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Monthly Archives: February 2014

Say What? 5 Ways to Get Students to Listen

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Ah, listening, the neglected literacy skill. I know when I was a high school English teacher this was not necessarily a primary focus; I was too busy honing the more measurable literacy skills — r

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

Insightful strategies for keeping attention: Say it once, Turn and Talk, Hand Signals, Pause Paraphrase, Create Questions.

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11 Signs That Technology Is A Key Part Of Education – Edudemic

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The current trend of education technology is nothing to sneeze at. There are iPads and Android devices popping up in classrooms around the world.

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

Some aggressive stats about books, learning, online projections dealt to us through a pretty infographic.

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Why Spoiled Babies Grow Up to Be Smarter, Kinder Kids | TIME.com

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Can extra nurturing during infancy make your child kinder and smarter? Over the last several decades, more and more research has suggested that experiences in early life — even prenatal life — can have a disproportionate influence on the development of personality and physical and mental heal…

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

As a teacher, these are interesting findings because as the same time that one hopes that a child is given the best upbringing possible, one also hopes that a boy or girl is not coddled and spoiled.

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The world’s most sleep-starved students

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Sleep deprivation is a significant hidden factor in the underachievement of school pupils, according to a global study.

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

Interesting not only to see who is most sleep deprived, but also the percentage of students that are deprived.

See on www.bbc.co.uk