Tag: Teaching
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How I Teach Computer Programming
I disagree that the points in the article below, from Eduptopia, are indeed a way to radically transform how we teach computer programming. Why? I do many of these things and always have. JANUARY 25, 2013 Photo credit: bionicteaching via flickr Today, there is a grassroots movement for teaching programming languages to kids. Some…
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Data Could Change Teaching
Andrianes Pinantoan, who is employed by Australian online school OpenColleges (formerly Cengage Education), wrote up a good summary of learning analytics for Edudemic. Pinantoan wrote: According to Educause (PDF), learning analytics is “the use of data and models to predict student progress and performance, and the ability to act on that information”. It differs from…
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The New Speed of Education
It simply isn’t going to be acceptable for Teachers to say that given a massive reduction in planning time, and a dearth of other world challenges, that we can’t change, we will need to change. It simply isn’t going to be acceptable for Administration to roll out yet another program and another detail and act…
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Taking College Classes in High School Keeps Low Income Kids on Track
From good.is, current research Dual high school/college programs that shorten the time it takes to earn a high school diploma and let students earn up to two years of college credit for free are growing in popularity. But the programs have more benefits than just saving cash-strapped families money. A new study from California’s Community…