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The posts in this category address various e-learning related subjects and more, that educators of K-12 students can find useful and informative.
With NEO K-12 learning management system, you can boost your student’s performance and make custom courses for their needs.
AR apps add another dimension to learning. Teachers using these kinds of apps in their classrooms trigger students’ curiosity for learning and contribute to a complete and fun learning experience. Students of all ages are very receptive to AR apps for education, and this doesn’t happen just because it is cool, but mostly because it creates immersive learning situations for them.
Children are creative and their imagination is limitless. But traditional and standardized education has the tendency to hinder creative thinking and imagination in students. To prevent this from happening, educators and the education system have to nurture students’ imagination and creativity through various techniques, that often include new technologies: gamification, video creation, or flipping the classroom, to name just a few.
Storytelling, with its characters and plot, is what makes people want to know more about what can happen. When learners identify themselves with the main character in a story, the engagement rates are constantly high. How could teachers to integrate visual storytelling in their instruction? They could use gamification techniques, and they could also let students be the storytellers.
Therese Valente, a middle school science teacher that uses NEO to flip her classroom, shares her experience on how NEO LMS has helped her work her way into a blended learning environment.
All parents want their children to receive the best education possible, and for many kids in today’s world, this means being taught through an e-learning platform. Although becoming familiar with any e-learning platform requires a little bit of extra effort from parents, it’s certainly worth it for parents who only have their children’s best interests in mind.
In the last week’s post I addressed five the total of 10 BYOD concerns that might keep schools reluctant to allow their students to bring their devices in the classroom. Now it’s time for the other half of the list. Read on to find out all of them.
There are plenty of concerns about adopting BYOD in schools, and many of these are legitimate. But this shouldn’t stop schools from giving BYOD at least a chance. Here are a few BYOD concerns, and some corresponding suggestions on how to overcome them.
There are many different apps that all claim to help children with their learning. From reading to math games, apps are taking over the educational landscape. So much so, that some schools are integrating tablets and apps into their curriculum. Here are a few of the best educational apps for kids, from a parent’s perspective.
Schools are like mass producers of perfectly shaped cookies, instead of being loving mothers who bake the most delicious cookies ever. If students are encouraged to learn through bringing up their individuality and curiosity instead of threatening them with standardized tests and bad grades, schools create delicious cookies. And we would live a in a better educated world.
Too many teachers focus on the educational part of their courses and simply forget about, or even ignore the visual part. This post is the first in a three-series about how to create beautiful courses. It is all about how to chose a great color theme and pair colors.
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