Issues+in+Education

Issues & Trends in Education

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Motivation: The Deciding Factor
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Read this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education:

Why Don't Students Study Anymore?

A fascinating article with research cited by a college professor of chemistry: THE NEW GENERATIONS: STUDENTS WHO DON’T STUDY

Read this interesting article from American Thinker:

Motivating Students, or Why Big Bird Must Die

Technology in the Classroom--Are you a digital native??
Ipads make inroads in the Triangle
 * Local Schools are featured in this N&O Article: **

Technology in the World Language Classroom
 * This is a new site I recently found by a language teacher--lots of excellent resources: **

BLOG IT!
 * Blogging in the Foreign Language Classroom: **This is an excellent website about how to implement blogs in the FL classroom, as presented by Tracey Waid & Selena Jiménez from Mooresville HS at FLANC.

Blended Learning: Blending Technology with traditional teaching methods <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">This is very exciting!! I'm eager to try to "flip" my classroom! <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Bobby Hobgood's Blended Learning Page & Info

Blended Learning auf Deutsch
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Blended Learning in German! **

Electronic Education: Flipping the Classroom
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Interesting Article on Flipping the classroom from the Economist: **

<span style="color: #ab2626; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Cheating In Our Schools: What is happening? What should we do?

 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Educators say academic dishonesty is widespread at all grade levels, with students cheating on tests, plagiarizing from Internet Web sites and copying homework. North Carolina is mentioned several times, from researchers at UNC-CH and researchers in Durham. **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Read the article by Kathy Koch: **

[|High Tech Cheating on the Rise at Schools] [|A Cheating Crisis in America's Schools]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Repor ****<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">t from CBS News: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Report from ABC News: **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Article from U.S.News & World Report:
[|One Third of Teens Use Cellphones to Cheat]

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Everybody Does It:Academic cheating is at an all-time high. Can anything be done to stop it? **
[|Everybody Does It] [|Most High-School Students Cheat]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Article from Live Science: **

[|The Partnership for 21st Century Skills]
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">21st Century Skills--Commitment to the future of students' education: **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student. **

[|North Carolina Center for 21st Century Skills]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Link to the NC Center for 21st Century Skills: **

[|Foreign Language Learning and Special Needs Children]
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Students with Special Education and Learning a Second Language **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Should student with learning disabilities learn a second language? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Read more: **

[|The Instant Access Treasure Chest]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The Foreign Language Teacher's Guide to Learning Disabilities: **

[|Assisting Students with Foreign Language Learning Difficulties in School]
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">LD Online: The World's Leading Website on learning disabilities and ADHD **