July 2012 Blog Posts (2)

What would happen to Education if paper and pencil were banned?

The very simple answer is that Education would finally move into the 21st Century.

Look at today's preschool children. The iPad has become their busy box. They are confused at paper magazines that do not scroll to touch. They can have relatively complex conversations and they understand pictures and icons. They are on cell phones and would soon learn to text just as they learned to speak and listen. And these children come to school in a 21st Century environment. And then, we…

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Added by Robert Zenhausern on July 7, 2012 at 11:21am — No Comments

Foreign Films in the Classroom

I am taking a Film class that focuses on using media in connection with the school curriculum. My interest is in Foreign Films and hope to synthesize the films with reading material and writing prompts in a community college English setting. I am seeking any sources that I could use for both a paper and eventually in my own classes.

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Added by Lynn Eager on July 1, 2012 at 5:32pm — 1 Comment