Month: Jun 2020

Learning in lockdown – an international perspective
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Learning in lockdown – an international perspective

As educators in Australia return to face-to-face teaching, and schools around the world grapple with new ways of working to provide continuing support to students during the pandemic restrictions, readers have been getting in touch to tell us what’s been happening in their own context. This week, Teacher is sharing some of those stories. In this second article, Kate Hill – an Australian teacher from Melbourne currently … Continue reading Learning in lockdown – an international perspective

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Researching Education: Five further readings on creative thinking
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Researching Education: Five further readings on creative thinking

Welcome to this month’s edition of Researching education: Five further readings. In this series, we take a look at some further readings available on a particular topic, including open access research papers from various online databases, and Teacher archive content you might not have come across yet. Creativity has been earmarked as one of the most crucial 21st Century skills to teach students. It allows our students to be able to … Continue reading Researching Education: Five further readings on creative thinking

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Implementing a structured writing program
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Implementing a structured writing program

Students at Southbank International School in London are encouraged to use a ‘Magpie Book’ when they are reading or listening so that when they hear a good word, or phrase, or simile, they can write it down. According to Head of Upper Primary and Grade 4 teacher, Stefanie Waterman, a Magpie Book is essentially a spiral notebook that students carry around with them that is filled … Continue reading Implementing a structured writing program

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Globally, there is no improvement: WHO warns that the pandemic is getting worse in the world and has a "very significant" resurgence in Europe
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Globally, there is no improvement: WHO warns that the pandemic is getting worse in the world and has a “very significant” resurgence in Europe

The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening globally as the number of infected will reach 10 million next week and the world will exceed 50,000 deaths, warned the director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. . The latest data indicates that the coronavirus pandemic is hitting hard in the United States, with a significant increase in cases in the south and west of the … Continue reading Globally, there is no improvement: WHO warns that the pandemic is getting worse in the world and has a “very significant” resurgence in Europe

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The keys to iOS 14: the best features that will come to the iPhone
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The keys to iOS 14: the best features that will come to the iPhone

That Apple tends to go more to its ball, that is evident. The American company has defended in recent years that its policy has not changed: build on what is built. This commendable philosophy has led him, many times, to be a second when it comes to introducing his novelties to the market. As every year, the WWDC developer conference is the chosen setting to present the great updates of … Continue reading The keys to iOS 14: the best features that will come to the iPhone

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Coronavirus: Situation Worsens in the United States, EU Plans to Ban US Travelers
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Coronavirus: Situation Worsens in the United States, EU Plans to Ban US Travelers

The situation is reversed. As the EU prepares to reopen its external borders on July 1 to a list of countries that have mastered the coronavirus pandemic , a major nation is not among them, according to the New York Times  : The United States . The list, which is not yet finalized and could still evolve, should be published by the end of the week. Last March, Donald Trump had suspended all trips from Europe. But as the … Continue reading Coronavirus: Situation Worsens in the United States, EU Plans to Ban US Travelers

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Brooklyn Secret: at a crossroads
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Brooklyn Secret: at a crossroads

With her 3rd film, Brooklyn Secret , Isabel Sandoval is interested in the journey of a Filipina who is trying to find her place in the United States and more generally in the world. The quest for paper is followed by a quest for identity that is never revengeful and of very fine subtlety. A fantastic woman As Chris refused to give his dead name in Work in progress, Olivia remains … Continue reading Brooklyn Secret: at a crossroads

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New technologies are a threat but also an opportunity
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New technologies are a threat but also an opportunity

What will the 21st century be made of? Many tasks will be taken care of by computers, which already do everything that is repetitive and which become capable of learning and adjusting, like driving a car. The wheel will turn to the detriment of those who have obsolete qualifications Robotics, artificial or digital intelligence (we no longer say computer science, it seems) are regularly presented as the … Continue reading New technologies are a threat but also an opportunity

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Coronavirus: A climbing R0, localized reconfiguration ... Should we be worried about the situation in Germany?
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Coronavirus: A climbing R0, localized reconfiguration … Should we be worried about the situation in Germany?

Germany announced Tuesday for the first time a local reconfiguration in the face of the eruption of a major outbreak of contamination from the largest slaughterhouse in Europe. A decision following a rather disturbing report from the Robert Koch institute stating that the contamination rate had increased significantly. Difficult to say for the moment if this information from across the Rhine should cause concern in … Continue reading Coronavirus: A climbing R0, localized reconfiguration … Should we be worried about the situation in Germany?

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