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Many students who did well in high school can find themselves floundering in college. Take more difficult courses combined with a faster pace, add in the lack of an involved parent making sure you do your homework and have the resources you need to excel and many college students can quickly find themselves overwhelmed. But mastering college classes is not ...

Digital technology has changed the landscape of communication. It has become so influential that parents cannot deny its effects on children. Social networking is rampant these days with more and more children joining the bandwagon. It is no surprise that a vast number of American kids are active online. According to a report, 93 percent of the teens have access ...

The Internet has become central to our lives over the past two decades. It’s virtually impossible to imagine our everyday routine without a working Internet connection; whether it’s talking to other people, conducting business plans or researching material for an essay, you need a way to connect to the web in order to do so. Being able to get your ...

By: Kiersten Bush Tech continues to make inroads in how teachers structure and lead their classrooms and how students accomplish learning. Sometimes keeping up with the pace of classroom change is difficult. Of course, computers have been a part of classrooms for quite some time—decades, in fact. But as technology has gotten more accessible and more affordable, it’s meant that more ...

Classroom debates require students to exercise their critical thinking skills, analyze different opinions, and logically present their arguments to their peers and teacher. Although writing persuasive essays necessitates logical, creative, and critical thinking, an oral defense of one’s opinion is an ever-evolving learning exercise. Oral debates do more for students than static prompt-response assignments. Teaching students to think on their ...