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29 Nov 09

Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons - washingtonpost.com

  • Spanish teacher Katie Titler has used cell phones for students to dial and record themselves speaking for tests.



    "Specifically for foreign language, it's a great way to both formally and informally assess speaking, which is really hard to do on a regular basis because of class sizes and time," Titler said.



    Jimbo Lamb, a math teacher at Annville-Cleona School District in south-central Pennsylvania, has students use their phones to answer questions set up through a polling Web site. Instantly, he's able to tell how many students understood the lesson.



    "This is technology that helps us be more productive," he said.

22 Oct 09

Web technology is about to change how we learn | VentureBeat

  • One example of an educational company on the cutting edge of this kind of collaboration is eduFire. Founders Jon Bischke and Kareem Mayan want to empower both the educator and the learner by removing geographic boundaries. They feel anyone with knowledge to share has the right to become an “educational entrepreneur,” and anyone who desires to learn should have access to the tutor just right for him or her.
  • Online textbook startups such as Flat World Knowledge — which lets you customize textbooks online and is about to make a splash on campuses across America — also promise to increase the customizability and affordability of education
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03 Sep 09

Teaching English in Argentina

  • There are many small institutes where you can find work ranging from one-on-one teaching in peoples’ homes to small classes to teaching English for companies. The teaching could be as basic conversation classes or for advanced learners it could be teaching grammar and more technical language. Bringing a CV and attending an interview is usually enough to get started. A TEFL qualification will put you at a greater advantage. The basic pay for an EFL teacher could range from $15 - $30 Argentine pesos ($4 - $8) per hour. In an institute you will have a more structured day of work. However, if teaching privately, it could depend on the client and could be quite unreliable due to their time table. This could incur frequent cancelations.
  • Good references for jobseekers are www.esljobs.com, www.TEFLonline.net, www.eslcafe.com and the local English written news paper The Buenos Herald.
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05 Aug 09

Full Circle Associates » How I use social media

  • “Eminds” was where I learned that online relationships can be real, how they get real, and  how they break and fail.
  • “Eminds” was where I learned that online relationships can be real, how they get real, and  how they break and fail.
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15 Jul 09

Lessons Learned -- Why the Failure of Systems Thinking Should Inform the Future of Design Thinking | Manage by Designing | Fast Company

  • "You never learn by doing something right ‘cause you already know how to do it. You only learn from making mistakes and correcting them."

    Russell Ackoff
  • "system thinking", which shares many of the conceptual foundations of "design thinking", promised to be a powerful guide to management practice, but it has never achieved the success its proponents hoped for.
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Spanish class recommendation in Buenos Aires | Wanderlusting

  • In preparation for taking the Diploma de Español como lengua extranjera, I spent our last two weeks studying Spanish in Buenos Aires. Through craigslist, I found Natalia, an incredible teacher with very reasonable rates. I've been taking Spanish classes much of my life, and Natalia is hands down the best Spanish teacher I've ever had. En serio.


    She offers classes downtown, and mostly does individual classes but can teach group classes. She really knows what she's doing, and has a great way of explaining concepts in a new and different way. I've learned the subjunctive so many times, but her way of presenting the information really made sense to me. She expects students to be motivated and do their homework, and in doing so, she helps students get to a new level. ¡Suerte!

13 Jul 09

RSA - Six challenges for design education

  • Students need to be equipped with a broader range of research and communication skills, alongside their more traditional design skills,
  • Design courses should do more to encourage students to immerse themselves in the moments of interaction between a person and a service and translate this research into actionable insights.
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