The UK press recently reported that, thanks to smartphones “we have ‘evolved’ to an attention span shorter than goldfish” and that people’s attention span has...
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Innovation is an interesting concept, perhaps a little like other big ideas such as ‘excellence’ and ‘beauty’ where each person enjoys a slightly different flavour,...
By Nigel Brockbank. Schools everywhere are changing. We can see technological advances impacting schools and the way children learn everywhere. More recently, 3D printing has...
By Vishen Naidu, Shelly Kinash and Melanie Fleming. One of the most sensible ways of improving learning and teaching is to ask the students for...
If you are ultimately responsible for the storage of documents in your school, it can be very frustrating when an important one goes missing. If...
Cloud computing has quickly become all encompassing, offering what is often a lower-cost and easier-to-use solution to many common IT problems. But the ever-expansive definition...
There has been no shortage of debate around the water cooler in schools across the country about the role of social media in the classroom....
By Lynne Schrum, PhD, Barbara B. Levin, PhD During a recent school visit, we observed 7th grade science students studying biomes. Each student had selected...
With Corrie Barclay. elearning Co-ordinator, Manor Lakes P-12 in Wyndham Vale. Tell us a little about your current role. My role primarily involves assisting staff...
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[…] By Eliza Kennedy Simon Birmingham, Minister for Education and Training wrote in his recent article STEM Education – Building Skills for the Future, “Sparkin
I definitely think that it is important to screen children for dyslexia early on. When my son was six, he got screened by his school […]
I invite you to look into www.STEAMedu.com and see some of the supporting research from Georgette Yakman the the original and most comprehensive educational researcher […]
Dear Paul, You make a good point. Of course - one would hope that teachers are able to (generally) teach to a satisfactory standard. The other item […]
Great article, Matt! I completely agree. The only risk I see is if the teacher recording the video is either inexperienced or a crappy teacher. […]