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Danny shares his top tips on running a Cosmos Lessons for the first time!
Guido shares three tips on how to assess students online when Google is just a click away.
Guido shows you how to use Stile as the one-stop-shop for flipped learning: adding media, checking for student understanding, and setting up your class for the inflip: meeting all students at all times.
In the third part of our series on formative assessment in Stile, Guido discusses how constructive feedback can really move learning forward and potential pitfalls to avoid!
You and your students can now sign up and log in to Stile with your school Microsoft account. That’s one less password to remember (or forget).
This Friday marks the first release of a Cosmos Lessons unit (our 79ᵗʰ) in our brand new format. Danny Pikler details what we’ve changed and why.
Textbooks are dead. The alternative must be relevant, modern, multi-modal and customisable – and we may just have the answer for science.
"How can I help my child with technology?". We asked teachers for their thoughts on the topic. Here's what they had to say...
Guido discusses why going beyond simply dropping a file online is often better for both teachers and students.
Stile's CEO, Byron Scaf takes a look at the red tape preventing Australian small businesses and start-ups from serving the government sector.
Are schools chronically underinvesting in the world's most valuable learning tool? Stile's CEO, Byron Scaf challenges the value schools are placing on high speed, reliable internet in the modern world.
Guido shares his top tips on how to get the most out of online discussions: providing a 'spark', acknowledging all student contributions and scaffolding to move learning deeper.
What do K-12 schools need to do to get students ready for a future that is harder to predict then ever before? We drew a panel of educators and innovators to discuss the challenges of teaching young people now.
When you ask yourself, what learning resources should I use in order to help my students learn what I'd like to teach them? Do you still think of the traditional textbook?
As your students get into the swing of things in the new year and the frenzy of back to school is winding down, it's a good time to get them thinking about setting positive goals for 2016.
Guido shares his top 6 tips for making more engaging online lessons: adding colour, interactivity and visual interest has never been easier.
A few handy tips to help you get ready for 2016. We cover archiving and setting up your subjects for the new year.
Leaving feedback in Stile just got more natural. You can now annotate student work in real time!
Last Friday, we welcomed around 70 teachers from all around Australia at our second Stile Learning Community workshop of the year. The focus this time was firmly on flipped learning and student engagement.
The latest reads on Differentiated Instruction straight from the E-team's newsfeed.
Differentiation - let's break it down and see how you can do it in Stile. Bust the myth that 'it's too hard'!
We've been working hard to build out tools which make it possible for teachers to provide students with rapid feedback. This is how rapid feedback in Stile looks now!
The latest E-team reads on Pedagogical Innovation inspired by the release of Notifications in Stile.
Now you have the ability troubleshoot your students' login issues with a powerful small improvement we've added to Stile.
"if you write careful diagnostic comments on a student’s work, and then put a score or grade on it, you are wasting your time." Dylan Wiliam.
Ensure your feedback gets noticed and keep track of student work with Stile's brand-new notifications!
The latest E-team reads on Pedagogical Innovation - exciting things are happening in the classroom.
Byron Scaf on how the hype around STEM is disguising the fact that most of us don’t know how to teach STEM in our schools.