Posts tagged information age
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A Language Carries An Entire Culture On Its Back
I like to say, language begins from personal experience. As little children, we learn from others how to identify objects around us. Repetition of words occurs in the context of what things in the family home are called. Language, however, does not end at our personal experiences. Through allegory, comparison, and, as we get older,…
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The Benefits of Private Online Classes – a personal report
In the last decade that I have been working at a private school in Berlin I had the great privilege of being able to observe, experiment and thus learn a lot about how to teach languages, what works, what doesn’t and most importantly why certain strategies work better than others. I did receive formal training…
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Education: A Key, Not A Cage
I believe that language is a key to knowledge, not a cage within which to confine the learner’s mind. This essay is dedicated to exploring the issue of education in modern America. A new book by education historian Diane Ravitch called The Death and Life of the Great American School System is only the latest…
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Media Literacy Awareness [VIDEO]
A big part of being a teacher today (whether online or offline) involves being “fluent” in contemporary media and adapting to its quick-paced development; Whereas a century ago teachers had to deal with mostly written media, nowadays this is not enough. We find ourselves living in an intricate network of all kinds of media, both…
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“Rescue the Princess”: The Psychology and Neuroscience of Social Media in the Generation Gap of Digital Natives & Immigrants
Working with students and teachers from all over the world in different timezones, I have recently stumbled upon the fact, that our sleeping patterns as “digital natives” might severely differ from those of earlier generations; Not only state, but also night&day boundaries are becoming more and more fluid as the “global village” strengthens its ties….
