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View Article‘A is for Ampere’ Teaching Kids Electronics with Adafruit
A new web series for teaching kids all about electronics ‘Circuit Playground’ has just been launched by online electronics learning website Adafruit. The first video ‘A is for Ampere’, features a...
View ArticleQuadblogging: For classroom and student blogs
Classroom and individual student blogs are a popular way of getting students to express themselves, be creative, generate dialogue, increase literacy and teach collaboration. But, there it can be...
View ArticlePerks and drawbacks of Massive Open Online Courses
This interesting video from Stephen Roth discusses the perks and drawbacks of MOOCs, Massively Open Online Courses. These types of courses are becoming more and more popular, but how feasible is...
View ArticleGame based language learning using the Wii and electronic dancemats
Game-based learning has been used in language classrooms for many years, but the availability of motion sensing devices has opened up a whole new world of learning for students. This video from...
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Sir Ken Robinson delivers yet another fantastic TED Talk and tells us how to escape the educational “death valley” we now face. He outlines three principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — and...
View ArticleTaking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School
The Institute of Medicine have produced a new report that examines the status of physical activity and physical education efforts in schools and what can be done to help schools get students to become...
View ArticleTackling the Maths Problem in Ireland
Ireland is one of many countries trying to instigate reform in their math syllabus. The problems of the old teaching method were that students memorized formulas and learned how to solve math problems...
View Article3D Printing & Remote Laboratories – NMC Report
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