Written by: Jessa Laure Anne Palo Now that your class is set up for blogging, the next thing you have to think of is what your students should be blogging about. Simply saying that they should post anything they want or their interests sometimes makes your students more stumped. As a teacher, you should know the range of your class’ interests and things that they know. There are various uses for your students’ blog aside from…
Written by: Jessa Laure Anne Palo The classroom life is becoming more technology-focused. Slowly, technology is becoming a platform used in the academe for various school activities. Instead of technology distracting the students, it is used as a tool for encouraging them to participate. According to Ellison & Wu’s (2008) study, students put more effort on inserting their own style when writing for a different audience aside from their teacher. As one of the participants said,…
Written by: Jessa Laure Anne Palo Since 1994, the World Teacher’s Day has been celebrated on October 5 to honor the men and women who influenced our lives and taught us what we know. On her article, Marina Benipayo, a mom and a lecturer at the School of Fashion and Arts (SoFA), said that her unforgettable professor chose to be the villain to bring out the hero in her students. We may sometimes misunderstand our teachers,…
Written by: Jessa Laure Anne Palo Lesson plan is a teacher’s blueprint on how the lesson should go. It contains the topic’s objective, activities, and evaluation rubrics. With a lesson plan in hand, grading student’s performance is kept fair, the teacher’s confidence and professionalism are established and the lesson’s flow is controlled. Having a lesson plan on every class is necessary, but making one can be dreadful. In an article by Daily Mail Online, 70% of…
Written by: Jessa Laure Anne Palo It is not easy to get good grades in school. Everyone finds it difficult to cope up with their studies, even for your class’ topnotchers (though they might not admit it). Even if you do understand the lesson, you still have to do extra learning through finishing your homework and projects. Straight-A students struggle with school as well, but what keeps them on the top of the roster? What are…
Written by: Jessa Laure Anne Palo Ever blamed your alarm clock for being late in class? Ever rushed to school without eating taking breakfast? Or thought hard on what excuse to tell your teacher once you reached school? Even though there’s no concrete numbers of tardy students worldwide, everyone had experienced those at some point of their life. It’s amazing how grown-ups seem to master the skill of waking up early. Here are some tips to…
Written by: Jessa Laure Anne Palo With all the advanced technologies available these days, their integration to different industries is inevitable. As for the academe that once resisted to adopt modern trends, its on-going merging with technological innovations is encompassing the traditional setting of learning, specifically inside the classroom. According the Educause’s 2013 study, 76% of undergraduates said that technology helps them achieve academic outcomes and prepare of future educational plans, while 61% of them said…
