Yesterday marked the first day of voting for the annual Edublog Awards, letting educators vote on their favorite education blogs. After a lengthy nomination process, the folks over at Edublogs whittled down the hundreds of nominations to a shortlist of finalists for each category. Until December 9, you can vote for your favorite blogs in such categories as “Best Individual Blog,” “Best Group Blog,” “Best New Blog,” … Read more »
Last week, Peter Lawler, a professor of government at Berry College, provided some good thoughts about online education–what it can do well, and what it lacks. Writing for his “Rightly Understood” blog at BigThink, Lawler focuses mainly on higher education, but his thoughts are equally applicable to the many secondary schools that are making increasing use of the Internet to teach students.
Lawler writes:
So there’s a lot … Read more »
Distinguished scholar-teachers Amy and Leon Kass demonstrate how short stories, speeches, and songs can be used to enhance civic education and how a pedagogical approach that stresses learning through inquiry can make primary sources come alive for students of all ages.
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