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When Learning Goes Nomadic

Edsurge

Normally our room is a progressive space, with all furniture on wheels, plenty of charging stations available, and multiple mobile screens (such as interactive whiteboards and screens reserved for videoconferencing). It has no established center, and students were used to learning and working in that nonhierarchical, flexible space.

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18 Best Holiday Movies for Kids and Family

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

When the eternally optimistic Poppy, queen of the Trolls, learns that the Bergens no longer have any holidays on their calendar, she enlists the help of Branch and the rest of the gang on a delightfully quirky mission to fix something that the Bergens don't think is broken." Directors: Arthur Rankin Jr.,

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

(CNY) In the spirit of celebrating cultural diversity and love of world cultures, I went ahead and prepared this list of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals that you can share with you students and help them learn more about Chinese New Year and its traditions. Chinese Zodiac Animals 1. If you were born in the Goat year (e.g.,1931,

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30 Effective Classroom Attention Getters with Examples

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This state of boredom is not just an occasional inconvenience; it is a significant barrier to effective learning. Research has consistently highlighted the detrimental effects of boredom on student learning. 2004; Deci, 1992; Renninger et al., Boredom, as Vogel-Walcutt et al. Furthermore, Pekrun et al.

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Tips and Strategies to Talk about Race in Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

These resources are designed to support and enhance our collective efforts to create more inclusive and empathetic learning environments. Example: Before teaching a lesson on the civil rights movement, take time to learn about various perspectives, historical contexts, and the language used to discuss race.

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Mobile gives the edge

Learning with 'e's

There are many accounts of the effects of mobiles on education (see for example this blog post on 5 views on the future of mobile learning ). Just why is such a small object such as the smart mobile phone so disruptive? They can engage with learning content with more freedom.

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10 Great Tools for Creating High-Quality Educational Podcasts

EmergingEdTech

In 2004, Ben Hammersley was the first person to use the word podcasting in an article for the Guardian. Have you Ever Considered Implementing Podcasts as a Part of in Your Teaching Methods? Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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