“An avalanche is coming. The one certainty for anyone in the path of an avalanche is that standing still is not an option.”
As much as I would like to agree with all that is said in a wonderful publication called “An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead”, I can not help but think beyond the calamity and into the aftermath.… Read the rest
Home schooling
I am a teacher and mother.These roles are interchangeable and they have become my way of life and guiding light to all inspiration and dreams. That’s why I feel that today’s thoughts about the future of our children are especially poignant on Mother’s Day around the world.… Read the rest
Several weeks ago, I took a group of students to NYC(New York City). One theme, among many, that occurs regularly in my classroom, is the role that race and power play in the history that we learn. This theme comes up in my online classroom because it comes up in society. … Read the rest
1) An image paints a thousand lessons….
Online teaching presents us with lots of exciting ways to practice fluency development with our students. Multi-media and the visual arts lend themselves perfectly to learning English online. We must make the most of what technology has to offer by brain-storming and experimenting with colleagues and students.… Read the rest
The world’s new reality
It all begins and ends with the web. We can engage students in the creation of that reality, and maybe tweak it towards joy and sustainability.
The web has changed our lives. It is the virtual which is also the real.… Read the rest
The ASSOCHAM (Associate Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India) awarded IIT Delhi’s CCBM course conducted on WizIQ as the Best Use of Technology for Vocational Education and Skills Training. This award was given in the National Education Excellence Award 2013 ceremony held in New Delhi on April 9, 2013.… Read the rest
Some classes are about conveying information. Other classes are about rocking your students’ world.
These are some tools to rock
Until recently, when a professor wanted to engage his audience, he reviewed and refined his lectures till they were funny, dramatic, and factually correct.… Read the rest
The possibilities are endless, and some of them are surprising and quirky. Let’s toss aside your old fashioned notions of “school” and see if we can imagine new possibilities for the wor(l)d.
For the sake of this post, we are going to use the term “school” in a general way.… Read the rest
Certainly you remember the Lit Professor in college who saw symbolism in everything?
White was for purity and innocence. An owl referred to wisdom. The forest was “The human subconscious.”
Sometimes, literary analysis is a bit silly. Sometimes, though, the symbolic representations are clear and obvious to an experienced reader.… Read the rest
Fancy course management systems are not just for fancy universities
You will not believe how cool this is: you can get a fancy course management system, for free! Yes, you, fifth grade teacher in a small Catholic school in rural Kentucky! … Read the rest
