Internetfonden och Webbstjärnan utlyser för andra året medel till pedagoger i grundskolan och gymnasiet som vill utveckla öppna digitala lärresurser. Syftet är att underlätta utvecklingen av undervisning och lärande med hjälp av IT samt att uppmuntra till att bygga vidare på varandras tankar, idéer och erfarenheter.

Sabine Louvet är lärare på Äppelviksskolan i Bromma. Hon har tagit sitt engagemang för matematik och NO-ämnena långt utanför klassrummet. Hon har tatueringar som föreställer en miniräknare och en dna-spiral. Dessutom medverkar hon i en podcast om skolan och som programledare för ett matteprogram i tv (webb-radio).

Michael F. Ruffini, a professor of educational technology at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, provides an explanation of the flipped classroom and its alternative, which offers the best of the flipped class and traditional face-to-face instruction, the face/flip.

The popularity of online tutoring continues to grow, supported by students and their families who say the programs offer convenient, affordable options for accessing academic help. There are a number of sites available, many of which offer feedback, guidance and the ability for students to receive personalized attention.

Today's students would benefit from being given writing assignments across all disciplines, author and educator Katherine McKnight argues in this blog post. "Writing every day, in every class, encourages students to read, analyze and create arguments across content, applying the valuable skill of evidence-based thinking in every subject area," she writes.

A study in the journal Child Development showed that babies raised bilingual had better recognition of familiar images compared with their monolingual counterparts. Researchers also found that bilingual babies paid closer attention to new images than babies exposed to one language.

Companies need to understand what makes a great boss before they start hiring or promoting people into leadership positions, writes S. Chris Edmonds. Identifying key talents such as assertiveness, accountability and relationship-building is the first step toward hiring people who have those traits. "Without a set of 'great boss' standards, companies put people into leadership…

Alan Dyson, professor i utbildningsvetenskap, menar att en elev som anses behöva särskilt stöd inte ska ses som en avvikelse som behöver specialundervisning. Istället ska man anpassa skolan så att den blir mindre svår för eleven (webb-tv).

Whether you are a new teacher or you have a new class, getting to know students can be daunting – but it doesn’t need to be.

A new term means new teaching group. Here are three ways to help your class to get along by creating a learning community.

From the start of the new term, children as young as five will be learning programming skills in the classroom.

Scans and neuroscience are helping scientists understand what happens to the brain when you learn a second language