Coaching parents on toddler talk to address word gap. Home. Contact us. 5 New Approaches to Teaching and Learning: The Next Frontier In my first year of teaching about a decade ago, I was given very straightforward instructions for what I was charged to do.
I was told to follow the curriculum, ensure that my students didn’t disrupt the classroom, meet the state standards for my subject, and make sure that my students passed the standardized exams at the end of the year. To meet these goals, I was provided with a curriculum, a school rulebook, test prep materials, and was wished good luck. The curriculum I was given consisted of a set of lessons that were organized like a script. The formula was simple: wash, rinse and repeat. Teacher asks this, students say that. How to Turn Your School Into a Maker Haven. One of the best ways for frustrated parents, students and teachers to convince school leaders that it’s time for a reboot is with amazing student work.
An unconventional learning community of “makers” — people who like to figure out and fix problems with their hands — stands ready to demonstrate a hands-on learning style in which students engage problems that matter to them, taking agency and displaying creativity along the way. The Maker Movement is slowly infiltrating schools across the country with the help of dedicated educators and inspirational students proving with their creations that they can do incredible things when given a chance. “People are seeing through the eyes and the hands and the screens of children what’s possible, and it’s re-energizing progressive views of education,” said Gary Stager, co-author with Sylvia Libow Martinez of “Invent to Learn,” a book about the Maker Movement.
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Active Learning Classrooms: Everyone is engaged! Getting Excited About Engineering with Super-Awesome Sylvia. The following excerpt is from “Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Project Book (Volume 2): Super-Simple Arduino” by “Super Awesome” Sylvia Todd.
What’s an Arduino?? The Arduino is an awesome programmable prototyping platform. It’s a little computer that acts like a brain for robots, sensors, or other machines that connect to the real world. It’s pretty inexpensive, too! For less than the cost of a tank of gas, you can get yourself this little blue open-source brain board and start creating something incredible. The Void is better than anyone imagined. ?enterprise_product=GOOGLE. Schach für Kinder Schweiz: Kurse, Camps Zürich und Zug. GPS_web. IPEVO Edtech Bundle. Electronic Interfaces: Bridging the Physical and Digital Worlds. EE40LX teaches the fundamentals of engineering electronic interfaces between the physical world and digital devices.
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This place is the opposite of a please don’t touch repository of fine art. It’s an “experimental learning workshop” where kids engage in an essential but increasingly rare activity: they make stuff. Right now, looking around my living room, I can see lots of the stuff made there by my older son: a model ship that can move around in water with the aid of a battery-powered motor he put together; a “camera obscura” that can project a real-world scene onto a wall in a darkened room; a wooden pinball game he designed himself. (You can view an archive of Eli Whitney Museum projects here.) The people who run Eli Whitney call these hands-on projects “experiments.” Robots are about to enter Australian schools as part of a world-first study. Employer Services. We have created Top Job Cambodia to serve our client’s mass recruitment needs.
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Learning spaces: The subconscious teacher SmartBlogs. This month, SmartBlog on Education is exploring classroom design and management — just in time for the new school year.
In the first of a three-part blog series, Lucien Vattel, founder and co-director of the PlayMaker School and CEO of nonprofit GameDesk, explores learning spaces that cultivate the student, the child, the learner. For teachers that care about creativity - Creatubbles. Games in Education - Global Issues.
PYP Classroom Set-Up: How much should we be doing without students? – Making Good Humans. Every year many teachers spend hours upon hours setting up their classroom to ensure it is picture perfect before the students arrive.
But I wonder, by doing so, are we taking away some great learning opportunities for students? In PYP classrooms, we start the year with blank walls to ensure there is lots of space to display students’ questions and students’ thinking, but what other classroom set-up jobs should we be sharing with students? Involving students in classroom set-up is not only a great way to build a sense of community and send the message that it is our classroom, not my classroom, but their are also some great opportunities for math, literacy and transdisciplinary skills… if you’re looking for them! Here is a list of some typical classroom set-up jobs that involve literacy, math and TD skills that could be shared with students: Covering bulletin boards: measurement, surface area, cooperation, problem solving, group decision making, planning skills. PBS Digital Studios.
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Are Classroom Decorations Too Distracting For Young Students? A peak into many kindergarten classrooms across the country will reveal teachers trying to make classrooms feel warm and inviting by plastering the walls with colorful decorations and fun patterns. But could this effort to make school a welcoming place for its youngest students actually be hurting their ability to learn? In a New York Times article Jan Hoffman delves into new research showing how easily distracted kindergarteners are by their surroundings. “A new study looked at whether such classrooms encourage, or actually distract from, learning. Case Studies. Sony VPL-VW600ES Native 4K Projector Review. Bill Livolsi, January 15, 2014 Though 1920x1080p has become the standard resolution for home theater projectors, the next wave of technological advance is upon us. 4K Ultra HD has a native resolution of 4096 pixels by 2160 pixels (the 4K name comes from the first number, rounded off). 4K has four times the pixels of 1080p, and it shows. 4K resolution projectors are now starting to become available, though they tend to be very expensive.
The first reasonably priced 4K projector to make its way into our hands is the Sony VPL-VW600ES. The VW600ES is a unique projector: a full 4K resolution SXRD home theater projector for $14,999. Though priced higher than most home theater projectors we review, it represents an outstanding value. The Viewing Experience. The Characteristics Of A Good School. 15 Wonderful Activities You Can Do With Your Kids That Will Make You The Coolest Parent Ever.
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