The combination of students and mobile devices in the classroom has long been a debate topic among education professionals. The use of mobile devices during classes is often regarded as an element of ...
From a very young age we are all being taught how to interact with others, how to act appropriately in certain social situations, and to respect everyone. In other words, all kids are taught how to be...
I was strolling in a park the other day and just when I got distracted by a colorful ice cream truck and was wondering if I should resist the sweet temptation, a sudden pain pulled me right back into ...
It isn't, really. But it is. It's a fine line between them. While both terms are often used interchangeable, there are situations when learning management system is a better choice of words than learn...
This post has been updated on October 23 2018. A learning management system is a complex software that is supposed to support an educational institution in achieving its scope: that of educating stude...
In a previous post I talked about why should schools focus on visual elements and user experience instead of features when selecting an LMS. The reason for this is quite simple. Teachers want to achie...
Success. What a fine idea. Everyone wants to be successful. Yet when you ask people to define success, you get a gazillion of different answers. Success just means different things to different people...
I'll tell you a little secret: I was awful at cheating at tests in school. I used to be a pretty good student: I paid attention to class, I did my homework every time, and I scored quite decently in t...
When I was in middle-school, I was always most excited about my painting class. Now, I wasn’t any small Picasso; on the contrary. Both myself and my teacher were quite aware of my lack of talent, but ...
The digital revolution is all around us. Just think about how we communicate, how we travel, how we meet new people, and of course, how we learn. Schools and universities need to adapt to this digital...
Raising a child is not the easiest thing to do. I'm sure every parent can agree that it is exactly the opposite of easy. If parents are like superheroes when they strive to meet all the needs of their...
Officially, any school's purpose is to prepare its students for becoming highly accomplished members of the workforce. How do schools know how to do that, exactly? How could we know whether or not sch...
Higher education can be considered a luxury for many people worldwide. If we put it on a black to white spectrum, we can group countries into at least three shades: whitish, grayish, and blackish. Den...
The attention span of a goldfish is longer than a human's. Seriously. The goldfish has an attention span of 9 seconds, while humans only go to the limit of 8 seconds. Keep that in mind next time you c...
The ancient Greeks thought that the end of the world was today's Morocco and the titan named Atlas bore the weight of the world on his shoulders. Kids today learn about this myth and know better than ...
Long gone are the days when, in a classroom setting, only teachers did the talking and students did the learning. While things did not flip entirely (although teachers could learn a thing or two from ...
