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For effective learning, teach students how to learn

I have this recurring dream in which I need to take my final high school exams again. The clock is ticking, my mind is blank, and the words on paper don’t make any sense. I am now in my late twenties!...

Learning and growing as educators

Finding time to engage in professional learning can present a challenge for educators. We keep ourselves quite busy with our daily work, creating lesson plans, interacting with students, taking care o...

6 Reasons why drones are landing in schools

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — more commonly known as drones — are becoming more and more popular among flight enthusiasts. And it’s not hard to see why. The thrill of being able to take amazing ph...

6 Novel ways in which educators can teach creativity in the classroom

Read any article about the future of the workplace. Not even that, any article about the future in general. It seems that everyone agrees that innovation is the most important asset that we have to de...

4 Tips for using accessibility features to promote inclusion

Inclusion is an important topic of discussion within special education. Within inclusion settings, all students are placed in the same room to learn alongside each other, as opposed to removing studen...

5 Benefits of including VR in classroom activities

Virtual Reality (VR) is at the forefront of development and the next step in the evolution of computerized instruction. Its ability to deliver perspective changing content, virtual collaboration and c...

E-learning smarts: What students need to remember about cybersecurity

Governor John Bel Edwards reported that several school districts in Louisiana were recently struck by cyberattacks. So it follows that big businesses and government aren’t the only targets of cybercri...

How to enhance students’ work-ready skills

I remember when I finished university a few years ago. I was full of excitement thinking about my dream job in marketing and I was really eager to start applying what I learned. Well, the reality was ...

9 Characteristics of authentic learning

The need to adapt learner instruction to the challenges society gives us has increased in recent years. What schools used to teach students, the skills needed in the past and their applicability in re...

Thinking about design thinking in education

We may not know what the future has in store, but as teachers we need to prepare students to thrive in it. Our world as we know it today will not be the same in the future, nor will the trends regardi...

How to motivate students for lifelong learning

It’s a well-known fact that students who are intrinsically motivated are more likely to be engaged in the classroom, find meaning in their work, and are more resilient. Motivation is what drives us fo...

Focus in the new school year: Building relationships

It is time for many to head back to the classrooms and prepare for a new year of learning and growing. It is an exciting time for educators and students to have new opportunities to learn and to recon...

Practical examples of using edtech to successfully teach vocabulary

The wide world of the internet has gifted us many vocabulary programs, such as Quizlet, Memrise, and Vocabulary.com. They’re a great starting point for the initial stages of learning new words. These ...

4 Steps towards digital wellness for students

The media loves sensational tech stories. Remember that one where young people were growing “horns” on their skulls because of their phones? That seems plausible, right? Except that it was based on a ...

How teachers can use smart boards in the classroom

The interactive smart board is substituting the hanging projector in many schools across the United States. Bringing smart board technology into the classroom can enhance school curriculum by taking a...

Giving students a V.O.I.C.E. in your classroom

Look around you! Everything is constantly on the move, changing rapidly, adapting to new needs and contexts of life. But what happened to teaching and learning? These concepts seem to be stuck somewhe...

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