Jason Carlson spends little time standing in front of his general biology class. He bounces around the room, checking a student's quiz, peeking in on a group exercise, suggesting a different idea. His students have already heard him lecture -- online.
A university educator will use students' Klout score -- a type of social media metric -- to help determine their grades. In this blog post, Ryan Thornburg, an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, writes about the pros and cons of this approach and lists the ways in which asking…
Med start under internationella flickdagen går Plan Sverige ut i en kampanj för att uppmärksamma flickors rätt till utbildning. Den svenska kampanjen är en del i en global kampanj som går under parollen "Because I am a Girl".
Just nu är elever och lärare från Knut Hahnsskolans hantverksprogram finsnickeri i Ronneby i i Turkiet. Där ska de utbyta erfarenheter med elever och lärare från andra länder i ett EU-projekt.
In Russia, more schools are adopting education technology, such as interactive whiteboards, student-response systems and audio systems. Motivated in part by a federal initiative that prioritises education technology, officials say it will take time to equip a majority of schools.
"Adults rightfully want children to take responsibility for their actions," writes Bob Sullo in a new Whole Child Blog post. But while helping kids learn to take responsibility for their actions, adults must own the disciplinary consequences they decide to impose instead of shifting responsibility to the child.
Officials say that today's teachers -- many of whom have grown up with social media -- should learn to establish clear boundaries when using the technology. This warning follows allegations of teacher misconduct involving social media and students.