Worthwhile Web Sites for Learning has been created as a resource for Alberta parents who are actively involved in their children's education and interested in locating interactive web sites that support and enhance their child's learning.
If you think that iPods are used just for listening to music, you obviously haven't been keeping up with the latest technology. The Apple-developed music player now features all kinds of accessories to help you study better, and now other companies are in a rush to get their designs in sync with the iPod. Pre-teens, college kids and even adults are taking advantage of the educational benefits...
It was after doing a little research that I then came across the learning principles of William Glasser, M.D – a psychiatrist who wrote many papers on improving the U.S. school system and was an advocate of non-medical treatments to mental disorders. He said:
“We Learn . . .10% of what we read,20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, 50% of what we see and hear, 70% of what we discuss, 80% of..
If someone granted you one wish, what do you imagine you would want out of life that you haven?t gotten yet? For many people, it would be self-improvement and knowledge. New knowledge is the backbone of society?s progress. Great thinkers such as Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and others? quests for knowledge have led society to many of the marvels we enjoy today. Your quest for knowledge doesn?t have to be as Earth-changing as Einstein?s, but it can be an important part of your life, leading to a new job, better pay, a new hobby, or simply knowledge for knowledge?s sake — whatever is important to you as an end goal.
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By Bryan Alexander
Bryan Alexander is Director for Research at the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education
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The hours of unstructured, outdoor play many of us remember — building forts, fishing and exploring vacant lots — is nearly extinct. Experts now say that this loss is damaging our children. This spring, in conjunction with Where Do the Children Play? (a public television documentary), Roundtable will launch a national initiative to help communities expand universal access to outdoor play and recreation
The Bazaar is a community portal for people who want to use, exchange and share Open Source Software and resources to support learning.
Exchanging materials, networking with others and testing all kinds of Open Source Software tools and applications can be done through the forum, the wikis and the blogsystem, but also via the Stalls which are put on to the Bazaar website.
So, as promised in an earlier post, here's a crash course on some of our favorite learning techniques gleaned from cognitive science, learning theory, neuroscience, psychology, and entertainment (including game design). Much of it is based around courses I designed and taught at UCLA Extension's New Media/Entertainment Studies department. This is the long version, and my next post will be just the bullet points with the pictures--as a kind of quick visual summary.
Research shows that the difference between what is taught and what is learned is often greater than most instructors realize. Lillian McDermott from the University of Washington discusses current and future trends in math and science education.
The more TV adolescents watch, the more likely they are to develop attention and learning problems, and to do poorly in school in the long-run, a new study confirms.
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Worthwhile Web Sites for Learning has been created as a resource for Alberta parents who are actively involved in their children's education and interested in locating interactive web sites that support and enhance their child's learning.
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