Many believe that learning occurs incidentally. Children will naturally learn by interacting with the world around them even if educators are not in the picture. Sometimes, that is true but I have found that as a facilitator and guide I can help motivate my students to learn in more challenging ways. Let’s face it, many [...]
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Motivating Students to Learn During Breaks: 20+ Tips & Resources
ELearning on YouTube by Kimberly Bowen
Turn YouTube into your interactive classroom, complete with message feeds. These days, you can find a plethora of movies on YouTube ranging from clips of television shows to your brother-in-law’s home video of snowboarding over a vehicle. While a lot of the videos on YouTube are silly, there are also many that are motivational, promotional [...]
5 Reasons Schools Should Switch To Online Tests by Shankar Ganesh
Part of the series: Cool Sites by Guest Author, Shankar Ganesh Make no mistake – there’s an evolution happening in education right now. Schools are increasingly embracing technology to enhance learning in their classrooms. Still though, a few processes, like examinations, for example, are done in the traditional way. It’s time schools get rid of [...]
20 Places to Create and Find Free Courses Online
Part of the Cool Sites series Today’s Cool Sites series post comes from guest education writer, Karen Schweitzer. It has never been easier to create your own elearning resources or get a free education online. There are dozens of sites, content management systems, social learning networks, and open source products dedicated to making education more [...]



