We’re back today with our weekly round up of great articles relating to education from across the web. Without further ado, click away.
Stanford Lets Doctoral Students Submit Dissertations Online
Stanford is making the move to help doctoral students reach a broader audience. Too often finished dissertations find their way onto a dusty, ole, crowded shelf. One [...]
When I think of using colors in a space to achieve a certain environment, my mind certainly doesn’t jump to a school building. I usually think of event planning or interior design! But the truth is, in whatever setting, colors have the ability to affect mood, emotion, attitude, focus, and even the perception [...]
This weekend was nearly a disaster when the laptop I keep all my school work on nearly bit the bullet. I knew my computer was about to die, but I kept telling myself it would make it to Christmas. Luckily, it escaped the weekend and will live another day and I’ve wised up and started [...]
Students discovering online collaboration
Web 2.0 tools in the classroom – using blogs, wikis, and other tools to connect with the world.
With Typical Vigor, Jack Welch Sets Out to Upend Online Business Education
The topic of online education is an interesting one. Is former GE chief exec Jack Welsh out to change the world [...]
I’m a huge fan of anything that can help you organize – you home, your classroom, your thoughts. I stumbled across a post on Clive Sheperd’s blog about Wisdomap and thought I’d share this tool with you.
For the world of education, Widsomap has tutor2u – a “mind mapping software built specifically [...]
One of the core tenets of our philosophy is that when students revise their writing will improve.
Study after study shows that when students are given the opportunity (or in some cases forced) to revise their work, they will learn the material better.
This works in part because students continuously have to review their writing and course [...]
It’s that time again. Here are three great articles we discovered this week that we hope you’ll enjoy. Have a great weekend.
The Education Revolution
Are the things students being taught (and the way they are taught to learn) in today’s high schools and colleges going to be detrimental to their career success when the [...]
If you love to learn or simply like to discover interesting things, you need to meet TED. TED is a “small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design.”
Since its beginning, TED has grown to encompass [...]
For those of you who have been following along in the newsletter and here on the blog you will know we completed our Engaging Students in the Classroom series and have now turned it into an ebook. The good news is this ebook is available to you free of charge with no need to fill [...]
