article thumbnail

Is the Socratic Method Right for Your Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

On the day of the Socratic Seminar, they listen to classmates, challenge what they hear by building an argument based on what they have read and heard, and in so doing critically think about not only their opinions but those of classmates. Through this process, with subtle guidance from the instructor, students learn to teach themselves.

article thumbnail

Goal: From the Heart to the Mind

Teacher Reboot Camp

She started working in the language industry in 2009 as one-to-one language tutor in a school of languages in Rome. She believes in the continuing professional development, thus, she attends several seminars and webinars related to teaching English as a foreign language and interacts with a highly qualified PLN. Current 2015 Goals.

eBook 150
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Goal: From the Heart to the Mind

Teacher Reboot Camp

She started working in the language industry in 2009 as one-to-one language tutor in a school of languages in Rome. She believes in the continuing professional development, thus, she attends several seminars and webinars related to teaching English as a foreign language and interacts with a highly qualified PLN. Current 2015 Goals.

eBook 150
article thumbnail

What I Learned Because of School

A Principal's Reflections

Lately I have been asking myself questions such as what did high school really mean to me, what did it do for me, but most importantly, what did I learn? In the fall of 2009 I went on a field trip to Wall Street with my AP History class. One of my most rewarding experiences was my involvement in the Peer Leadership Program.

Learning 159
article thumbnail

The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts

Edsurge

In Massachusetts, an emerging partnership between private funders and the state department of education aims to help teachers across the Commonwealth learn, share and spread best practices when it comes to leveraging new instructional models and technologies. You can personalize learning just fine without technology.

article thumbnail

An audience with.

Learning with 'e's

We learn best when we are fully involved in the process. John Dewey advocated ''learning by doing'' and Seymour Papert called it ''learning by making''. I published the results of the study in 2009, revealing that when they were aware of an audience, students raised their game. Nothing new in that, you may think.

Wiki 60
article thumbnail

What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

The Hechinger Report

But the Spanish section also reflects a move at Cornell and more than two dozen other campuses to combat the notion that language learning belongs only in language classes. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Traditional language learning in the U.S. And few of them learned it in school. Opera in Italian?

Course 91