SAGrader is designed to help students express their understanding of concepts through careful, precise writing. We’re not big fans of “fluff” writing that sounds good, but doesn’t actually say anything. I call this writing to the point. The underlying goal is to remove any content that doesn’t help shape your main point in a unique [...]

What’s the number one goal of Education? Ask almost anyone involved in education and they’ll agree: student achievement. However, while there is a general consensus that student achievement should be the focus of our Education efforts, there are very different views on what exactly student achievement means. According to Christopher Sessums in a recent article [...]

In a recent New York Times article titled “Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction” author Matt Richtel speculates on the reasons for students’ perceived inattentiveness toward their classroom instruction, proposing that the increased multitasking of today’s socially wired students inhibits their ability to internalize and even prioritize their classwork. One factor in maintaining a student’s [...]

As textbook costs rise, major publisher take a new approach toward an electronic format. But will students and administrators go for it? Recently, a lot of buzz has been generated about the future of textbooks. While some see the traditional textbook as an irreplaceable part of Higher Education, a growing number of people are calling [...]

I remember when cell phones first started appearing in schools. At the time I was a backpack toting student myself, struggling to define my identity in that most toxic of social environments: middle school. My family was too fiscally conservative to equip my brother and me with our own cell phones, but I distinctly remember [...]

I’m sure by now you’ve seen the commercials for Dos Equis beer espousing the adventures and wisdom of The Most Interesting Man in the World. No doubt you’ve been intrigued by his mysterious charm and almost Zen Master-like wisdom. Every few episodes or so we’re temporarily interrupted from our day-to-day preoccupations and invited to glimpse [...]

Sometimes it’s hard to focus.  We may have lots to do but have a hard time just getting things finished.  Doesn’t matter if you’re a teacher, student, or long gone from school and off in the working world.  It’s just a “human thing”. Yet, there are those moments in life when procrastinating is the worst [...]

I still remember the first time I popped in the Encarta CD-ROM to my Compaq Presario. It was 1993. Wasting no time, I went straight for the multimedia content — images, sound bites, video clips and interactive graphs. Instead of reading a couple paragraphs about General John J. Pershing, I could click a button and [...]

100 Apps for Tech Savvy Teachers Who doesn’t want to load up on apps these days?! Here is a huge list of on online and iPhone apps for techy teachers like you. Top 50 Free Education Apps What could make you more….h”app”y than 50 more free apps!? From NASA to Greek Mythology, there is bound [...]

We admit it. We’ve been a little slow when it comes to posting our weekly round ups. In fact, I think it’s been…months since our last post full of link love! So, while we might not be sharing the link love as regularly, we’d still like to tell you about some articles we found interesting [...]