What 100 Experts Think About The Future Of Learning. If you’re an educator, surely you know that technology has and will continue to have an incredible impact on learning.
Whether it’s the Internet, innovative learning tools, or teaching technology itself, these two subjects are intertwined. In these talks, you will find essential information for educators concerned with technology. General Learn about making technology work in education and more in these talks. Rethinking the Student Experience in the 21st Century Public Research University: See how a diverse student body and technology can make a difference in the student experience today.
Sharing Education These talks explore the idea of open, shared education. Hector Ruiz on Connecting the World: Hector Ruiz lectures on Internet access for everyone. Creativity & Innovation Watch these talks to see how you can foster innovation and the creative spirit. Ken Robinson Says Schools Kill Creativity: Ken Robinson’s lecture makes a case for a more creative education system.
Internet & New Media. The lives of teachers » interview index. All the interviews on the site are listed here.
You can subscribe to the audio on iTunes, or just listen or watch through the site. Each name is followed by a very brief synopsis of the main areas discussed… although some of the interviews were very wide-ranging. Enjoy! Bax, Stephen (CALL, Technology, Reading, Teacher Beliefs) video Benson, Phil (Learner Autonomy) video Buckingham, Angela (Materials Design, ESOL, Teacher Training) audio / video Cates, Kip (Global Education) audio and video Craven, Miles (Materials Design) audio / video Davies, Larry (Technology, Educational Management) audio and video Egbert, Joy (Technology, Teacher Training) audio and video Firth, Alan (Conversation Analysis, Research, English as Lingua Franca) 80 Online Tools, References, and Resources.
The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language. Making it easier to learn to read. Dyslexia caused by signal processing in the brain August 06, 2012 To participate successfully in life, it is important to be able to read and write.
Nevertheless, many children and adults have difficulties in acquiring these skills and the reason is not always obvious. They suffer from dyslexia which can have a variety of symptoms. Thanks to research carried out by Begoña Díaz and her colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, a major step forward has been made in understanding the cause of dyslexia. Zoom Image This figure compares the situation in the brain of dyslexics and the control group. This figure compares the situation in the brain of dyslexics and the control group.
This figure compares the situation in the brain of dyslexics and the control group. . © MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences People who suffer from dyslexia have difficulties with identifying speech sounds in spoken language. Raising Successful Children. The Causal Role of Phoneme Awareness and Letter-Sound Knowledge in Learning to Read. Combining Intervention Studies With Mediation Analyses + Author Affiliations Charles Hulme, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, Chandler House, 2 Wakefield St., London, England WC1N 2PF E-mail: c.hulme@ucl.ac.uk Abstract There is good evidence that phoneme awareness and letter-sound knowledge are reliable longitudinal predictors of learning to read, though whether they have a causal effect remains uncertain.
In this article, we present the results of a mediation analysis using data from a previous large-scale intervention study. Article Notes The authors declared that they had no conflicts of interest with respect to their authorship or the publication of this article. Education Week Teacher: Global Education: Bringing the World to Your Classroom.
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