Game-based learning motivates students both in and out of the classroom Game-based learning is so effective because the actual progress built into any game is the actual lessonóbe it the skill and dexterity needed to shot a precise arrow to the knee of your opponent in Skyrim, or the strategy and technique needed to maneuver [...]
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What Higher Education Can Learn From Video Games
Posted by ginac on February 2nd, 2012
Posted in Learning Methods, Teaching methods, technology, Video Games 
Tags: classroom, Computer Games, Education, Learning, Video Games, World of Warcraft 
No Comments »Outside-the-Box Thinkers Thrive in Personalized Learning Environments
Posted by ginac on December 3rd, 2011
“The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) almost seems designed to flunk an autistic person: it is a completely verbal, timed test that relies heavily on cultural and social knowledge. ” -Scientific American Mainstream public schools supposedly offer educational instruction to everyone. However, children who think and learn in ways not accommodated for in public schools are [...]
Posted in Back to School, Learning Methods, Teaching methods Tags: autism, IQ, Personalized learning, Scientific American, Unschooling, WISC Comments OffKhan Academy Expanding through Bricks and Mortar and Crowdsourcing
Posted by ginac on November 30th, 2011
Sal Khan, founder of the now famous online math and science video tutorial website Khan Academy, is thinking about expanding his online tools into the physical world and beyond. Although Sal already runs a small summer camp in Silicon Valley for science and technology middle and high schoolers, he is thinking about possibly creating a project-based [...]
Guest Post- Alternate Education Options
Posted by ginac on November 28th, 2011
Alternative Education Some children take to school like a duck to water. From kindergarten upwards, they just seem to fit in: they work hard, please their teachers and play well with their peers. Other children may start off enjoying school, but as the years progress, find they clash with aspects of formal education, perhaps beginning [...]
Posted in Eclectic Homeschooling, Global Homeschooling, Learning Methods, Teaching methods Tags: Alternate education, homeschool, Learning Comments OffGuest Post – Teaching Basic Financial Literacy
Posted by ginac on November 19th, 2011
Elaine Hirsch is kind of a jack-of-all-interests, from education and history to medicine and videogames. This makes it difficult to choose just one life path, so she is currently working as a writer for various education-related sites and writing about all these things instead. Kids are like sponges. When they’re young, kids will soak up [...]
Posted in Literacy, News, Teaching methods Tags: Economics, f, Family Costs, Financial Literacy, Learning, Money Management, Teaching Comments OffUnschoolers Already Know This: Youth Don’t Like Learning STEM in Classrooms
Posted by ginac on November 16th, 2011
Harry Potter fans may remember the 5th Harry Potter Book (The Order of the Pheonix) when a government appointed teacher (Professor Umbridge) at Hogwarts School changes the learning process in her classroom so that kids only learn theory and not practice. Disappointed students preferred to practice what they’ve learned and found the in-class reading and [...]
Posted in Eclectic Homeschooling, Learning Methods, News, STEAM, Teaching methods Tags: alternative education, Education Reform, Homeschooling, Learning, NPR, Science Friday, STEM, Unschooling Comments OffQuantum Camp Teaches Advanced Calculus and Physics to Homeschoolers
Posted by ginac on November 4th, 2011
An ambitious summer camp and tech school for homeschoolers in Mountain View, California, is fast becoming a full-fledged mainstream school. At Quantum Camp, youngsters dive into advanced physics, math, and technology. The founders, of course, are physics and math experts. Ryan Nurmela taught entry-level physics as a lecturer at California State University, San Francisco and [...]
Why Seymour Papert Still Matters
Posted by ginac on October 4th, 2011
Back in the 1990′s, Constructivist Seymour Papert (father of Lego Mindstorms), wrote and spoke about learning as opposed to being taught. He showed how technology provides pathways for learning where instructors learn right along with children. As brilliant as Seymour Papert is, his ideas haven’t penetrated the teacher->student relationship in public schools. His visionary model [...]
Posted in Back to School, Eclectic Homeschooling, Interdisciplinary, Learning Methods, News, Teaching methods Tags: child-led learning, Constructivist, Education, Learning, LEGO Mindstorms, pedagogy, Project-based learning, Seymour Papert, Teaching, technology Comments OffGuest Post: Education Designed for Industrial Age
Posted by ginac on September 26th, 2011
Written by guest blogger Natalie Hunter, who is a blogger for onlineschools.org. Most public schools, especially high schools, function by a bureaucratic model designed in the early 20th century. Developed when the industrial age was at its peak, many educators refer to this as the “factory model”. College was not necessary for most workers to [...]
Posted in Learning Methods, Teaching methods Tags: Education, industrial age, Learning, Project-based learning, Teaching Comments OffTwitter Co-Founder Credits Creativity, Art, and Empathy
Posted by ginac on September 1st, 2011
Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, never graduated from college. He dropped out of Northeastern University and University of Massachusetts. Yet, University of California Berkeley’s Haas School recently named Biz to an Executive Fellowship. The Wall Street Journal recently interviewed Mr. Stone and published excerpts. Although Biz works with MBA students, his advice really applies to all [...]
Posted in Culture, Interdisciplinary, Learning Methods, STEAM, Teaching methods Tags: Arts, Biz Stone, creativity, Empathy, Entrepreneurship, honesty, Learning, Truth, Twitter Comments Off
