progress, use feedback and stay engaged while they build models and develop solutions with digital tools. Edurati Review. Study Skills Help Page MTSU. Efficient, Effective Teaching. Students learn best when they actively participate in the learning process, when they are engaged and motivated to learn, and when they can build on their existing knowledge and understanding (NRC, 2000).
New faculty members are most successful when they work moderately, even on their teaching (Boice, 2000 ). The pages and resources below will help you to become an effective teacher, efficiently. Jump down to Effective Course Design * Teaching Efficiently * Building Your Teaching Case for Tenure * Learning Styles * Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit * Teaching Large Classes * Keeping Research Seminars Lively and Engaging * Assessing What Your Students Are Learning Students in Carol Ormand's Structural Geology course measure folds in the southern Appalachians. Photo courtesy of Carol Ormand.