Experiential Learning - what is it?
"Experiential learning is one of the key pedagogical concepts that informs the modern philosophy of teaching. Defined by the process of learning through doing, reflection, and active engagement, experiential learning takes learners beyond traditional classroom boundaries, immersing them in real-world scenarios."
QuillBot - a free Chrome Extension
For Teachers:
1. Plagiarism Checker:
Quillbot helps detect any potential plagiarism in student work, ensuring academic integrity in the classroom.
2. Saves Time:
It allows teachers to paraphrase instructional material quickly, helping them create varied content for students with different learning styles.
3. Versatile Teaching Aid:
It can be used as a teaching aid for demonstrating paraphrasing and summarization skills in writing classes.
4. Improves Communication:
Teachers can use Quillbot to ensure their communication is clear and concise, helping students understand instructions better.
For Students:
1. Improves Writing Skills
Quillbot assists students in refining their writing by providing synonyms, restructuring sentences, and improving overall readability.
2. Aids Learning
It can help students better understand complex text by rephrasing it into simpler language.
3. Avoids Plagiarism
By assisting in effective paraphrasing, Quillbot can help students avoid plagiarism, a critical aspect of academic writing.
4. Enhances Research
It allows students to paraphrase information from different sources, making it easier to integrate into their essays and reports.
5. Boosts Creativity
By offering various ways to express the same idea, it can boost students' creativity and improve their language proficiency.
Students and Nomophobia : Phones are better out of sight
"Called nomophobia, short for no more phone phobia, 73 percent of teens in a recent addiction study reported feeling anxious when they were not able to use their phones . National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens." (San Diego CH 10 News)
Studies have shown that students whose phones are out of sight perform better on assessments in the classroom. The fact they can see their phones increases their separation anxiety. (Data Quest, the Phone Proximity Effect)
