Digital Safety Tips: Protecting Students from Cyberbullying
Digital Safety Tips: Protecting Students from Cyberbullying
Advanced technology, early ownership of digital devices, and constant connectivity has increased the incidence of Cyberbullying. Cyberbullying consists of harmful acts, repeatedly and intentionally performed electronically using digital devices and on social media sites. It can include acts like harassment, defamation, cyberstalking, sexting, and outing.
Victims of cyberbullying […]
5 Effective Closure Activities for the Classroom
5 Effective Closure Activities for the Classroom
Closure Activity: What is it?
Closure or exit activities help to wrap up a learning session. The activities are generally simple and quick tasks and can be conducted as individual or group tasks.
Why use it?
Closure activities help students to:
Review and summarize the information presented during the lecture
Connect […]
What is the Concept Attainment Model?
What is the Concept Attainment Model?
The Concept Attainment model is an instructional strategy founded on the works of Jerome Bruner. Built on the principle of concept formation, the Concept Attainment model promotes student learning through a process of structured inquiry.
The model helps students to understand and learn concepts by identifying attributes or key […]
Criteria for Strategic Tech Abandonment
Criteria for Strategic Tech Abandonment
Strategic Tech Abandonment refers to the planned and conscious abandonment or discontinuation of technologies that are proved to be ineffective and inefficient. At present, the concept of strategic tech abandonment is important to prevent the accumulation of redundant technology in classrooms. Technology can be strategically abandoned when it […]
Managing Your Classroom: Handling Disruptive Students
Managing Your Classroom: Handling Disruptive Students
Teachers may interact with many different types of students – some of which may have behaviors that are disruptive to the classroom. These students can disrupt classes by talking at inappropriate times, not waiting turns, and interrupting others. They may interfere with other students’ participation, and lead the […]
Mobile Learning in Classrooms: Why do we need it?
Mobile Learning in Classrooms
As schools expand their views on the use of smartphones and tablets as tools for stimulating learning, mobile learning, or “M-Learning,” is becoming a reality. Over the years there has been a higher incidence of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and 1:1 computing programs in schools. Let’s look at some […]
Using Punctuated Lectures to Empower Students
Using Punctuated Lectures to Empower Students
A punctuated lecture is a metacognitive strategy that helps students become aware of the behaviors they exhibit during a lecture. These behaviors (fidgeting, daydreaming, distraction) are unconsciously expressed and may impact student learning in the classroom. In becoming self-aware during class, students can begin to take control […]
Setting a Strong Online Password: Student Tips for Internet Safety
Setting Strong Online Passwords: Student Tips for Internet Safety
Among the first lines of defense against digital threats are strong passwords. Educating students on the do’s and don’ts of setting strong passwords can help to safeguard their online privacy and safety.
What’s a Strong Password?
Typically, a password is defined as strong if it is complex […]
Improving Learning through Socratic Seminars
Improving Learning through Socratic Seminars
A Socratic Seminar is an active learning strategy that encapsulates the Socrates model of teaching and learning. Socrates, a Greek philosopher, firmly believed in the power of questions as an effective learning tool, and advocated for inquiry-based learning in classrooms. This strategy helps students gain a deeper understanding of […]
6 Types of Socratic Questions that Stimulate Learning
6 Types of Socratic Questions that Stimulate Learning
What is it?
A technique founded by the late Greek philosopher Socrates, Socratic Questioning is method of using Reflective Questions to draw answers from students.
Purpose of Socratic Questioning:
The primary purpose of Socratic Questioning is to channel and refine student thought processes to challenge their accuracy […]
