By Bobbi Macdonald and Emily Liebtag It’s increasingly apparent that young people are grappling with growing disconnection, a challenge that extends well beyond traditional schooling and affects the entire landscape of education. In light of this pressing issue, the question arises: How can we initiate a transformative era of education that not only cultivates deep…
(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2022. You can see them all here) geralt / Pixabay I understand that research should be challenged – more than once – to see if its findings are accurate. I wonder, though, why some in education spend so much…
It continues to be time for mid-year “Best” lists. You can see all my previous Online Learning Games “Best” lists (and there are a lot since I’ve doing this since 2007) here. Note that they’re also continually revised and updated. Here are my picks from the first part of 2024: In the LanguageGuessr game, you listen to…
Napkin is a free AI tool that seems to do a good job at creating visualizations. Once you sign-in, you’re given a choice of either asking AI to generate text on a topic, or to paste your own text into it. Unfortunately, I was not able to get it to allow me to paste…
Navigating Challenges In Data-Driven Precision Marketing—Infographic Data-driven precision marketing is a great option for companies aiming to target their efforts with precision. However, it comes with its own set of challenges. Some of the major hurdles include addressing data privacy concerns, ensuring data accuracy, streamlining technological integration, and bridging the skills gap within the workforce….
SPOKANE, Wash. — Before giving birth to her daughter, Kaleeya Baldwin, 19, had given up on education. She’d dropped out of school as a seventh grader, after behavior problems had banished her to alternative schools. Growing up in foster homes and later landing in juvenile court had convinced her to disappear from every system that…
Clouds of doom continue to hover over the debate about teens’ mental health and the role of technology. This spring, the warnings come from the bestselling book “The Anxious Generation” by sociologist Jonathan Haidt. Some parents and educators are calling for a ban on smartphones and laptops in schools. Others are trying to press pause…
Every time educators suspend students from school, they have to select a formal reason. In Texas, they have 42 options to pick from — fighting, school-related gang violence, even arson. Despite those choices, 88 percent of suspensions in Texas last year were marked in state reports as a “violation of student code of conduct” with…
What Are The Types Of Assessment Of Learning? by TeachThought Staff What are the types of assessment for learning? And more importantly, when should you use which? If curriculum is the what of teaching and learning models are the how, assessment is the puzzled ‘Hmmmm’–as in, I assumed this and this about student learning, but…
Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday of May, is a time of remembrance and reflection for the brave men and women who have died in military service to the United States. This federal holiday, often associated with the beginning of summer, barbecues, and parades, holds a deep and solemn significance in the nation’s history….