Month: March 2011
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Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education via TED [video]
As an educator, this makes sense to me. In a perfect world, all students would have a computer at home with internet connection. Not only that, they would have parents that support this type of learning. Too often I see cases where there isn't a computer with internet at home, or even if they do, the student has parents that don't care about their child's education that they allow the child to play video games all day long instead of encouraging them to get educated.
That being said, if all my students had a computer with internet connection, and all my students had encouraging parents, I would see how this system would work. It's not only about connecting the home and school environment, but like he said, it's about humanizing the classroom. I see value in student to teacher time, and student to student time. The traditional oneway one-size-fits-all lecture does not work. More schools should consider incorporating such system that allows each student to learn at their own pace, and foster student-teacher time.
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Nikkei Youth Cultural Heritage Program
Japanese Language and Cultural Immersion Experience
July 3 - August 6, 2011 (Application Deadline MARCH 11, 2011)
This program is open to students at any level of the Japanese
language, even those with little or no experience.
Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and have
completed a minimum of one semester of college studies.
Through the Nikkei Youth Cultural Heritage Program you will:
- Explore Japan with new friends from all over the world!
- Learn Japanese Language from an accredited university.
- Earn college credit - check with your college/university.
- Live with two dierent host families.
- Enjoy other classes such as ikebana, shodo and karate!
- SAVE $$$ - with discounted pricing.
For more information or to request an application, contact Aya Ino
at (415) 567-5505 or email aino@jcccnc.org. Hawai`i students can also
contact Denise Park (808) 945-7633 Ext. 27.
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