The secret to VLACS’ success may be that it does things differently from most virtual schools. It puts a focus on building strong student-teacher relationships. It breaks up traditional courses into specific skills and abilities, called “competencies,” that students master through a personalized blend of traditional lesson plans, offline projects and real-world experiences.
An interesting approach to the limitations of relationships with online coursework. It seems to be working for them, but I’ll need to do more research.
At the heart of making is the idea that all students are creators, and hands-on learning plays a key role in maker education. Source: Why Making Is Essential to Learning It’s funny to me the popularity of the maker movement. I grew up on a farm, and as such, have always experienced the maker movement.
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As it turns out, economists, chemists, aviators, and scuba divers use the Rule of Three (even Agatha Christie did when she wrote a series of plays entitled, The Rule of Three). Although it has not been labeled as the Rule of Three, great educators have used it in classrooms since Aristotle (ever heard of syllogisms?). So what is…
Information technology evolves through disruption waves. First the computer, then the web and eventually social networks and smartphones all had the power to revolutionize how people live and how businesses operate. They destroyed companies that weren’t able to adapt, while creating new winners in growing markets. Source: The AI disruption wave | TechCrunch Manufacturing output…
Under the More tab on the search results tab Google is adding a Personal tab. Selecting it searches your personal information stored in Google. Selecting Personal searches for matching data in your Calendar, Gmail, and Photos. It doesn’t appear to search Google Drive for content though. The Personal tab is only showing for personal accounts right now, and there isn’t any…
