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While much of the state’s standardized testing still focuses on multiple choice questions (e.g., “The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 introduced which form of government to Russia?”) and short answers (e.g., "Describe two conditions in northern cities between 1910 and 1945 that attracted African Americans to the North."), the emphasis on teaching history through the use of documents is unmistakable.
Educational technology has largely kept up with changing times, but one thing that hasn't evolved much is the textbook. They're still made up of printed pages -- lots of them -- and usually out of date by the time they're published. Educators are discovering now that collaboratively written wikitexts could be the answer.
Zur Nutzung des "Diercke Weltreise" iPod-Quiz benötigen Sie einen iPod nano der 3. Generation oder einen iPod classic - dort ist das Spiel "iQuiz" enthalten, das durch den Download der Datei "DierckeWeltreise.exe" (504 kb) um die Diercke Weltreise bereichert werden kann.
Experts believe the most important step towards reducing stress in schoolchildren is to alter the teaching methodology. “Teaching should be more activity-oriented than text-oriented. It makes learning more fun and less stressful,” Gupta said.
"I have never, ever used a textbook during class time. There is not a bigger waste. They can use the textbook at home," Racine said. "You have them for 90 minutes and need to be teaching them something new. . . . I think teaching with pictures is very important. So many of us are visual learners."
In this article, I present initial findings from my experience in using a blog with an undergraduate Methods of Historical Research and Writing class at Eastern Michigan University (EMU), where I teach.
Schmidt-Jones is just one of a growing number of professors and teachers who are using the Web site Connexions (cnx.org) to reach potential students. And what's more, they're doing it for free.
Colleges for years have tapped open-source materials, with instructors designing and giving away material such as lecture notes and exams. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology boasts that virtually its entire catalog is available through " open courseware." But the idea has been slow to make a mark in the less technologically savvy K-12 world. That may soon change.
The initiative, officially launched on Aug. 15, is being offered to schools on a free trial basis until Jan. 31. It allows subscribers to access NBC News' archival resources, the majority of which, since 1996, has been stored in a nondescript former warehouse in North Bergen.
Der norwegische Papierhersteller mit rund vier Milliarden Euro Jahresumsatz engagiert sich weltweit in 60 Ländern in Projekten zur Förderung der Leselust bei jungen Menschen. Die Kooperation mit dem Weltverband der Zeitungsverleger wurde jüngst bis in das Jahr 2013 festgeschrieben.