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The Importance of Digital Citizenship
As more of our students’ day is spent in front of screens, teaching Digital Citizenship is becoming more important. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, children between the ages of 8-10 years old spend 8 hours per day on technology, while teenagers spend...
Prepare for Digital Citizenship Week
Digital Citizenship Week begins on October 17th. How are you preparing your students?Teaching digital citizenship skills in the classroom is more important than ever. Luckily, teachers can now find a lot of resources to support this critical skillset. Common Sense...
Banyan Wins Pinnacle Award for Outstanding Programming
Finding high quality virtual field trips can be difficult. We've been doing this for over ten years, and we believe we have formula for highly engaging, fun and interactive programs. But it is always nice when others agree...The Center for Interactive Learning and...
10 Reasons Why Virtual Field Trips Benefit Students
Virtual field trips are a great way to supplement in-class instruction with fresh content, real-world examples and expert instructors from all over the world.Are you interested in learning more about virtual field trips? You have come to the right place! Virtual field...
Grasping The ‘Chain
Written by Marty PerlmutterHow do you introduce middle school students to something as vast and multifarious as blockchain technology? Where do you begin? And where do you aim to take these bold sojourners on this seething sea of possibilities? Do you start with NFTs...
Student Choice Amplifies Student Voice
Written by Maddie Hunt, Tsai Hsing Grade 8 TeacherAs a self-proclaimed Type A personality, I value an environment that feels calm, predictable and direction-oriented. I am the type of person with color coordinated calendars hanging on my fridge, planners with...
Shark Tank! Project-Based Learning over Video Conferencing
Written by Patricia ReiterShark sightings were reported in our 7th-grade Learning Live classes this past December! Our students participated in an entrepreneurship competition modeled after Shark Tank, the popular television series where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch...
Give Your Brain a Break… Before it Breaks!
Written by Lila PerkinsCoronavirus. Pandemic. Remote learning. Too many things out of our control.Did I raise your blood pressure yet? Or make you pop a blood vessel? If so, my apologies. But seriously, how do we protect our brains from the onslaught of news and...
Innovation for Banyan Brains
Written by Marty PerlmutterThe context of our proposed academic innovation initiative includes most importantly the social milieus and community values of Taiwan. Whatever we do must honor the communitarian spirit and intellectual style of that society. Whatever we...
Digital Citizenship is a Literal Life-Saver!
Written by Lila Perkins, Teacher/Administrative Assistant Banyan Global LearningI was born in 1997, which makes me an elder of Gen-Z. I was in the “guinea pig” group when it came to implementing technology in the classroom. While participating in the transition from...
Action Project in Elementary Schools
Written by Alana Cayabyab, 6th Grade Teacher, Tsai Hsing SchoolIn BGL’s 6th grade classes at Tsai Hsing School, we have been studying consumption issues. 6th graders surveyed one another to see which issues were the most important- such as overconsumption, climate...
Life Cycle of a Lesson: Applying the Pre-Mortem Strategy to Lesson Planning
Written by Donald Joyce, Elementary Teacher, Tsai Hsing SchoolNo matter how long you've been teaching, we've all had lessons that went completely off the rails. We thought the lesson was going to be awesome, we were really excited to teach it, but it just didn’t click...
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