Waldorf - Steiner Method of Education

Dr. Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), the founder of Anthroposophy, was approached by his friend Emil Molt, a factory owner, to conceptualise  a school that has a spiritual element also. This school would be for the children of his factory workers. Rudolf Steiner responded and the first Waldorf School,  was founded in September 1919 in the German city of Stuttgart. Today, there are over 900 Rudolf Steiner/Waldorf schools worldwide. In India also, they are there.
http://www.waldorftoday.com/2011/08/waldorf-in-india-kashmir-a-meeting-of-three-cultures-and-the-tridha-rudolf-steiner-school-in-mumbai/



https://www.waldorfanswers.org/Waldorf.htm


Why are Steiner schools so controversial?
Chris Cook
Policy editor, BBC Newsnight
4 August 2014
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-28646118

What is Steiner education?

https://www.steinerwaldorf.org/steiner-education/what-is-steiner-education/

SMART Classroom - Role of Teachers and Students

S  - Social
M - Mobile
A - Active
R - Responsive
T - Technology

SMART Classrooms are made possible by technology. But many teachers are yet to use them to their full power. I my self still do not know how to use mobiles and tablets fully. I am a very active blogger for ten years. But till recently, I did not use laptop much.  So in this SMART every socieity teacher has to learn first how to use mobiles and tablets and then how to use them for improving learning.

Excerpts from a paper

Today the concept of “bring your own device (BYOD)” makes any classroom a “smart classroom.”

As of 2014, 86% of undergraduate students own a smart device, and 47% own a tablet.

Make yourself available on social channels.

http://thecoursekey.com/edtech-highered/creating-engagement-in-the-classroom-mobile-enabled-students-and-social-learning/


http://www.businessbecause.com/news/mba-distance-learning/3779/b-schools-are-embracing-digital-innovation

New Virtual University - Founder - Prof. Christine Ortiz - Former Dean MIT

1 Feb 2016

http://chronicle.com/article/MIT-Dean-Takes-Leave-to-Start/235121


The plan is to begin with a campus in the Boston area that she hopes will grow to about 10,000 students and 1,000 faculty members — about the size of MIT.


The fundamental idea is to put all knowledge on web servers and make knowledge acquisition process virtually online. There’s a great quote by [the former MIT president Charles M. Vest] on the emergence of the metacurriculum, and he predicted it 10 or 15 years ago, that the virtually open curriculum metacurriculum would be emerging. It is happening today. The bet is that  the evolution is now growth phase in the life cycle. It is time to  take advantage of that contribute to the development of new learning institutions based on reengineered learning and teaching practices using new technology.



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Interactive Personal Computer Tutor - Funtoot

FEATURES OF FUNTOOT

Observes each child in same manner as human tutor does while he solves problems.

Discovers various characters of each child & adapts itself uniquely to each child.
Interacts with each child in a unique manner on the issues that the child faces through voice & text.
Assists each child through video & text messaging

FUNTOOT IS AN INTELLIGENT AND ADAPTIVE PERSONAL TUTOR

Funtoot is an intelligent and adaptive personal computer tutor that teaches children in a fun and interactive manner. It observes, assesses, diagnoses, interacts, encourages like a personal tutor,  and interacts with  each student based on each student’s individual characteristics.

Funtoot has been developed after extensive research and is personalized to the precise requirement of the student. Students can look forward to fun-filled learning. FunToot helps cultivate innovative thinking in them. While enabling students to perform better in studies, Funtoot assists teachers to monitor their students regularly and help parents be aware of the progress of their children. As Funtoot is built for cloud computing environment, it does not require installation of additional software or hardware. A computer and an internet connection is all that is required to get started with Funtoot.

http://www.edreamssoftware.com/products.html

Survey of Teachers - Teaching, Stress, Adjuncts - 2012

Faculty members appear to be moving toward embracing more "student-centered" learning approaches (such as more group work and less lecturing).

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/10/24/new-survey-faculty-activities-and-attitudes

Teaching: Methods, Styles - Blogs

www.dramaticapproachestoteaching.com

http://teachingreal.blogspot.com/