Image via Wikipedia Report card time used to be one of the most stressful periods of a kid’s life. Bringing home that report card could mean a grounding or a reward, depending on the performance. Today’s parents often have a much greater ability to track the grades of their children. As more and more schools [...]
Classroom Innovation: Computers
It was once a collection of pages, the gather of ink and stale recitations. Knowledge was bound to books, and classrooms were bound therefore to dull expectations. Students couldn’t absorb information (if only because they couldn’t interact with it). The lack of relevancy made an education difficult to achieve. The introduction of instructional technology has [...]
Online Classes at Home, Right in your Lap
Many people young and old are turning to the Internet to continue their education. In the fast-paced world of technological advances, college students and those choosing to return to school choose the convenience of taking courses online, as opposed to taking classes on campus. Many people learn better and can concentrate more with fewer distractions, [...]
Learning Matters, so Take it Seriously
Image by Getty Images via @daylife When it comes to learning, too many people just do what they have to do in order to get by. They don’t take it seriously, and they don’t think they’ll really use it once they graduate. After they get out into the real world, they soon find that they [...]
Cutting-edge College: 6 Reasons Online Colleges Are Great
Image by cdelondon via Flickr If you’re a college student or are considering becoming one, you’ve likely heard about online college courses before. If not, the short explanation is this: using web sites such as elearners.com, you can enroll in college classes, attend college classes, and graduate college with degrees of various types, all via [...]