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HOW E-LEARNING CAN MAKE HOMESCHOOLING BETTER
Homeschooling is progressive educational reform in which parents prefer to teach their children at home instead of sending them to the traditional way of schooling. But why do parents choose to homeschool over the public or private school? Is this a new concept? Actually, the idea of Homeschooling is not new to the world. It has been practiced over the years. One of the best examples of it can be the passing of family values by ancestral to their descents. If the answer is “NO” then what has changed? The Homeschooling movement grew in the second half of the 20th century.
By NoExitStories 4 years ago in Education
5 Best Tips to Learn Math for Kids | Swiflearn
One of the best ways to make your child learn math is by turning the same into as tangible as possible. The entire process involves the correct usage of teaching aids. And also, it ensures that the solutions related to the problems come under the real-world application. The child’s set of knowledge to contextualize the math questions helps to learn math better. These mathematical aids have evolved over the various curriculum developments. They are highly effective ones, especially to learn math online.
By Priyanshu Rawat4 years ago in Education
May Tired
The first month or so of school has historically been a period of adjustment for teachers and students. Ask any teacher, especially the ones who didn’t teach summer school, and they’ll tell you that the first few weeks usually leaves them longing for naps at the end of the day. Returning to the routines that govern school life take time.
By Janis Ross4 years ago in Education
The First Day
Fall is simply the best time of year. Fall is all the golden, red and yellow mash-up tapestry you only get to see for two not-long-enough-weeks after summer has checked out. Fall has crisper, more urgent air than summer. Fall air takes nothing for granted. It reintroduces itself with each breath as it moves through your nose, your throat, your chest. Fall air is much like spring air, but fall air is fresh in a more carbonated way – a way that sensitizes for a winter that will eventually put an end to everything that fall is. Fall is football and World Series baseball and vacationers coming back from their summer sojourns.
By John Oliver Smith4 years ago in Education
Our Collective Lesson Plan (On Teachers of Color in This Moment)
This is how it was supposed to be after last summer. Conservatives have launched an aggressive assault on their rendering of critical race theory through state and local legislation in the recent weeks. There's the actual critical race theory was developed in 1970 with two pillars. They claim that white supremacy is embedded directly into our country’s laws, and that we can and must change the relationship between laws & racial hierarchies. Many in the media have noticed that the low-hanging fruit is that it is part of a multi-pronged attack on the Biden administration, and those who voted him in. None of the criticisms made about President Biden have had an effect on his approval ratings. Nor does his messaging. Evidence also suggests that the country's temporary support of the Black Lives Matter movement's goals has led to higher voter registration. This is a clear indicator that a party that views more voter participation as a problem will be more successful.
By Kim Grant4 years ago in Education
Bob Moses And The Enduring Education Injustice
Bob Moses was too excited to meet me when I met him for the first time. His book Radical Equations: Civil Rights From Mississippi to the Algebra project has dominated my pedagogical imagination for many years. It had influenced everything from how I taught integers to equations to slopes and equations. I had the honor of meeting Black liberation and civil rights activists like Angela Davis, Bobby Seale and Felipe Luciano. I also received tutelage from educational giants such as Linda Darling-Hammond and Karen Lewis. One man, among a few, sat at intersection of education and civil rights. Friends and acquaintances from all walks of life would tell me stories about him, encouraging my to search for him whenever I had the chance.
By Kim Grant4 years ago in Education
Innovation: From Buzzword To Mindset
Innovation is, in my opinion, one of the most important goals for education today more than ever. Innovation is a must for students, teachers, and schools. This is something I strongly believe in and strive to promote as a Google for Education Certified Innovation Innovator. Unfortunately, innovation is often misunderstood and misused in the profession. It is also a buzzword that is often ignored. What is innovation? What does innovation mean? It is important.
By Samuel Hill4 years ago in Education
Remote Learning 2.0
In May, schools in Hong Kong were allowed to reopen. You can read my experience. Before the year ended, we enjoyed a few weeks in relative normality. After a local summer surge, we were able to get back online in time for the start this academic year. The situation was managed well, and we are already planning to reopen in a more gradual manner, beginning next week. But I thought it might be helpful to share the reasons and how we developed our remote learning routines and practices.
By Samuel Hill4 years ago in Education
Black Math Teachers Are Good For More Than Race Stuff
Some of us have found a way to share our stories without apologizing through the #Blackout era. White educators need to be more aware of their complicity in the recent murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Abery by police. Instead of a quick "I told you so", I am choosing to engage with this new group of subscribers with a huge feeling of responsibility and awareness, while still holding firm to my identity as well as all the anchors that kept this boat stable despite the current at its port.
By Kim Grant4 years ago in Education
Highlights From Our Body Systems Unit
My Year Three move is great because I can experience new units and see how concepts and topics are built throughout the school. I have already written about the Year Three Conflicts unit. Click here for that post. Our second unit, a Who Areunit on body systems, has just been completed. Because it was filled with rich learning engagements, the unit brought science to life.
By Samuel Hill4 years ago in Education
Takeaways From The Learning Jam
Toddle presented the Learning Jam as a 24-hour PD event that celebrated all things STEAM. Expert teachers and designers from all over the globe led sessions on a variety of topics that had a common thread of making, tinkering and innovation.
By Samuel Hill4 years ago in Education
Is Instagram A Good Platform For Teachers
Because I have mixed feelings about Instagram as a platform for teachers, I would like to use this opportunity to talk about it. These are my observations. These are not the views of all teachers.
By Samuel Hill4 years ago in Education