Gaia Town, the environmental education game for children! by Melissa Rosales. Our planet is on a dangerous course and its important to make a change NOW!
Gaia Town is a game in which you can help our troubled planet by building your own town from scratch! The story begins when our friends from the future the Eco-Squad need to come back in time and ask you to help them start saving the planet! iPad for teachers. Invest in minds not maths to boost the economy - opinion - 23 December 2013. Instead of trying to educate more scientists or engineers to drive innovation, we should focus on turning out agile thinkers WE ARE all becoming used to warnings of a shortage of science, technology, engineering and mathematics recruits – the "STEM crisis".
In a world increasingly dominated by careers that involve these fields, organisations and politicians repeat the mantra that we really must train more of these people to secure our prosperity. Earlier this month, for example, the UK government announced it will plough an extra £50 million per academic year into teaching STEM subjects. In 2012 the Royal Academy of Engineering warned that the UK needed 10,000 more of those graduates a year.
In the same year, Microsoft said the STEM pipeline needed strengthening because 1.2 million US jobs would open up in computing by 2020 – and only 40,000 more Americans would have degrees in those subjects by then. 11 Steps Of Effective Project-Based Learning In A Blended Classroom - In part 1 of this 6-part series, Thomas Stanley looked at an overview of blended learning, specifically the critical interactions of a blended learning model.
In part 2, he looked specifically at student-to-student interaction, and the reality of synchronous and asynchronous access. In part 3, he looked at student-to-teacher interactions, and moving from instruction to becoming the “guide on the side,” and in part 4 he explored the idea of student-to-community interactions. SmartBlog on Education - Looking around: Creating a learning environment (even without a teacher) - SmartBrief, Inc. SmartBlogs SmartBlogs. We sat, afraid to move lest we interfere with the learning and interaction we were witnessing.
Children — young children — moved throughout the classroom, carrying various materials while maneuvering around tables with teapots and an occasional flower vase before landing and unpacking their selected treasures. The materials were designed to foster discovery, engage imagination, serve practical purposes, or open new worlds for students. Some did all this at once. The teacher moved intentionally throughout the room, interacting with a student about the materials currently being explored, and then moving on to another mind absorbed in discovery and learning. After hearing about Montessori education for years, this was my first direct exposure to it. But the most thought-provoking aspect of these classrooms was the environment. I’ve spent years refining my teaching based on neurocognitive research, but I’ve given the environments in which I teach far less study and attention.
Look around. Learning, powered by imagination. - Memrise. Homeschool resources. In Education. 5 Things It Turns Out You Were Right to Hate About School. For many of you, school was 12 or more years of teachers and administrators deciding what was best for you, dictating exactly how you spent every minute of every day -- the result being that you absolutely hated each and every one of those minutes.
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"Stop Fidgeting and Pay Attention! " Getty You know that kid. Too much, too young: Should schooling start at age 7? - opinion - 18 November 2013. England and a few other countries start formal education at age 4 or 5.
That's harmful and misguided AT WHAT age should children start formal schooling? England is one of a few countries to say the answer is as young as 4 years old. A long-running debate on this question has been reignited by a letter, signed by about 130 early childhood education experts. It called for an extension of informal, play-based preschool provision and for the start of formal schooling in England to be delayed until the age of 7, from the current effective start at age 4.
The 5 Most Ridiculous Reasons Students Have Been Expelled. Creatas/Creatas/Getty Images They say knowledge is power, and it's true -- knowing the best way to dropkick a dude from a tree or balcony can be a pretty powerful piece of information.
A good education can open your mind to limitless possibilities and help you reach your true potential, while so many others who get poor educations are relegated to writing Steven Seagal films or trying to prove that dinosaur fossils are less than 5,000 years old. Are You Smarter Than a Preschooler? Montessori Connections. Monsanto Tries Biotech Brainwash With Kid's Book.
Bloom writes: "With sweet corn containing a genetically engineered toxin headed toward Wal-Mart produce sections as you read this, it's time to talk about Monsanto's evil little kid's book.
" By Diane Petryk Bloom, The Examiner 11 August 12 ith sweet corn containing a genetically engineered toxin headed toward Wal-Mart produce sections as you read this, it's time to talk about Monsanto's evil little kid's book. The corn is from Monsanto seeds, which produce a plant that exudes bt toxin, a pesticide that will kill insects that feed on the plant. It's coming to Wal-Mart from farms in the Midwest, Northwest, Southeast and Texas. Apparently, enough adults are informed and concerned enough to raise a stink, so Monsanto is aiming at the next generation, eyes always on the profit prize. 10 Surprising Things Banned in Schools Today.
Finland Knows What’s Best. Finland?
Yes, Finland. Finland has consistently scored among the highest nations in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a standardized test given every three years by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that measures student achievement across the globe. Another remarkable fact about Finland’s education system is that students are only required to take one test during their entire time as students. Finland’s academic success has drawn a great amount of attention, leaving many countries wondering if it’s the Nordic country’s teaching methods or if there’s magic water in their fjord. Children Books Double Standard FAIL.