Tag: education
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She Passed!
Izumi’s had a bit of a struggle with getting her California Driver’s License and I don’t blame her. In order to transfer her license from New Jersey, she needed to pass a written test which is hard enough in English. While multiple choice, many of the possible answers are written in a twisted grammatical form…
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TypePad in the Classroom
Bud Gibson, who teaches at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, writes about using TypePad in the classroom. On the three reasons why blogging is not just another technology in the classroom fad Bud writes, By design, blogging allows individuals to raise topics of interest and create threads of conversation without having…
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He shoots, He Scores!
For the past month we’ve been sending Tyler to a local “supplemental educational center” so that he can top up what he learns in school with further training and challenge himself a little further. At his age (Tyler will be six in March), we really just want him to feel comfortable making mistakes in order…
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BBC on blogs at school
BBC Online writes about the use of blogs in the classroom. Thanks to Tom Watanabe over at techfutures.org for the tip.