5 Key Benefits of E-Learning for Teachers (and Students)
E-learning has been pushed into the educational limelight by the global pandemic. Most teachers have needed to teach remotely or online, perhaps in video lessons or by uploading tasks for students.
For many of you, this will have been your first experience of online learning. How did you find it? How well did...
How To Avoid Plagiarism
Students can avoid plagiarism with the right preparation - Teachers can play a big role in this
Plagiarism is the unethical and illegal act of duplicating content from sources already published online or submitted for publication. Plagiarism isn't only copying text but also ideas, thoughts, findings, and other kinds of intellectual material.
Should You Get An Online Degree?
Online education leading to an online degree has been in existence for several years now. However, it took on greater meaning in the COVID-19 scenario. For people still too frightened to venture out for regular classroom sessions, it has become a great boon.
Should you get an Online Degree?
If you...
How Nursery Rhymes Assist Cognitive Development
If you say the first line of a nursery rhyme out loud, it’s fair to say someone close by will recognize it and may even join in. They are familiar, comforting tunes and poems that we all grew up learning. With World Nursery Rhyme Week in mid-November, there’s no better time to discover just why they’re...
14 Amazing Grading Apps That Help Teachers Save Time
If you are taking the difficult and time-consuming route, why not enlist the assistance of technology to help you with your classes?
In this blog article I will recommend some fantastic grading apps that will help you get the job done more quickly and easily. Instead of spending time slogging for hours on...
Does Homework Help?
Does homework really make a difference to a student’s long-term success?
The world has been debating over the advantages and disadvantages of homework since the late 19th century. Some of us as teachers or facilitators may feel that homework is an effective way to reinforce the concepts taught in school. In other cases, working...
Formative Assessment In Practice
There is a lot of confusion about testing, and especially about formative assessment. The word assessment brings back a very traditional idea of paper and pencil test. But an assessment is anything that we can use to measure student progress, from a computer game to answering questions orally.
So, what is the different between...
Creating Student Leaders
With the youth being the backbone of society, your students must be prepared for the demands and challenges of leading an ever-changing world. After all, no one is too young to lead.For example, student activist Zyahna Bryant organized her first demonstration at the age of 12 by posting homemade signs against police violence, leading to the removal of the...
Healthy Kids While Homeschooling [5 Ways]
While homeschooling your kids, keeping them active and healthy can be a challenge. There are many different ways that activities can be combined though so that they incorporate the lessons for homeschooling, and methods to keep children active and healthy. A lot of the time these will overlap because keeping active has an impact on people's mental...
How Fantasy Play Boosts Learning And Creativity
Providing children with opportunities to take part in fantasy play can potentially enhance their creativity — as found in research undertaken by the British Psychological Society. The study, undertaken by Dr. Louise Bunce and team, involved 70 children aged four to eight. The researchers sought to assess the extent to which kids’ fantasy play involved mirroring real...
