There is no doubt that technology is impacting the structure of education. However, in contrast to the teachers and educators in the room, children do not need a lesson on how to use the gadgets.
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Edtech Pedagogy
Blended learning is the application of education content in the classroom through the use of multiple technologies. In many ways it is supposed to help more learners reach their full potential.
The Mother Tongue Argument
…it is the answer to reading for meaning.
I am a parent and I cannot read
“I am a parent and I cannot read…but I want my child to graduate one day.” I do not know a single African household that does not understand or empathize with this statement. We have parents that cannot read.
When novels got boring – we had Britannica!
I come from a world of academic privilege, in our house we had books and access. When novels got boring, we had a range of Britannica’s. Our greatest fear was my Dad asking us to look up a reference, in the great big Britannica. He would keep us researching a single topic for hours, knitting together the sequence of things.
Education: Psychosocial Support
The classroom is a blueprint for life. In the healthiest environments, all of these personalities are visible in the classroom. All of these personalities come to class at the same time and as teachers we are in the unfortunate position of having to deal with them at the same time.