佳 蔡Jia
Mobile learning. Micro-lecture. Transforming curriculum delivery through technology. Your daily dose of design tips and inspiration. 7 Ways to Increase Your Creativity. Let’s get this out of the way to begin with: you are creative!
Creativity is a governing force in humanity – an innate function of the mind. It is, at its essence, your outward expression of an inward thought or emotion. This means that there are two hindrances that can limit your creativity: an internal barrier that limits your imagination and inspiration, and an external barrier that limits your expression or presentation of your creativity. (Image Source: entrepreneurthearts.com) In either or these instances, there are simple but very effective techniques you can use to get your creativity flowing. Recommended Reading: Ways To Motivate Yourself When You’re Running Low Find Your Source Finding your source of inspiration (or "muse") is the doorway to your creativity. (Image Source: Fotolia) Your muse can be found in nature, in people, in music, in a memory, or in a particular situation. Search out and take note of anything that makes you say, "I want to do that!
" Freelancers: 3 Ways to Motivate Yourself When You’re Running Low. As freelance designers, self-discipline is one essential characteristic to cultivate.
Granted that you have the benefits of a flexible timetable, it is highly critical for you to be firm in your daily dealings to keep your business going well. Maintaining high motivation for your work is hence a topmost priority. (Image Source: Fotolia) But hey, who doesn’t have the downtime? Sometimes it’s easy to lose heart when you’re not getting by with freelancing, or when it didn’t meet your expectation of flexibility. As a part-time freelance blogger myself, I could relate to a few common issues regarding the lack of motivation. 1. When you remind yourself what was it that drew you into the circle of freelancers, you would be grateful that you got into where you are now even if things are going really tight.
(Image Source: Fotolia) That said, it’s easy to fall into the trap of not following up with the client on time. 2. Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist. 6 Expert Tips for Flipping the Classroom. Tech-Enabled Learning | Feature 6 Expert Tips for Flipping the Classroom Three leaders in flipped classroom instruction share their best practices for creating a classroom experience guaranteed to inspire lifelong learning.
By Jennifer Demski01/23/13 "If you were to step into one of my classrooms, you'd think I was teaching a kindergarten class, not a physics class," laughs Harvard University (MA) professor Eric Mazur. "Not because the students are children, but because of the chaos and how oblivious the students are to my presence. " Such pandemonium is a good thing, insists Mazur, an early adopter of the flipped classroom model that has become all the rage at colleges and universities across the country. In a flipped classroom, professors assign pre-class homework consisting of brief, recorded lectures and presentations, digital readings with collaborative annotation capabilities, and discussion board participation.
Flipped Classroom info. 展开学习革命. A Brief Guide to Learning Faster (and Better) Note: This is a long article (4000+ words), I suggest bookmarking it for later if you don’t have time to read it all right now.
I spend a lot of time thinking about how to learn faster. The biggest reason I do this is because it’s important. With so much knowledge out there, the answers to most of our biggest problems are out there, but they’re useless if we don’t understand them. People who can grok hard subjects and big ideas will earn more money, live better and have a bigger impact on the world. Learning matters—a lot. The second, and admittedly more selfish reason, is that most of my income now comes from working with students. Today I’d like to share with you some of what works. I’ve split this rather long article into three sections to make things a bit easier, feel free to jump to particular sections:
20 Technology Skills that Every Educator Should Have. By Laura Turner In 2005 I wrote a similar article and have had requests to write an update.
Technology has changed a great deal in the last 5-6 years. Although, realistically, you would not use all of these technologies, you should be knowledgeable in what each of the following technology is and how it could be/might be used in a classroom. \ 1. Here is some detailed information about the first 5 technology skills. 1.