No Baking Soda Volcanoes Here: 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
- At May 20, 2013
- By Lindsay Bellino
Last week, 1600 of the world’s brightest high school scientists made their way to the desert in Phoenix, AZ to participate in the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. We had a chance to walk through the exposition and check out some of the projects from these smartypants, and let [...]
Read More»5 Best Practices for Creating Authentic Learning Experiences
Last Thursday, we had such a great time with all of the educators that joined us for our webinar on Introducing the 5 Best Practices for Creating Authentic Learning Experiences. Thank you again to everyone who participated. In case you missed the webinar, we’ve included the slideshow and links to resources that will help you implement authentic [...]
Read More»International Women’s Day – Inspiring Students to Become Agents of Change
- At March 8, 2013
- By Lindsay Bellino
Growing up as a girl in a suburban town in the United States, I never had anyone tell me there was anything I couldn’t do or achieve. I was lucky to have been born into a family and community where I was taught that as a woman, I was to be treated no differently from [...]
Read More»5 Easy Ways to Quickly Build Your Personal Learning Network
Last Thursday, we had such a great time with Jeff Bradbury and all of the educators that joined us for our webinar on 5 Easy Ways to Build Your Personal Learning Network (PLN). Thank you again to everyone who participated. We want to be sure that everyone in the OLE Community has the ability to [...]
Read More»OLE Chats with Jeff Bradbury from TeacherCast
Back in July of 2011, while working as a high school orchestra and music theory teacher in Philadelphia, Jeff Bradbury single-handedly started TeacherCast, a teacher resources website and podcast series. In just over a year, TeacherCast has grown an organic following of over 400,000 people, and it continues to grow. I recently sat down with [...]
Read More»Teacher Appreciation Day: Have we told you lately that we love you?
- At May 7, 2012
- By Lindsay Bellino
Well, we do! As a small token of our appreciation, we decided to donate funds to three classroom projects on DonorsChoose.org. We spend a lot of time here at OLE thinking about how we can improve teaching and learning. Inevitably, our efforts mean nothing without the real agents of change in the classroom: teachers. With [...]
Read More»What Everybody Should Know About the Flipped Classroom
- At April 5, 2012
- By Lindsay Bellino
What is the Flipped Classroom anyway? Flip Learning leverages new technology and ways to consume information to invert, or flip, traditional learning environments. Lectures that were previously delivered in class are now sent home as videos for students to watch before coming to class. Activities that were typically assigned as homework are now conducted in [...]
Read More»OLE at NSTA Indianapolis
Pearson Online Learning Exchange will be attending the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference in Indianapolis, IN, from March 29–April 1, 2012. What’s OLE Doing at NSTA? When: Thursday, March 29 3:30–5:00 p.m. Where: Indiana Convention Center, 134 What: Chuck McMillan, a Pearson science curriculum specialist, will be presenting the workshop Online Learning Exchange, Powered [...]
Read More»2012 OLE Election Series
Coming March 1st, 2012 As most social studies teachers know, the year 2012 offers a once-in-a-lifetime—well, maybe once every four years—teachable moment in democracy. The presidential election year is the perfect opportunity to engage students in authentic real-world learning activities, and we want to be a part of that. We are excited to announce the [...]
Read More»Possible Cancer Cure Discovered by High School Student
Have your students ever complained that learning science in school is irrelevant? Have they ever said something like this: “Everything has already been invented already, so what’s the point?” Well, perhaps a seventeen-year-old high school student from Cupertino, California, can prove otherwise. Angela Zhang, otherwise a typical American teenager, began working on a cure for [...]
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