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Speaking a second language may change how you see the world

You might get a more accurate answer if you ask the question in German. How did she get away? Now you might want to switch to English. Speakers of the two languages put different emphasis on actions and their consequences, influencing the way they think about the world, according to a new study. The work also finds that bilinguals may get the best of both worldviews, as their thinking can be more flexible. Cognitive scientists have debated whether your native language shapes how you think since the 1940s. In the new study, researchers turned to people who speak multiple languages. Athanasopoulos and colleagues were interested in a particular difference in how English and German speakers treat events. This linguistic difference seems to influence how speakers of the two languages view events, according to the new study.

Bilingual speakers, meanwhile, seemed to switch between these perspectives based on the language most active in their minds. Social bookmarking site for schools. Allow students to learn, gather & share resources with classmates. 8 Gamification Resources for eLearning - Social Learning. [<a href="//storify.com/DJ1/gamify-your-elearning" target="_blank">View the story &#8220;8 Useful Resources for Gamifying Your Learning&#8221; on Storify</a>] Living in the United States, I'm interested in "all things digital content" (especially in marketing, sales and educational contexts), organizational development, creativity & innovation, philosophy in business, educational technology, history, communications.

8 Gamification Resources for eLearning - Social Learning

Hogyan fejleszthető a gyerekek koncentrációs képessége. Mostanában sokat foglalkozom tanulás-módszertannal.

Hogyan fejleszthető a gyerekek koncentrációs képessége

Kifejezetten azzal, hogyan lehet a középiskolások tanulási képességeit javítani, aminek kapcsán nagyon sok külföldi cikket, tanulmányt, előadást olvasok ill. hallgatok. Az egyik számomra legérdekesebb téma az volt, amikor arra szerettem volna választ találni, hogyan lehet a kamaszok koncentrációs képességét erősíteni. Merthogy alapvetően a tanulással kapcsolatban az egyik legnagyobb probléma, hogy a diákok nem tudnak elég intenzíven ill. elég kitartóan egy dologra összpontosítani. Rendben, gondoltam, ha ez a probléma, nyilván van rá megoldás, léteznek technikák, amivel a figyelem fejleszthető. És ekkor jött a döbbenet, merthogy szinte az összes módszer (felnőtteknek is!) Socrative. Simplifying a Teacher's Life: Free Technology Tools for Assessment. Simple Search Strategies Your Students May Be Overlooking. Six Word Stories. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2014. Was habe ich zum Mittag gegessen?...

By Request - Seven Tools for Building and Sharing Online Quizzes. Earlier today, through the Free Technology for Teachers Facebook page, I was asked for suggestions for tools for creating and sharing online quizzes.

By Request - Seven Tools for Building and Sharing Online Quizzes

Many online quiz services allow you to create quizzes that give your students instant feedback. Some of the services provide the option to include picture and video prompts in your quizzes. And all of these services save you the hassle of printing your quizzes. Here are seven ways that you can create and deliver quizzes online. Blubbr is a neat quiz creation service that you can use to create video-based quizzes. QuizBean is a nice platform for creating simple image-based quizzes that your students can complete online. Quizdini is a free tool for creating online quizzes. ImageQuiz is a free service that allows you to create quizzes based on any images that you own or find online. Socrative is a free quiz/ survey tool that I've been using a lot over the last couple of years. Watch2gether.com - Watch videos. Together.

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