The Future of Education

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April 2010 Blog Posts (12)

Niger Delta Youth Movement

WHAT IS YOUR IDEOLOGY ABOUT EDUCATION AND HOW FAR HAS THE CERTIFICATE YOU ACQUIRED IMPROVE YOUR LIFE?



The sound of education generally appeals to both old and young, illiterates and the learned alike. Especially in our Nigeria context. This is seen by the people as the shortest way to escape from sufferings, poverty and its attendants variables aside from indulging in crime. This no doubt accounts for the reason so many Nigerians, irrespective… Continue

Added by Wazobia Nigeria on April 30, 2010 at 8:05pm — No Comments

Education for children of tribal(indigenous people) communities in Orissa, India

Education for Children of Tribal Communities in Orissa, India: Experiences…

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Added by Anil Pradhan on April 30, 2010 at 6:14am — No Comments

Mobile learning

Having a project in my school investigating how smartphones can be used in teaching-learning process. We bought three Motorola Milestone Droid (android 2.0) and tested apps and using them in education.



So far we found lots of APPs that are exellent: Scan2PDF, gTask, FoxNote, Mobisle Notes, Seesmic, GoogleBuzz, 3banana, Gdocs, Aldiko, ActionComplete, wpToGo, PDFView, OffiView,Droidbox (dropbox)Meebo IM and Dolphine Browser just to mention a couple...



We encountered problem… Continue

Added by Tim Tabuteau-Harrison on April 29, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

Teach Teachers How To Teach - SUCCESS

CALLING ALL TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS!



July 26-30, 2010 | August 2-6, 2010. Los Angeles, CA.



This Summer “Teen Success” is equipped and dedicated to give you the tools you need for back to school. Let’s face it, it is no mystery that vision and determination is required to solve the existing crisis in our education system. In addition to unleashing a stellar Teen Success…

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Added by John Andrews on April 26, 2010 at 7:39am — No Comments

Thinking Differently – developing new ideas

“It’s the things people know … that ain’t so”,

Howard Armstrong, Inventor of FM Radio

What is it that allows people to come up with ideas outside the box?

When I ask teachers what do they see are the skills required for the 21st century some of their answers include

lateral thinking, risk-taking, problem…

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Added by Adrian Bertolini on April 18, 2010 at 6:01pm — No Comments

My initial concern about autonomy in as an EFL educator :

Nadia Ahouari-Idri



A_Mira University, Bejaia, Algeria





‘An Algerian university teacher seeks out autonomy in…

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Added by nadia ahouari_idri on April 17, 2010 at 10:43am — No Comments

Dyslexia - Part 2 - orthographically inconsistent language

Bahasa Malaysia



Let's take a look at Malaysia's national language (Malay) which all students in

Malaysia have to learn.



The only letter that represents more than one sound in Bahasa Malaysia is the

letter ‘e’. It can be pronounced ‘er’ or ‘ay’.



You pronounce “besok” as if it is “bay-sok” (meaning tomorrow) and “beruk” with

the “er”…

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Added by Luqman Michel on April 16, 2010 at 4:40pm — No Comments

Creating A Successful University Class Ning Network

Hello. I just guest posted on Ning’s blog about a great experience we had using a Ning network in our university class this semester. Thought you all may have interest:… Continue

Added by Jack Hadley on April 16, 2010 at 11:39am — No Comments

Dyslexia - A new perspective

Teaching Dyslexic Children the English Language.





My name is Luqman Michel. I am a retiree. I have been successfully teaching dyslexic children for more than 5 years. I would like to share with all of you my

findings and would be happy to receive your comments and views.…



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Added by Luqman Michel on April 11, 2010 at 5:19am — No Comments

World Schooling while traveling

girl apple store iphone digital nomad world traveler education mac

London Apple Store Oxford Circus







Long term travel, digital nomad, location independent, lifestyle design, 4-Hour Workweek, round-the-world trip,… Continue

Added by Soultravelers3 on April 2, 2010 at 5:52pm — No Comments

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