A comic, moons, and remote schooling – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2020/07/comic-online-shopping/
https://eduk8.me/2020/07/tour-the-moons-of-the-solar-system/
https://eduk8.me/2020/07/you-cant-simply-port-face-to-face-schooling-to-remote/
https://eduk8.me/2021/03/tell-me-again-eduk8meme/ https://eduk8.me/2021/03/wrong-time-for-that-joke-comic/ https://eduk8.me/2021/03/create-a-class-checklist-and-more-in-google-sheets-youtube/
Now here’s the puzzle: We can’t actually teach it. ‘Teaching’ imagination is like giving away the answers. It’s like spoon feeding. Students have to use and trust their own imagination in order to exercise it. It’s a path they have to take on their own. Sure, we can guide them through the process, but it’s their…
Today’s enthusiasm for project-based learning (PBL) fits into the paradigm-shifting category, helpfully emphasizing that we learn best by doing. As a complete educational philosophy or strategy, however, it falls short on many fronts. Source: Project-based learning needs more learning Wow, I don’t think the author understands what Project Based Learning is. I mean, I find very little…
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Hour of Code is one of those burgeoning ideas that is getting a lot of up take in schools. Proponents love it as an easy way to introduce the coding and computer science to students with little or no background needed from either the teacher or the student. Critics argue that it’s not enough and…
‘In the past I have always said that a computer could never replace a teacher, because learning was based on relationships. Today, I am not so sure’ Source: ‘Teachers must embrace new technology or risk becoming obsolete’ | News Newsflash, the internet isn’t a fad and computers have been in schools for almost 40 years.