What if teachers and students could savour the sweet taste of an extended weekend, indulging in an extra day of rest, rejuvenation, and exploration? Imagine the possibilities that would unfold with a four-day school week!
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COVID-19 – 4+ Features of a great LMS for Remote Learning
With the spread of CoronaVirus, many schools & districts around the world are taking bold decisions to close schools at least for some time, some for 1 week, others for 2 weeks and some indefinitely! In Northshore California for example, all schools in the district are closed for 2 weeks. All schools have been mandated …
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4 Tips for Professional Development for Teachers
Anyone who stops growing starts dying. And why should you be a teacher, helping others learn when you’re not learning yourself? A great teacher is a great learner! He keeps seeking ways to develop himself. He seeks new knowledge and new ways of doing what he does. Great teachers (just like great schools) place great …
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The Use Of CBT For Effective Feedback
Computer-based tests are a great way of performing formative assessments in schools. Apart from the ease and speed of grading, CBTs allow for immediate and personalized feedback to students. Students can know exactly what went wrong, why it went wrong, and most importantly how to get back on track! How To Use CBT For Effective …
Education Thoughts and Quotes
Quotes are great Quotes to me, are captions, summaries and prompts that put together an explanation for a certain phenomenon. When you want to pass a truth, principle or philosophy of life down from one person to another, one great way to do it is to put it in a short, memorizable statement, known as …
The Teacher – The Guide on the Side
I’m sure as a teacher, you must have heard that the role of the educator is moving from that of the “Sage on the stage” to the “Guide on the side”. What does this mean?
Technology Access and Use VS Learning In Education
There is an increase in the access and use of technology, especially among students. Students are getting excited about owning a smartphone or tablet. However, does this translate to their use of this devices for learning purposes? What is the relationship between technology access and learning with technology? Are students ready for m-learning? The Findings …
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My Reflections from the Digital Education Show Africa 2016
It was an exciting past week as I just returned from the Digital Education Show Africa Conference, 18th – 19th October. I had looked forward greatly to it and I was not disappointed. There were quite a number of great sessions, discussions and speakers and so I have decided to trap down (while still fresh) …
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Digital Pedagogy: Education, Then Technology!
Something is missing in our equation for applying technology in education and that’s the cause for all failures – right, digital pedagogy! Technology is only a tool; we must get our principles right.
Basic Learning Anatomy
What is Learning? There has been varied definitions and descriptions of learning and theorists have explained it in different ways. However, everyone (including me) has learnt one thing or the other, at one point or the other in life. So in the past few weeks, I had been thinking about what learning is to me …