21st Century College Learning
For many kids, the prospect of a college education became really exciting when the major of Video Game Production was invented. Now, there was a reason to go to college! Even for people who do not like...
View ArticleTime Management: Using Mission Elapsed Time (MET)
Time management is not the easiest thing to learn or to teach… it is a uniquely individual thing, but one which requires mastery in order to be an effective student. Time certainly keeps moving, and...
View ArticleSynergistic Thinking
One trick of the mind that helps boost creativity and innovation is synergistic thinking. Synergistic thinking brings together a person’s various influences to help build towards personal...
View ArticleMOOC’s and Higher Learning
MOOC’s, or massive online open courses, are transforming the college landscape. The proliferation of these online courses is a benefit to students across the country, but also has drawbacks within the...
View ArticleTips for Mental Fitness
Mental fitness is given its due attention in programs designed to fulfill health and wellness goals; certainly the benefits of physical fitness and mental fitness go hand-in-hand, but there are also...
View ArticleHomegrown Learning Initiatives
Different districts, different learning initiatives. Schools adopt or create many different programs to enrich areas of learning such as literacy, math, science and often they are locally developed...
View ArticleHelping Kids Learn Math
Learning math, and remembering it, is not the easiest thing in the world. It can be difficult for young children to learn math and difficult for adults to remember how to perform certain math...
View ArticlePreventing Summer Brain Drain
Summer is upon us, plans to prevent summer brain drain are going into high gear, and the good news is that we never stop learning so brain drain may be less of a reality than we think. Obviously,...
View ArticleHow it Works: Ability Grouping
Tracking, or grouping students by ability, is one of the single most controversial topics in education. It is a practice that impacts students, teachers, administrators, and of course, families as they...
View ArticleStudies on Technology in the Classroom
Recently, an interesting study on technology use in the classroom was released by the National Association for Educational Progress (NAEP) and Center for American Progress to provide an overview of how...
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