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5 Key elements of personalized learning
Along with concepts like blended learning, adaptive learning and virtual learning, the need to focus on the main character in the learning process came about. This is how personalized learning became ...
Boosting student engagement using the 4Cs of education
Here’s a story I don’t tell very often. I spent the better part of 8th grade being uninterested in school - although school is all I did. Let me explain. I was present, I did my homework, studied very...
Exploring 4 types of Flipped Learning
In spite of all the efforts of countless educators, the passive model of learning persists. Flipped Learning has emerged as the “easy button” to move classes, schools, and districts from passive to ac...
6 Examples of classroom tech that improves education
This post has been updated on April 9, 2020. Keeping up with classroom technology can seem a daunting task for teachers. They have students to teach, papers to grade, and meetings to attend — and that...
Thinking differently about dyslexia in the classroom: Part 1
Many successful thinkers, inventors and revolutionaries have dyslexia*. From Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Alexander Graham-Bell to Mohamed Ali, Walt Disney, John Lennon, Steven Spielberg and Richard ...
Teaching empathy for better learning outcomes
In the previous installment of this series on empathy in schools, we had a look at how teachers can manage their classroom better by adopting a more empathic mindset. As I promised last time, I am now...
The benefits of an empathic mindset approach to classroom management
Empathy in a general sense is the ability to “sense other people’s emotions, coupled with the ability to imagine what someone else might be thinking or feeling.” That is, empathy drives us to better u...
How to use technology to better prepare students for the workforce
Though technology is one of the most meaningful and effective learning tools out there for students, it's ironic that there are plenty of schools around the world, including the United States, where c...
6 Ways to create meaningful teamwork experiences through an LMS
How many times per day do students hear the phrase “get in groups/pair up”? Chances are that no matter the subject, they are told to collaborate quite frequently. In fact, even in popular kids or teen...
The role of the LMS in designing personalized learning paths for students
Designing personalized paths for students is no easy feat. There are certain challenges that teachers encounter along the way, including finding the right technology to support personalized paths. But...
5 Reasons e-learning is perfect for introverted students
Introversion is easily misunderstood; with disinterest, with being aloof, with not caring, even with being stupid. In a setting that was designed upon and promotes extroverted character traits — a sch...
The best 10 free edtech tools and websites every teacher should know about
As a teacher, you are charged with a great responsibility: to equip the young people, the future of the world and the next generation. A lifetime ago, information was hard to find on anything. People ...
How to apply the Universal Design for Learning in the classroom
This post was originally published in the October 2018 issue of the Education Today Magazine. The way people learn is as unique as cats’ noses. In case you wonder, there are no two cat muzzles exactly...
Why Flipped Learning should be standard for Higher Education
Flipped Learning and Higher Education are rarely found together in the same sentence. Well, rarer than I would expect at least. Perhaps that is the case because the idea of flipped learning is attribu...
How technology can cultivate creative art skills in students
You don’t have to be a fortune teller to predict that Educational Technology is the future of our learning and education system. The Edtech boom has led to improved results in student engagement and b...