“…it was in the 1990s that shop class started to become a thing of the past, as educators prepared students to become ‘knowledge workers.’” Matthew B. Crawford, Shop Class as Soulcraft I recently read Matthew B. Crawford’s book Shop Class as Soulcraft, which I highly recommend for all educators. This quote from the beginning of the…
The importance of a social media platform for any business cannot be emphasized enough. To some, it may seem daunting, but once you understand that social media marketing is more about creative strategy than it is about getting your products sold, it becomes less of a worry. It is troubling, however, that almost half of…
Every home, no matter when it was built or bought, can be made smarter than it is with minimal investment. It might be too expensive to rebuild it and refurbish it into a fully smart home. However, if you could add a gadget here, and another one there, you can make great strides toward smartening…
Across the globe, computer technology has reshaped industries and markets. If you are a tech-savvy student, taking a class in Information Technology can be your ticket to a well-paying career in an innovative field. The best thing about this field is that information Technology skills are easy to learn. However, you must be driven…
Most modern bathrooms are meant to be aesthetically appealing and functional. However, they tend to be unsafe for the aged and very young. Most bathroom elements are potential dangers because they can trigger slips and falls or are just not practical for users of a certain age. Fortunately, there is always a way to ensure…
Distance learning is nothing like the real thing. Instead of the classroom and enjoying the company of fellow students, all you have is a computer screen. Whether it’s due to a snow day or the COVID-19 epidemic, you’ll need to make adjustments to your behavior to make the most of your studying. There are several…
For many people, relocation is a big deal. This means there’s a need to take care of every little detail of this process of moving to a different world. However, moving is just a regular task for others. Relocating has several effects on your life, from the people you associate with and your lifestyle. Therefore,…
Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is a website’s most crucial aspect and one that has often left people confused. Using SEO in a website or article can help Google, or other search engines, find and rank your website. This influences how many visitors you get through web searches. The techniques used to implement SEO often…
If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us nothing else, we now know how essential a robust immune system is in the face of opportunistic infections lurking in the air and surfaces we touch. There is growing proof that equipping your immune system to ward off viruses and bacteria is essential when we encounter new and…
Could it be that all this insistence and scrambling to find ways to get students back into our schools during an exploding pandemic is simply our society’s unwillingness to let go of the twentieth-century, assembly-line schooling model? What if the issues with remote learning is not the technology at all, but symptoms of an educational…
