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Respondents said they used the student blogs for assignments /assessments (36.6%), reflective blogging (33.7%), collaboration / discussion (23.5% ), practice reading and writing skills (21.8%), encourage peer learning and support (19.3%) and digital citizenship skills (17.7%). Most respondents used Edublogs (68.4%), followed by Blogger (Google Apps) (9.3%) and then WordPress.com (5.7%). Třídní blog: Blogging has opened up our classroom to communications with students and teachers around the world. Studentský blog: Blogging is a great way to teach writing skills while also allowing students to see the power of a global audience. It is a wonderful motivator and such an easy transition in your classroom since you have students write anyway. it is also a wonderful way to teach citizenship skills since they need to learn what is and isn't appropriate to "put out there" in a professional setting as well as how to leave comments for others. It is also a tool that can be modified for every grade level. I encourage all our teachers to incorporate blogging and slowly they are. Tipy: For blogging to truly work in your classroom, it must become part of your daily or weekly literacy program. Just giving your situdents their own blogs will not turn them into bloggers. You must offer authentic reasons to blog, such a reflective journals for Passion Projects. It's all about commenting. The students who make an effort to find other student blogs that interest them and make thoughtful comments get the most traffic on their own blogs. Those who don't, get few visits-no matter how catchy their title, flashy their theme or wonderful their writing.

Being able to understand the importance of communication skills for job is one of the most essential aspects for successful future.

VocabularySpellingCity has a new summer word study program that allows children to sharpen academic skills as they play. These simple assignments are a daily workout for the brain, building literacy skills such as vocabulary, spelling, and writing.

The main benefits of educational technology and how it helps in polishing professional skills.

In a perfect world, parenting would come down to one sentence: Show only love, be only love. But in the world we all cope with, children grow up to face much non-loving behavior, primarily outside the home but sometimes within it as well. In Victorious Kidss Educares - Best IB school education starts as soon as the mother conceives. Research has shown that the unborn child is a highly responsive being, who is constantly acquiring new skills. It is easy, and simple to create a master piece of human excellence if education starts from the pre-natal days. Click here to read full blog http://www.victoriouskidsseducares.org/blogs/how-to-start/

Quiz section let us test our programming and conceptual skills by providing on various topics

Here is a collection of free iphone/ipad apps that are hand picked by us and categorized by IEP Goal/Skill and rated based on their quality, ease of use and educational value.

Technology drives human skills to the level of perfection. Let us see three eminent ways that incites your genius.

This part will discuss about the significance and ways of teaching collaborative skills to students. Part 4 of teaching 4Cs.

This infographic highlights the five key skill sets required to develop effective e-learning as well as the primary contributions of each team member.

HP Catalyst Academy is professional learning among educators teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and related 21st century skills (STEMx), by providing free, online, personalized learning experiences that inspire and transform teaching practices.

Zaujalo mě: software called Newsela, for example, translates the news of the day into articles pitched at different reading levels. That way, no matter how varied the skill levels are in a single class, teachers can lead a group discussion on the same reading. Možnost přizpůsobit čtený text úrovni žáků snadno a rychle, to by se určitě hodilo (s ohledem na plány s integrací možná ještě víc).

Stimulating critical thinking using technology has the potential to create more in depth understanding of science and math content by students when engaged in learning activities which integrate in-class and on-line technology resources. Technology tools support stimulation of both inquiry-based and critical thinking skills by engaging students in exploring, thinking, reading, writing, researching, inventing, problem-solving, and experiencing the world outside their classroom. This is accomplished through learning content through the lens of video to multimedia to the internet (Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement, NCREL, 2005).

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One strategy for teaching science concepts is through the use of student developed newsletters. This approach involves students in the learning process as they research information, write articles, and present these articles in an individual or class newsletter format. This newsletter project helps students improve their writing skills as they learn how to write in science.