Tablet computing and mobile devices promise to have a dramatic impact on education. A growing number of schools across the world are jumping on the digital bus and embracing iPads (less often, other tablet products) as the latest tool to teach literature in multimedia, history through games and simulations, and math with step-by-step animation of problems.
Not surprisingly, student scores improve when they use iPads and their interest in school soars. I say not surprisingly because students love digital toys and in my experience work harder and longer if given the opportunity to do so with any of the digital offerings (ipods, laptops included).
A lesson plan to introduce the unit of diversity in an english class. This plan focuses on an interactive activity to get students to begin learning about the concept of diversity and how it applies to the study of english literature. Students will work in groups to analyze poetry written by authors from many different cultural backgrounds
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publishing of The Story of My Life, Helen Keller's moving autobiography, AFB has made the original text available free online. First appearing in 1903 to critical acclaim, the most popular of Keller's works remains a widely read classic of American literature. The fully accessible online version will be accompanied by historic photographs from AFB's Helen Keller Archives and interesting facts about the book and Keller.
Annenburg videos for middle school and high school, with some for postsecondary on arts, foreign language, literature, math, science, social studies, and history
Download free Books theme in (4:3) format for PowerPoint 2010 Mac and PC and distribute it to kids in your Kindergarten class. Help children develop confidence by assigning them presentation topics on different facets of life. The style of this template is kept relevant to young school going children by including colorful books and a fruit on top. Students in Physics or Science class may demonstrate how the Mathematician, Sir Isaac Newton discovered the Universal Law of Gravitation, while sitting beneath an apple tree.
In this page we examine the Past Perfect Tense in a detail: what it actually means and how it is used. Some illustrative extracts from English literature are given below.