Integrating Technology to Learn Math and Science

Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) can be defined as the phenomenon that is continuously redefining the domain of e-learning. According to Wikipedia definition, Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) are systems that help learners take control of and manage their own learning. This includes providing support for learners to: set their own learning goals  manage their learning, both content and process  communicate with others in the process of learning  As per this article ,  The term Personal Learning Environment (PLE) describes the tools, communities, and services that constitute the individual educational platforms learners use to direct their own learning and pursue educational goals. Since last few years, there is an increasing attention towards Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) as an effective framework to support lifelong learners. PLEs also implies to the personal collections of tools and resources a person assembles to support his or he...

In this post, I am again going to refer to the parents and teachers regarding one of the latest trends in K-12 education, “flipping the classroom.” The model better known as ‘ Flipped classroom ’ needs no introduction, in the education community.   In the simplistic form, flipping the classroom means teacher provides their lessons as homework to the students; that implies much of the direct instruction is sent home, and the homework is done at the school. The homework (lectures or the  learning material) is in the form of videos, podcasts or audio lessons and can be seen or heard on the computer, iPads, cell phone or television. The aim of flipping the classroom is varied ranging from the introduction, exploring, reviewing the topics/lessons, and also to supplement the classroom experience/material. It also provides the opportunity to the students to rewind or re-watch the lessons. This helps to create more classroom time   that can be used for in-depth discus...

I have encountered so many parents complaining and worrying that their child does not seem interested in studying; all he or she does is sit in front of computer playing games or watching videos. Sometimes they overlook the fact that in an era where our lives are so interwoven with technology, incorporating technology for their learning is certainly the best bet. And that is what our education system is thriving for; as its vision is to create an effective learning community with the wise use of technology. So parents, if you see your child sitting in front of computer, ipad, doing a video recording or playing with latest apps for his school work, certainly he or she is a 21st century learner. A 21st century learner has higher digital literacy, is a natural thinker, creative, communicative, and is a good collaborator; whereby he/she has got the freedom to show the innate qualities, as well as to monitor his/her own learning, be able to set goals and most importantly they learn by...

Just happened to run across the news entitled Valve introduces 'Teach with Portals'   yesterday, question I pondered was, what is it? After some research I found that Portal 2 is a gaming platform developed by Valve studios to teach students basically the concepts of physics but also extends  to maths, chemistry, engineering and language arts. Based on Valve’s best-selling game, Portal 2, it is free educational collection of puzzles and teacher-created content that helps to build an innovative curriculum.  Vow part is that it also offers free lesson plans for teachers. All they have to do is to do a sign-up process for the summer beta and once approved by the education team, they are ready to go!  I could not stop myself from exploring the lesson plans in Physics based on this amazing world of gaming. Here is the sneak-peak at the descriptions of summary of few lesson plans- On Specific velocity - Students will have freedom in this lesson to build a puzzle that...