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by Toni777 Hurricane
Friends and friends. I write to spread this teaching method used by Languagelab. For me it has been a true exchange for nothing. I find it interesting that in the same room are people from China, Pakistan, Italian, French, Brazilian, etc. … The various learning activities in different environments has given me a very good learning. Music lessons at the airport, a zoo, a bank. Adventures in caves, in a theater. Very good. Congratulations to the teachers and support staff. Congratulations to the students. Big hug.
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“..kids who spend time playing video games report more, not less, time for their friends; 65 percent of teens say that they play games with others in the same room, and 76 percent claim they help others while playing and get help too. And they seem to spend more, not less, time on civic engagement than kids past; 44 percent report learning about social problems from their games, 52 percent say they learn about moral and ethical issues from their games, and 43 percent say games help them make decisions about how their community, city, or nation should be run. Absorption in games doesn’t contradict social life, civic engagement, focus, attention, connection with other kids, or collaboration. On the contrary, it seems to promote all of the above..”
— Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn
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Pupils in 3D classes could remember more than the 2D classes after four weeks, improving test scores by an average 17 per cent compared with eight per cent for 2D lessons.
They gave more ‘elaborate’ answers to open-ended tasks and were more likely to ‘think’ in 3D, using hand gestures and ‘mime’ to ‘successfully answer the test questions’.
Writing in The 3D in Education White Paper, Professor Bamford said: ‘The marked improvement in test scores was also supported by qualitative data that showed that 100 per cent of teachers agreed or strongly agreed that 3D animations in the classroom made the children understand things better and 100 per cent of teachers agreed or strongly agreed that the pupils discovered new things in 3D learning that they did not know before.
‘The teachers commented that the pupils in the 3D groups had deeper understanding, increased attention span, more motivation and higher engagement.’
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Merry Xmas!
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“Education is on the brink of the biggest revolution since the invention of writing.” — Walter Russell Mead (via domesday)
(Source: blogs.the-american-interest.com, via infoneer-pulse)
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English City Blog: New experience! -
A beginner students experience of Languagelab.com
When I started studying English at languagelab found it very strange. Despite being trained in information technology and know the distance learning in Brazil I was amazed with this mode. I found it interesting as she knew, as proved to be a true …
“Users will tell you what they think they want.
Users will tell you what they think you want to hear.
Users will tell you what they think sounds good.
Users will not tell you what you need to know.
You have to watch them to discover that.”
— Adam Judge | Quotes on Design (via ninakix)
(via ninakix)
“Traditional classroom-based learning in many cases only services the middle ability students, as if you finish the task quickly and want to look into a topic more intensively you are held up by the class. Conversely, if you are struggling with the topic and want to back track and review a related topic to aid your understanding you do not have time, as the group has moved onto the next topic. So what is the answer to this problem? How can educators account for mixed ability classes and give the best experience to all the learners in a group?”
“A person living anywhere in the world is just a few clicks away from engaging others in debate and discussion of his or her interests. It is both engaging and immersive. If this is done in the target language it can be extremely valuable to the student”
(Source: languagelab.com)