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I created this blog for my "Didactique de l' anglais" class : it is a course that helps us to learn how to teach a foreign language.
In this blog, I will share news, videos, podcasts (etc) about how to teach and learn with technology. Enjoy !

Monday, April 23, 2012

Why Online Learning Is a Smart Solution, Podcast 1


In this podcast, Suzan Patrick says that the United States spend more money than the other countries in the world (except Switzerland) but there still are huge disparities between kids. Those disparities are based on the neighbourhood they live in, the family's background... It is also because there is a real lack of teachers in some subjects. This last point is really hard to solve. For example, in Georgia, there are 400 high schools and only 89 qualified physics teachers !
That is why, Suzan Patrick says that online classes are a great solution to all those problems. It also give some flexibility and satisfaction to teachers : they feel that they have more than one at one interactions with the children, they can work with every child individually, and use time to support children to work on groups. For the students, it is also a good thing : they are going to be able to take more responsibilities, and to be connected with great teachers.
But to establish online classroom, teachers need to be prepared to teach online : someone has to teach them how it works and how to do their classes on it. 
Online learning is connecting people from all across the country, and even all across the world !
Learning differently in this new modern age
Podcast by Edutopia, The Georges Lucas Educational Foundation - Technology Integration.

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