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Nujeen wasn't supposed to make it out of Syria, but that's not stopping her dreams.

Adults Education
Nujeen wasn't supposed to make it out of Syria, but that's not stopping her dreams.

Teaching Housing and New Desks for Nalube Primary School

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The Peace Corps is a service opportunity for motivated changemakers to immerse themselves in a community abroad, working side by side with local leaders to tackle the most pressing challenges of our generation. You can help by donating $5 or more to this campaign. Smrt English Ltd will match all donations. Click on the link for more details.

Liberals vs Conservatives

Adults Education
Are Republicans and Democrats different because of biology?

How do you stop online students cheating?

Teachers Education
Here is an article (and a video that doesn't seem to be working) on cheating and online courses from the BBC. Imagine taking a university exam in your own home, under the watchful eye of a webcam or with software profiling your keystrokes or your syntax to see whether it really is you answering the questions. Online university courses have become the Next Big Thing for higher education, particularly in the United States, where millions of students have signed up for courses from some of the most upmarket universities.

Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud

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Educational researcher Sugata Mitra won the 2013 TED Prize. His wish is to build a school in the cloud, where children can explore and learn from one another using on-line resources and collaboration. Dr. Sugata Mitra's Hole in the Wall experiments have shown that children are able to teach themselves and each other without formal teaching, if they're motivated by curiosity and peer interest.

Cambridge English - Need a plan?

Teachers Education
Cambridge has a great website with a teacher zone that has free lesson plans.

What we're learning from online education

Teachers Education
Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. With Coursera (cofounded by Andrew Ng), each keystroke, quiz, peer-to-peer discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed.

Public Webcasts

Teachers Education
EDUCAUSE 2014 Annual conference has sessions that you can view live, or in recorded forms. Topics for the sessions range from "Flipping Out over the Flipped Classroom?" to "Badging to Support Professional Development and Career Building".

Incorporate TED Talks into the Learning Experience

Teachers Education
Take the time to try out TED-Ed and all of the creative features it has. Create lessons to go along with almost any video on YouTube. Ted-Ed will provide a structure for questions and feedback.

Lessons From Finland: What Educators Can Learn About Leadership

Teachers Education
A excerpt from an article written by, Barnett Berry and Ann Bryd, and Alan Wieder that focuses on educators in Finland see themselves as leaders.

Higher Education Strategy Associates

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Daily reflections on issues, trends and data in higher education. Review recent posts and sign up for daily emails.

Does The Current Education Model Make The Grade?

Teachers Education
A panel of experts discuss issues with education and what the future may hold. Watch the debate and have your own discussions with colleagues.

The 13 Most Innovative Schools in the World

Teachers Education
Innovation can look like a lot of things, like incorporating new technology or teaching methods, going on field trips, rejecting social norms or partnering with the local community. It can be a floating school, like the one in Lagos, Nigeria or one blind of gender, like in Stockholm, Sweden.

Student Motivation in EFL

Teachers Education
Sparking student motivation in EFL is an important part of any teacher's function. Effective teachers will make sure that students know WHY they need to learn the language that is the target of the lesson. There are several strategies an instructor can do to drive student motivation in the classroom.

5 Google Resources You Never Knew Existed

Teachers Education
With all the new Edtech resources popping up, it is easy to miss some of the good ones that would be most useful in the classroom.

The Best Websites For Developing Academic Skills and Vocabulary

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The latest from Larry Ferlazzo's collection of The Best....series of lists. This list of academic English resources will help English Language Learners and native-English speakers alike in developing a mastery of academic English.

6 Ed Tech Tools To Try Out

Teachers Education
These are six hand-picked resources for teachers that deserve more attention. These are not all brand-new tools, but each one brings something special to the classroom.