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Education Is Ripe For Disruption Education is changing worldwide. Technology has had its toll on the way we learn and teach. Policy-makers often fail to live up to their promises,but besides state-run schools and universities many new varieties of learning have sprung up, whether in the form of private tutoring schools, online learning courses, digital…
5 Quick Ways To Bring Languages To Life
Most of the fun of learning a language is the hope that you’ll one day be able to use it to communicate in another country. Having a goal in mind when learning makes the work seem more meaningful and more alive. If you’re looking for ways to help bring a language to life for your…
3 Teaching Ideas For That Last Lesson Before The Holidays
Whether you’re planning to cover a few last minute lessons before finals this semester or planning for next year, including an international holiday study into your curriculum is fun, educational and useful. While the entire semester is filled with lessons of conjugating verbs, learning vocab and grading exams, the holidays are the perfect time to…
Have You seen These Online Teaching Jobs & Tutoring Opportunities?
When I first started teaching, I sort of slid into it. I was on the road to becoming a writer, so I started helping kids with their homework to keep myself from fulfilling the “starving artist” stereotype. It was supposed to be only a part-time job until I won the Pulitzer. Well, okay I didn’t…
Education Is A Cow That Anyone Can Milk
There’s the word: education. And then there’s the actual work of education. But all of too often the twain never meet. Is is unfortunate that while the actual learning conditions in many countries could be a lot better, often the only thing that improves over time are the speeches about education. Talking The Walk And…
3 Teaching Skills For The 21st Century
There are many skills the educator of the future is going to need. Notably, these include technical skills such as building and maintaining a webpage, using VoiP technology, Social Media, etc. But this is only the beginning! Being technology-savvy, as important as it may seem, is not really a skill for itself. It’s simply a…