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Internet Connection Issues in UK Schools
Replied May. 14, 2007
The Best of Collaborative Teaching
Replied May. 6, 2007
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The Social Life of the Teenager and its Impact on Education
“To put the matter briefly, if secondary education is to be successful, it must successfully compete with cars and sports and social activities for the adolescents’ attention, in an open market. The adolescent is no longer a child, but will spend his energy in the ways he sees fit. It is up to the adult society to so structure secondary education that it captures this energy.”
These words were written more than 45 years ago by James S. Coleman in his study of “The Social Life of the Teenager and its Impact on Education”, published in a book called “The Adolescent Society”. They are even more valid today
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Engineering game
The computer simulation game 'Racing Academy' allows first-year engineering students to theoretically design aspects of a racing car, such as the tyres, gearbox and engine, before racing it against a computer-generated car.
The teaching tool has now been analysed by psychologists and engineers at the university to gauge how effective gaming can be as a learning tool in underg… Continue
Posted on June 18, 2009 at 3:00pm —
Indispensable ICT Tools for teachers
Posted on June 17, 2009 at 3:10pm —
Welcome to ScienceSim
Posted on March 2, 2009 at 8:52am —
iLearn
The courses are aimed at users with poor Internet connectivity and with little or no technical expertise. They can be published in any language.
iLearn courses:
* Promote the principles of balanced, objective journalism
* Provide advice, model… Continue
Posted on January 26, 2009 at 4:45pm —
Help catalogue the 100 most collaborative networks
4000 guides have been printed and handed out - you can download you own in most cases it expects you to print the file double sided and then print in half- we are happy to offer $500 bursarships for open source content and if you have 500 people to hand out a communal guide to.
10000 dvds are being circulated around the number 1 collaboratine network… Continue
Posted on December 19, 2008 at 4:25pm —
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