October 5th is all about celebrating the wonderful educators around the world. At the same time, this day is also about supporting teachers so that every learner can have access to quality education. This World Teachers’ Day, let’s do something different and celebrate teachers not just through words but actions. Not just today, but for the entire school year!
The use of digital tools promotes collaboration, communication, creativity, and many more essential skills while also boosting student engagement in learning as they have the power of choice in how to share what they have learned. Here are five ways for students to demonstrate learning with the help of edtech:
From the development of environmentally-friendly learning spaces to the education of future eco-citizens, schools have the opportunity of becoming role models for their students and assume a more active role in addressing ecological issues. Here are three main components that could turn the current education into a greener education:
Technology and online learning have supported students with disabilities to continue their education, even though the pandemic disrupted many systems and processes. Here are a few reasons why I think online learning improves access to Higher Education for students with all sorts of disabilities:
Accelerated learning (AL) is an advanced teaching and learning technique based on speeding the design and learning processes. The approach uses learner-driven activities to provide an interactive learning experience that enhances retention and increases performance.
Alongside the arts, STEM subjects are explored not just as a path toward academic advancement but as the skills today’s kids need to successfully navigate the adult world they’ll be stepping into. Let’s take a closer look at how STEM in schools sets children up for their future careers.
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought along another type of pandemic: digital fatigue. Everyone working in an online learning environment can be affected by it, and teachers in Higher Education make no exception. So here are a few tips for dealing with with digital fatigue:
Teachers have many alternative ways to convince students who don’t enjoy writing to engage with a topic. Audio/Video assignments, public blogs, or reflective journals are just a few ways to encourage students to learn without making writing the primary goal of a lesson.
Students need reflective practice as a norm in their learning process, and teachers have to guide them through the stages of self-discovery for deep learning and retention. Reflection can also be done with the assistance of digital tools, so here are a few digital reflection tools for your students:
Educators are always looking for new teaching strategies or digital tools that will help students better retain the content and promote student engagement. Here are seven tools to explore in the new school year that will engage students in learning the content while developing essential SEL skills.
