Teach Your Kids

MAY 6, 2025

A couple months ago, I wrote a post entitled “the end of reading,” predicting that in the next couple decades reading would outlive its usefulness and become extinct. Reading has a unique role to play in the world of education. “But, I taught myself to read at the age of two”, you say!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Talk of the metaverse is everywhere, even though the new, more immersive internet isn’t exactly here yet. And it's more than just reading and math. But Socrates knew that having a conversation, a dialogue and experience, is so much better than being lectured at. That's not what real learning is about. Probably not much.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

For more, read part one , and part two. The internet and machine learning is going to totally shake up what education is and how we validate when students have knowledge that we can verify,” argues Tricia Bertram Gallant, director of the Academic Integrity Office at the University of California San Diego.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The internet has become an invaluable resource for students and teachers alike, offering a vast repository of educational materials, research, and collaborative tools. The science of reading is another big piece of modern education. Equity and access are two major issues that continue to shape what education looks like in 2024.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

Though he’s based at Kansas State University, where he is a professor of cultural anthropology, he’s increasingly kind of a professor-at-large on the internet. For this week’s episode, I connected with Wesch to hear about his vision of how to turn online educational videos into what he calls “adventure lectures.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Surprisingly, 15-20% of the population has a language-based learning disability and over 65% of those are deficits in reading. Dyslexia is a condition that affects people of all ages, male and female equally, and causes them to mix up letters and words they read making what for most is a joy-filled act challenging and frustrating.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Even when students are all in the same time zone—such as for most K-12 schools and community colleges—getting to a live online class on time can be challenging for those who live in households where there aren’t enough computers or tablets for every learner, or where the internet connection isn’t robust enough.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

Today, as an associate teaching professor of economics at Penn State in University Park, Pennsylvania, Wooten is on the flip side of the camera; he creates his own short educational videos to enhance traditional reading materials and lectures. I value my lecture time,” says Wooten. “I Review key terms and definitions. “I

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2023

Or read a partial transcript below, condensed and edited for clarity. In the past, any new approach to cheating has spread slowly, often in secret on dark corners of the internet. That’s among the professors open to change, she notes: “The other prevailing mood is terror, thinking ‘This throws everything that I do into chaos.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Surprisingly, 15-20% of the population has a language-based learning disability and over 65% of those are deficits in reading. Dyslexia is a condition that affects people of all ages, male and female equally, and causes them to mix up letters and words they read making what for most is a joy-filled act challenging and frustrating.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

Read part 1 and part 2. And that has led to new teaching practices, mainly flipped classrooms where professors require students to watch video lectures for homework and use class time for more active discussions or hands-on activities. This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2017

We were motivated, we did the extra reading, we understood, we were excited about Foucault, saying “Oh my god, I’ve always wanted to read this. We’ve now been able to put this lie to bed that people can actually shop on Facebook and listen to your lecture and take good notes all simultaneously. This is fantastic.” Most of us.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2023

For example: A review of how companies handle student data by Internet Safety Labs, a nonprofit that tests software products, showed that 96 percent of apps used and recommended by U.S. Our privacy policy is extremely simple: this app collects absolutely NO personal information,” reads the data-privacy policy for ChessTiger, a chess app.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Class warm-up –use an attendance game discussed above as the class warm-up or have students play a keyboarding game, complete a Google Form asking what they remember from yesterday’s lecture, or (for older students) tweet on a targeted topic. An alternative is a class reading program like RAZ-Kids.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Listen to the conversation below, or read a partial transcript, lightly edited for clarity. Do they have internet connections? Del Tufo: Reading is probably the most prevalent one that I see. Students who struggle because they have reading disabilities or struggle to read on a computer screen because of blurred vision.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

MOOCs Recent virtual upstarts, MOOCs—massive open online courses—catapulted onto the global learning stage when Stanford University computer scientists Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig in 2011 came upon the bright idea of streaming their robotics lectures over the Internet. The term MOOC was coined by others in 2008.)

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

will be able to handle college-level reading, and only 25 percent will grasp college-level math. Traditional teacher-centered instructional practices, such as recitation or lectures, have given way to hands-on activities, student-led discussions, ­collaboration and group learning — all hallmarks of personalized learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2022

Similarly, in their earliest days, online courses were basically lectures and readings made digital. Television turned popular radio programs into TV shows like “The Lone Ranger,” “Life of Riley,” and “Jack Benny.” The interactive medium was used for one-way communication, from teacher to student.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

Jenny Billings, Chair of Curriculum English, Developmental Reading, and English and Study skills at Rowan Cabarrus Community College (RCCC) in Salisbury, NC, jumped at the chance to spearhead an e-textbook initiative when the college’s Vice Principal approached her with the idea in 2012. That’s when I knew we had truly succeeded.”.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 20, 2024

Too many online course developers simply read bullet points to their audience when making videos. They project complex graphs that cannot be deciphered, use tiny text that cannot be read, or add multiple images that are too small to see. When I started teaching, I thought teaching was lecturing.” Both images are striking.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 20, 2024

Too many online course developers simply read bullet points to their audience when making videos. They project complex graphs that cannot be deciphered, use tiny text that cannot be read, or add multiple images that are too small to see. When I started teaching, I thought teaching was lecturing.” Both images are striking.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

They arrange cozy reading nooks and construct colorful bulletin boards. Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. We can’t meaningfully listen to the deafening roar of the internet.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Instead of Internet searches or museum excursions, students can hold in their hands accurate representations of fossils, tools, and other artifacts from the past. 3D printing adds new emphasis to the proven theory that hands-on learning is more easily grasped and retained than pencil-and-paper classroom lectures. Final Word.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Surprisingly, 15-20% of the population has a language-based learning disability and over 65% of those are deficits in reading. Dyslexia is a condition that affects people of all ages, male and female equally, and causes them to mix up letters and words they read making what for most is a joy-filled act challenging and frustrating.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. Students claim that instructors aren’t actually teaching, and instructors can face negative reactions to a change in their lecturing methods that were already difficult to create and introduce.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2024

Maybe even a rewarding one (yes, you read that right). Invest in Quality Online Study Resources There’s no reason to study like a monk – the internet is full of diverse study materials that cater to different learning styles , including yours. Use Time-Management Tools Let’s start with the basics: time management.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Listen to the conversation using the player on this page, or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. At the after party I help them with some of the reading. I condense some of the reading and do it orally. Too many of us take it for granted that students are going to have access to the internet. [Or

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

The brains of young children are constantly exposed to stimulation due to smartphones, social media, and the internet,” notes BBN Times contributor Naveen Joshi, founder and CEO of software company Allerin. AR and VR technology can make lectures and books more immersive and interactive, which can reduce distraction.”.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Surprisingly, 15-20% of the population has a language-based learning disability and over 65% of those are deficits in reading. Dyslexia is a condition that affects people of all ages, male and female equally, and causes them to mix up letters and words they read making what for most is a joy-filled act challenging and frustrating.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. At the time, the online cheating business was sort of just kicking off, in the early days of the Wild West internet. It was a lot of big lecture halls and a really bureaucratic system of administration that made it very difficult to get anything done.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2017

OneNote can even tape lectures and then search the recording for keywords. Like many other cross-platform webtools, OneNote can be used offline and will then sync when the Internet is available. This is great for students who don’t have access to the Internet (or WiFi) at home.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2017

Guest author, Emily Clearly over at mysimpleshow has ten more reasons why videos are a great educational tool for your teaching: Videos are in line with the technological times and can be accessed on the Internet at any point, from wherever you are in the world. Education is something that will never go out of style.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2023

For example: A review of how companies handle student data by Internet Safety Labs, a nonprofit that tests software products, showed that 96 percent of apps used and recommended by U.S. Our privacy policy is extremely simple: this app collects absolutely NO personal information,” reads the data-privacy policy for ChessTiger, a chess app.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

If you doubt that, read the quote below from a Harvard professor about the half-life of learned skills. The knowledge typically encompasses highly focused topics such as reading or math or biology. In the 1990s, the popularization of the internet was similarly revolutionary. Demonstrate the Process of Reading With a Highlighter.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

I had a very knowledgeable teacher, but lecture slides were available online, and they covered almost all of the material for the course. This issue is more prevalent today than ever because—thanks to the internet—I have the ability to learn close to anything that I want, by myself, without the high tuition prices and homework.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

You can read part one here. Hardware, internet availability and connectivity, alongside learning materials to support instruction—from age-appropriate books to paper, pencils, glue and scissors—vary substantially from household to household, just as the capacity to provide and respond to these needs varies from one district to the next.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A professor or educator can spend a lecture or semester teaching the curriculum, but if you ask ChatGPT what the biggest takeaways from the war are, it’s possible and likely a learner is provided with even more context and historical facts via the chatbot than what is possible for an instructor to cover from a set curriculum.

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