ED 262 KCKCC Sp '24

Research has a lot to say about improving students' long-term memory. Here are 10 ideas you can use in class. Long-term memory and recall are important throughout the school year. But at state testing time, they get a LOT of attention. How can students remember some things for the rest of their lives ... but other […]

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)

Failure is often seen as a source of shame. But if we studied and shared our failures, we could learn a lot from them.

Via Peter Mellow

Technology supports both synchronous and asynchronous learning, which opens up flexibility and choice of when to learn. Audio podcasts allow learners to listen to recordings wherever they choose to, and many do this as they commute to or from work. Webinar technologies have enabled group verbal conversations to take place online, along with chat functions where users can type short messages to each other. Videos can provide helpful ways to learn visually and at your own pace with the ability to rewind and replay.  Indeed through YouTube videos I learned how to mend my washing machine! As a result, there are now a multitude of online learning opportunities available, many of which are free. Choose from informal or formal, short or extended courses, and learn with others or independently. Develop or learn new skills, take up a new hobby or engage in a full online course.

Below are a just a selection of some of the online courses now available.

Via John Evans

By Larry Ferlazzo

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)

It’s about the conversations in the home, the books in the home, the documentaries watched as a family; it’s about the parents’ vocabularies and their willingness (and time) to share them. My brother can afford to take three months leave from work to care for Elizabeth and her new little brother, Luca. Few enjoy that luxury.

Via Peter Mellow