Pres. Aquino Signs Enhanced Basic Education Act

“Basic education shall be delivered in languages understood by the learners as the language plays a strategic role in shaping the formative years of learners. For kindergarten and the first three (3) years of elementary education, instruction, teaching materials and assessment shall be in the regional or native language of the learners. The Department of …

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CISCO: BYOD in Education At-A-Glance

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Disclaimer: thelearningplace.ph does not in any manner endorse the following CISCO approach to the Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) Solution in Education; CISCO’s BYOD just happens to be readily available for illustrative purposes. – JP   The Cisco Bring-Your-Own-Device Solution for Education: Getting Mobile Devices Simply and Securely Connected For teachers, school districts, and the IT professionals who support education, Bring …

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Reflections From Two Years of Khan Academy in the Classroom

Shantanu Sinha President, Khan Academy Posted at the HuffingtonPost.com, 09/27/2012   It has been two years since we first started working with schools to see how Khan Academy can support teachers and students in the classroom. We started off modestly with three teachers in Los Altos School District (LASD). The initial results were exciting, and the movement …

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Jesse Schell: The Art of Game Design — A Book of Lenses

[For those daring young souls out there interested in the art of game (as in video game) design and have dreams of becoming game designers, Jesse Schell's book is presented here to help you have a peek behind the lenses (mirrors) of the art itself.]   By Jesse Schell   About the Author: Jesse Schell …

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Khan Academy Vision

Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy, provides what is remarkably the simplest illustration of how “mastery” of any idea or concept may be obtained — which is in essence the guiding vision of Khan Academy as an educational resource or tool. Khan was recently featured in Time magazine in an article entitled, Reboot the School. …

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