15 June 2018Patrick McGrath
Collaboration. Creativity. Critical thinking. Essential skills for today’s students, and it’s important that we include opportunities within learning to encourage and develop these skills. Technology in our classrooms has provided us with new ways to engage pupils in learning; new ways to allow them to explore their subject and new ways to work together. Our pupils are living in a digital world and classrooms are adapting.
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15 June 2018 Barbara Landsberg
If you visited our booth or attended one of our sessions at EduTech Sydney, you will know we ran an online competition - for attendees to post their key learnings from the sessions on the hashtag #EdTechWinAU. I thought I’d share some of these with you.
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13 June 2018Kristine Scharaldi, Education Consultant
This week we have another guest blog post from Kristine Scharaldi, an education consultant and instructional coach with a specialization in the fields of educational technology, Mind-Brain-Education, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and 21st Century Skills/Global Education.
Summertime learning does not have to look like school learning to be valuable. Instead of working through a packet of worksheets, kids can spend time doing activities that they are interested in while developing literacy in authentic ways. The freedom and flexibility that summer brings opens up added possibilities for informal, exploratory, and playful learning. Here are suggestions to encourage students to continue reading and writing while in “summer mode”.
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12 June 2018Patrick McGrath
English as an additional language learners are an increasingly significant part of our classrooms. So too, of course, is technology.
The question then is how do we marry the two and ensure we deliver effective practice with technology? How do we select tools and develop strategies for EAL pupils?
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05 June 2018Patrick McGrath
“Be better. Little changes can be a really big deal. So try doing something just a tiny bit better. It all adds up.”
That’s a quote written on the wall of the Texthelp offices - the wall I face most days. Taken at a glance, sometimes it can feel like one of those cheesy motivational quotes we all have in our schools and offices. Think about it a little longer though and you’ll realise it’s a very powerful message.
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30 May 2018Deena Kimmel, Marketing Specialist
With the ISTE 2018 Conference less than a month away, it's all things ISTE here at Texthelp. If you're planning on attending and want to learn more about Texthelp or our products, here is a helpful guide to all of the Texthelp activities that are going on at #ISTE18!
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