Part of the Cool Sites series As an educator, you may find yourself frustrated by the fact that after three months of blissfully brainless summer, your students return to school nowhere near ready to resume their studies. In truth, the time off spells nothing so much as a loss of retained knowledge and an itch [...]
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Do We Learn More through Microblogging? by Tony Ratcliffe
Part of the series: Global Issues in Education Microblogging which engages readers can be a powerful source of informal learning. While there are other microblogs, the one at the top of my mind is Twitter. If tweets (Twitter messages) and re-tweets (RTs) are missed or just glanced at in the Twitter stream of messages, there [...]
category: Global Issues in Education
What Works: Cooperation vs. Competition
Many of you may be acquainted with Alfie Kohn’s radical views on creating a noncompetitive classroom environment. When I first read his controversial views on education, I shook my head and rolled my eyes. This response was in reflection of some of my teaching habits. Yes, I reward students with external awards, such as stickers, [...]
category: What Works for English Language Learners
tags: alfiekohn, children, competition, cooperativelearning, education, ELLs, ESL, ESOL, games, learning, strategies
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