Schools can go green by deploying rooftop solar systems or tapping into wind energy projects by using a model that requires little to no upfront costs and can result in annual savings related to powering a facility.
When we are effective, the majority of kids are learning and getting what they need, goals and objectives are achieved, and we teachers feel an incredible sense of accomplishment.
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all
Aristotle
[Students] may be experts in entertaining themselves online, but they know almost nothing about educating themselves online.
Educators say the transition from notebook to Macbook will help students excel. “Whether it’s a Mac or a PC, that’s not the point. It’s getting equipment in the students’ hands to help them learn,” Hofer said.
When devising ways to beat school policing software, students showed an exemplary capacity for self-directed learning. Too bad that capacity didn’t expand in academic directions, too.
Stross, Randall. “Computers at Home: Educational Hope vs. Teenage Reality.” The New York Times – Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. 7 July 2010. Web. 19 July 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/business/11digi.html?_r=1>.
I don’t know that we ever teach kids how to fail and how to continue from that point,” she said.
Gibson,Caitlin. “16 Loudoun teachers serve as interns to bolster classroom lessons with actual job experience.” Washington Post. Sunday, July 18, 2010.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Aristotle
Students are expected to work until the end of the period.