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Research Tips and Pointers
This is a follow up to my previous post, Two Steps Towards a Killer Presentation. So, we all know that in order to make a presentation awesome, the content has to be as well, it’s just as simple as that. Your presentation could be as interesting as the Mona Lisa, a Michael Bay film, or […]
Creativity in the Classroom
I have always been a large supporter of creativity. I am always excited when I have the chance to express myself or my thoughts through any means. I Also think that creativity really helps with learning. When you are able to apply your own ideas or thoughts to your learning, I think it really helps […]
No Magic Presenting Rule
In our class, we talk about presenting a lot (as you can probably tell from the past blog posts). Most of the time we discuss various “secret rules” to giving a great presentation. Recently, we read a small section of a book about keeping your ideas “sticky” AKA interesting and memorable. While reading about how telling […]
Unorthodox Teaching Methods
Many, if not all of you, are familiar with the regular teaching regime at schools. We have all, at some point in our lives, been lectured and then expected to take notes. I, in particular, have grown rather fond of that old method of teaching. Learning was easy. All you had to do was listen […]
Mental Intensity and Effort
October 23, 2012 by perryfreerg
It is the most common thing people say to me in sports and in school, “come on, all it takes is a little more mental intensity or effort”. I spend seventy five percent or more of my day or more doing these two activities. I go to school from eight in the morning till three […]
Time Management Techniques
October 22, 2012 by carolyn0201
Time management is a large part of my life, especially because I play two sports at a time for most of the school year. Most nights during the winter and spring, I don’t get home until after 9:30. My busy lifestyle is something that has caused me to come up with effective techniques to manage […]
Technology in Education
Throughout the world today, technology, such as electronics, is becoming much more dependent by many human beings. The internet is becoming a resource both used to find useful information almost instantly, and to actually save/let the public see information that you’ve worked on. At the school I attend, we have been assigned to actually create […]
Working In Groups
When faced with the option whether to work with a group or solo, it is likely I would chose to work in a group. The reason for this is because I like having a second opinion on whatever it may be I’m doing whether it’s a project or a paper. However just like anything there […]
Balancing the Onslaught of Technology with Productivity
October 15, 2012 by meredith1226
Personally, I’ve been in a bit of a slump. Everything outside seems gloomy since the rain came, and everything inside seems to have some correlation to work. The only problem is that there appears to be a constant stream of work to do that so overwhelming that I just want to procrastinate all of it. […]
Inception: The Key to a Good Presentation
On July 16, 2010, something changed. Maybe the wind blew differently, compasses pointed south, or cats barked. However, even if those things did occur, they wouldn’t matter, for something huge was happening. Across the world, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to their theaters, paid twelve dollars, and then sat with their popcorn, as Leonardo […]
Success
October 11, 2012 by Scott DiBenedetto
“A lot of people in this world, search endlessly for some complex magical formula to understand why some people are successful and why others are not”. (Jaret Grossman) Michael Jordan is still the best basketball player to this day. People tend to think they could never even match up to his standards a lot of […]
Evolving Perspectives
For every year of my life, past five years old, I have played soccer. Soccer has almost become a religion, playing year-round, sometimes on two teams at the same time. Even when I played basketball in the winter I would be playing soccer. As I arrived in high-school last year, the previous varsity goalkeeper decided […]
The Fight Against Procrastination
Procrastination is an epidemic blazing its way across not only the youth of America, but every person in the world. Procrastination as defined by Merriam-Webster’s dictionary is to put off intentionally and habitually. I’ve got to admit that I have been guilty of procrastination in the past, and I’m sure I’ll do it again in […]
Global Connections Through Blogging
October 10, 2012 by lisalisalisa123
Talking to people from all over the world may seem like an odd concept when we live and surround our days with humans right in front of us. Why would we want to go out of our way to talk to people far away? However, talking to people who weren’t brought up in a similar […]
Working With Friends
At the beginning of the new school year, we were introduced to our new class, called Age of Exploration. When our teacher explained the class to us, is was different then what we used to. He talked about this new way of learning, where we the students, actually did all the research, and our job was […]
Friends
October 9, 2012 by collinscal
Hey guys, I read a blog post (http://modernworldhistorians.wordpress.com/wp-comments-post.php) that talked about how sitting with friends leads to being counterproductive. This really interested me, so I started to look more into it. I personally believe that mixing your personal life and your academic life is harmless to an extent. Sometimes, even, it can spur more production, […]
D E S I G N your words.
In the modern world so much information is available at our fingertips with a simple Google search. However, we are becoming more and more accustomed to instant gratification, which means we want our information faster, simpler, now. Thus, the interactive and engaging presentation is becoming a vital tool to teach and share information. But how […]
Partnering to Make a Difference
October 8, 2012 by shannon12711
Recently I have been actively learning about creating a new relationship between teachers and their students. I have read articles and watched videos about people describing the positive change a partnership has made. On the first project I took part in this year I was researching the age of Reformation this was the first time […]
Globalization
October 5, 2012 by lilysam1234
Recently I have been commenting sporadically on other blog posts and articles. Today I found a blog about “Globalization: Friend or Foe?” from the OSG’s Global Issues Blog. The main point about this article was whether or not all of the products that we get from other countries is a good thing or a bad […]
Partnering Pedagogy: Making a Difference
October 5, 2012 by catherine1017
During the first week of school I was very skeptical about how well the partnering pedagogy would work. I debated switching out of Age of Ex and into Medieval World, which is another more traditional history course that is offered at OES. The first project in Age of Ex got introduced and I felt swamped. […]
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November 8, 2012 by graybealj
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