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Itā€™s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom

Limiting the craft of writing to a single content area has altered the landscape of studentsā€™ minds in ways that are only now being revealed as math teachers are told to teach writing. Students are now used to flinging rudimentary understandings on exit slips in broken sentence fragments, taking notes that neatly curate other peopleā€™s ideas, and otherwise ducking the responsibility to craft compelling arguments that synthesize multiple perspectives on a daily basis.

The Challenge Of Global Learning In Public Education

In high-stakes testing environments prevalent in many formal learning institutions, the focus is on standards and standard-mastery. ā€˜Globalizationā€™ is a haughty kind of ā€˜pie in the skyā€™ idea thought about only when watching one of the ā€œShift Happensā€ videos on YouTube, or daydreaming on the drive home from a challenging day in the classroom where there is time to honestly reflect onā€”in solitudeā€”the kind of education teachers can only dream they could provide students.

The Benefits Of Using Technology In Learning

While technology opens new horizons for education at home, adapting to this is more challenging. What are the pros and cons of remote teaching technology? Education is one of the sectors hardest hit by the COVID-19 lockdown with social distancingā€¦

Are You Prepared For The Future Of Social Learning?

Social Learning: A Way of Life With the Internet exploding with information resources and tools for learning, teachers can be facilitators of information with a greater emphasis on explanation and critical thinking as opposed to the dissemination source. Formal learningā€¦