Why At Risk Students Fail at Math
I saw this tweet the other day, and it quoted a failure rate that is both alarming and familiar:
There seems to be this persistent “30%” of students who never seem to do well in math, despite a
Plugging in to At Risk Minds
The first time I read Christi’s beautiful writing I nearly cried.
Christi (I’ve changed her name) had come from Institutional Services after attacking her teacher with a fork. It was the end of the line for her. We took her into our blended learning program thinking (to be perfectly honest) that she wouldn’t last a week.
The 3 Biggest Myths about Online Learning
A common (and completely wrong) assumption about online learning is that simply putting a kid in front of a computer will make them shiver with excitement at whatever you are trying to teach them. In fact, you have pretty stiff competition from everything ELSE they’re doing online. Trust me on this one, your lesson on
Wired Minds
… Their brains are wired for immediate access in a way that many of us cannot even fathom. Their home is probably more set up technologically than most IT Centres. They get frustrated watching us fumble around with a Windows machine and try to make things work.
Scott Schwertly, Ethos3