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 Lisa Durff

The Grammar Olympics: How to Gamify Teaching on a Budget | Gamification Co - 0 views

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    The Grammar Olympics: How to Gamify Teaching on a Budget http://t.co/bNCCDQwaKU shared by @BronSt #gamingined14 #gbl - JackieGerstein Ed.D. (@jackiegerstein) September 16, 2014
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Welcome to Grammaropolis - 0 views

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    A site that reinforces grammar.
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Should the U.S. Follow South Korea's Education System? - WSJ.com - 0 views

    •  Lisa Durff
       
      A closely guarded market! When 5 Americans (me among them) went to Korea to teach English we had to declare we were tourists at the border.  We were indeed volunteers.
  • South Korea has dramatically improved its education system over the past several decades and now routinely outperforms the U.S.
  • South Korean 15-year-olds rank No. 2 in the world in reading
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  • 93% high-school graduation rate
    •  Lisa Durff
       
      BUT they are ready for? factory jobs. The desks are typically nailed down in rows and teachers expected to lecture for 3 hours. I disrupted that idea rather quickly and my grammar class performed super well.
  • In South Korea, if parents aren't engaged, that is considered a failure of the educators, not the family.
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