Big Education Ape TOP POSTS THIS WEEK 5/22/21 Biden promised to end federal funding of for-profit charter schools. A new report explains how they operate. - The Washington Post New report provides reality check on virtual schools - The Washington Post THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Monday, May 17, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Tuesday, May 18, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH TOP POSTS THIS WEEK Saturday, May 15, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #openonlywhensafe #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat #literacy #edreform #TEACHTRUTH THE TOP BANANA: TODAY'S EDUCATION HEADLINES Thursday, May 20, 2021 #REDFORED #tbats #edchat #K12 #learning #edleadership #edtech #engchat...
Teacher TomTEACHER TOMTHIS WEEK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Teacher Tom: Let's Turn The World Around: Teacher Tom's Play Summit We heard it from Mandela, "Turn this world around, For the children" - turn this world around. He's done it once before, and now we hear his call For the children, turn this world around. Turn, turn, turn, Turn this world around For the children, turn this world around. Turn, turn, turn, Turn this world around For the children Turn this world around. ~Raffi It's an urgent message, one that's part of almost every conversation I have these days. The principle project of every society...
Help students focus on what they'll gain next year, not what they've lost. The rotation of every school year offers a mixture of excitement and anxiety. As students transition from one grade or year to the next, summertime is an opportunity to reset and reinvent. Naturally, they'll also forget some of what they've learned and won't yet feel ready to jump into what's to come. This year, there's no question that all of these struggles and feelings -- good and bad -- will be more intense than usual. While we can and should acknowledge these challenges, framing them as "learning loss" can put undue stress on you and your students. Instead, as we look toward next school year, let's honor students' commitment to learning, no matter...
The “Schitt’s Creek” saga came to a fittingly triumphant conclusion on home soil with the hit CBC sitcom’s final season emerging as this year’s top Canadian Screen Awards winner. The riches-to-rags story nabbed a total of eight trophies during the week of virtual CSAs, the final major awards show for the series after a year filled with international accolades. “Schitt’s Creek” won best comedy series and a lead-actress honour for Catherine O’Hara on Thursday after getting six awards the previous night, including a writing nod for Toronto-raised co-creator and star Daniel Levy. Its other CSAs wins included Emily Hampshire for best supporting actress and a directing trophy for Levy and Andrew Cividino. The widely beloved Ontario-shot show, which aired on...
By Sunidhi Beeliya Online learning is a significant investment for those willing to advance their careers, upgrade their skill set, or change careers while pursuing a full-time degree program or doing a job. Engaging the learners, eliminating monotonousness, and motivating them for continuous learning is the key priority of an e-learning program. Assignments, quizzes, and industrial projects play a major role in attracting and engaging learners with multiple responsibilities and different goals. As a higher training completion rate indicates that learners are able to meet their goals and course developers are serving their customers right, a variety of assessments are included in the training to benefit both parties with different purposes. Let’s take a look at a few forms of...
