Google+ Help - Community Future of Teaching: Swedish School System Goes Classroom-Free Last week, GOOD posted a short profile of a school system in Sweden that has done away with classrooms. Vittra operates 30 schools in the country and features a classroom-less design to “stimulate ‘children’s curiosity and creativity’ and offer them opportunities for both collaborative and independent time,” according to a principal of one of the schools. Below is a snippet from the article titled “Is Sweden’s Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?” The newest Vittra school, Telefonplan, opened its doors last August.
30 Inspiring Pinterest Pins for Teachers | Best Colleges Online Posted on Monday January 2, 2012 by Staff Writers Over the past year, Pinterest has become one of the most popular social media sites out there, letting people create boards composed of various “pins” from the web, that organize ideas on just about any topic under the sun. Teachers have gotten in on the act as well, sharing lesson plans, classroom photos, cute ideas, and inspirational materials with others in the profession and anyone on the web who wants to learn more about education. Whether you’re a teacher yourself, still a college student, or just want some educational inspiration for a kid in your life, check out these great Pinterest pins. You’ll find some motivational quotes, great craft ideas, and new ways to make your lessons fun and exciting! Classroom promisesThese classroom promises are inspirational to you and your students alike, whether they’re in grade school or high school. Learning through TwisterA whole new twist on Twister is found on this pin.
How Tech Will Transform the Traditional Classroom Ben Jackson is a writer and app developer living in Brooklyn, NY. He likes clean typography, dirty language, strong coffee, apple pie and comfortable chairs, and he writes about his obsessions at 90WPM. As the post-PC era moves from interesting theory to cold, hard reality, one of the most pressing questions is: How can we use tablets, and especially the iPad, to help people learn? Most of the focus has been on ebooks replacing textbooks, a trend fueled by Apple’s recent updates to iBooks. Specifically, the company released iBooks Author, a tool for creating immersive ebooks on the desktop. Plus, the new iPad is now the first tablet with a retina screen, making reading and watching multimedia on the device even more enjoyable. But technology is only as good as the system it’s applied to. Not Just a Textbook The iPad (not to mention the iPhone and iPod touch) is a personal, mobile computer capable of performing tasks unthinkable 10 years ago on a high-end desktop. Low-Budget Alternatives
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Teacher ranked “less effective” by the Los Angeles Times takes his own life By Tom Carter 1 October 2010 The body of Rigoberto Ruelas, Jr., an elementary school teacher from an impoverished suburb of Los Angeles, was found far below a remote forest bridge on Sunday. It appears that Ruelas intentionally leapt to his death not long after he was labeled a “less effective teacher” by the Los Angeles Times. On Wednesday, hundreds of people attended funeral services for Ruelas. Former colleagues and students spoke of Ruelas as an excellent teacher who went above and beyond what was required. Ruelas, 39, worked at Miramonte Elementary, a school where each day of teaching requires a certain degree of heroism. Ruelas had worked at Miramonte Elementary School all his life. His former students recall his teaching as passionate, tireless, and selfless. “He took the worst students and tried to change their lives,” Ismael Delgado, a former student, told the Associated Press. “This is truly a sad story,” one woman wrote.
Why social networking is not the death of our education system, but the beginning of it A recent study has pointed to the decline in education and literacy among British schoolchildren, as a result of increased use of social networking, email and text messaging. The study was conducted by the National Literacy Trust in the UK and they found that children were reading less books, as they favoured 'technology-based' reading materials, including email and searching on Facebook, Twitter etc.. The fact that children are reading less books and turning to digital is not really a surprise, but does it need to be a bad thing? Or is it instead a reflection of a shift in society as older forms of reading and writing make way for new, better technologies? Necessary skills The fact is that the skills younger people need to develop in order to function in everyday working life and society overall, extend beyond an ability to read a book. The golden age of knowledge Paul Carr recently wrote an article, in response to Jeff Bercovici's assertion that the "golden era of books is over".
Månadens problem Välkommen till månadens problem! Här presenteras tre problem av olika svårighetsgrad för olika åldrar. Problemen är oftast hämtade från Kängurutävlingen. Lösningar och kommentarer publiceras följande månad.Problemen i Kängurutävlingen har alternativsvar att välja mellan. Här har vi valt att ta bort alternativen utom i de fall då de är väsentliga för lösningen på något sätt.»»» Här finns april månads problem!»»» Three TED talks, a look at Education Technology around the world. | Schoology Blog I recently had the pleasure of joining Robert (Bob) Schuetz and Chris Aviles in an ongoing conversation about, what else, learning. Bob is a veteran educator of 25 years who is nothing short of a philosophical mastermind. Chris brings eight years of experience and a ton of innovative ideas to the table. Needless to say, their total sense of wonder and passion for learning inspired me greatly. That's why we decided to put our conversation into a blog with the hopes that it ... On April 7, 2014, a vulnerability with the OpenSSL library, a data encryption protocol used by many web servers across the internet, was discovered and published. Schoology NEXT 2014 is getting closer, and it’s already shaping up to be an incredible event. Mobile technologies have condensed our whole digital world into a pocket-sized gadget that was science fiction a few decades ago. Some people love jigsaw puzzles.
5 ways Social Media has made me a better educator | Ronswithscissors's Blog As I prepare to leave for the BC School Superintendents’ Winter Conference in Vancouver, it’s given me pause to reflect on the ways I’m using Twitter, blogs, and all other types of social media to deepen my practice. And as I’m aware of the popularity of “top 5″ lists, I thought I’d try my own to see how it resonates. 1. Using Social Media stimulates you to think differently. For some of us who’ve been using it for awhile, it’s difficult to remember what it was like before. 2. Part of the challenge with PD is to make it embedded, real-time, purposeful and collaborative. 3. Judy Halbert and Linda Kaser reminded me this week of James Britton’s famous assertion; “Reading and Writing float on a sea of talk”. 4. This is quite an amazing one, when you think about it. 5. Simple. I hope that resonates with you, and inspires you to take a few steps into this new and exciting world. See you there! Like this: Like Loading...
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