(excerpts) What if we taught like an iphone? Apple doesn’t try to anticipate my needs. Instead, it built a phone that is flexible enough that I can make it fit my needs. In the days of DVR’s that allow you to watch TV when and how you want, and Pandora radio that lets you create [...]
keep reading →Rosetta Stone can be, in some ways, more personal and helpful than a classroom experience.
Many students will appreciate the pacing of the program. It provides as much time as needed to answer a question, but changes the type of question frequently enough so as not to bore.
The program is designed so that regardless [...]
keep reading →In another step forward for differentiated instruction, Carnegie Learning reports that Hazelwood School District, near St. Louis, Missouri, has purchased Carnegie Learning Bridge to Algebra textbooks and software for 900 ninth grade students in the District’s three high schools.
The program is designed to prepare high school students who lack the prerequisites necessary for Algebra [...]
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