The top 10 Flexonedu articles is a look back on the best of articles in English (en) or German (de) by views of Flexonedu Learning With Purpose in the year 2020.
Overview
- German Language Resources (en)
- Study Tips for Higher Education (en)
- Homeschooling Tips for People Located in Germany and the DACH Region (de)
- Online Teaching – for Educators located in Germany and the DACH Region (de)
- Working at Home as Teachers Globally (en)
- Apps and Online Learning for Children in K-12 (de, section 7: de/en)
- Sewing a Mask – Step by Step (de)
- Free Self-Assessments in German as Foreign Language – All Levels (en)
- Detect the Hidden Curriculum in any School or Homeschool (en)
- Motivating Homeschool Routines and Organizing Tips (en)
#1 German Language Resources
10 Unusual German Language Resources Online. 25 February
The number one post of the top 10 Flexonedu articles is meant for learners of German as foreign language. You’ll find resources for all ages, and there are some for free or for pay. All of them are unusual because you won’t find a traditional list of language schools for German. However, they’re covered in one of the links. Be sure to come across a colorful bunch of websites that you haven’t probably come across elsewhere.
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#2 Study Tips for Higher Education
How to Study Effectively – 5 Tips. 27 April
Amongst the Top 10 Flexonedu articles is this post aimed at students in higher education. Sometimes you’ll get stuck. Then, find ideas that are not common place in here. It’s to help you square your shoulders and get started, at last. You need to study but procrastinate? Got a lack of motivation? Or you don’t know how to study effectively and smart? Whatever your study challenge is, there is always a way to get motivated by taking on the right perspective and setting proper priorities.
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#3 Homeschooling Tips for People Located in Germany and the DACH Region
Homeschooling – 4 praktische Ideen. 8. April
Dieser Beitrag will in die Lücke der Desinformation und Ratlosigkeit treten und einige praktische Tipps fürs Überleben liefern. Wer plötzlich zuhause sein gesamtes Leben neu organisieren muss, braucht dazu eine positive Einstellung. Plötzlich gehören ‘alle’ zu den Homeschoolern. Homeschooling ist augenblicklich Mainstream geworden. Es ist für jede Familie in unseren Breiten sogar Pflichtprogramm… Lesen Sie mehr im Artikel 🙂
#4 Online Teaching for Educators located in Germany and the DACH Region
Online Unterricht Geben – 9 Tipps. 10. August
Dieser Artikel soll Ihnen Hilfen an die Hand geben, wie Sie erfolgreich online Unterricht geben können. Es gibt Tipps zu verschiedenen Altersgruppen, Formen und Besonderheiten des virtuellen Unterrichts. Sie finden neben Online-Anbietern viele Gedanken, die Ihnen helfen sollen, wenn Sie online Unterricht geben wollen. Die Ideen erheben nicht den Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit. Sie sollen das grobe Spektrum aufzeigen und ähnliche Beiträge zum Thema ergänzen.
#5 Working at Home as Teachers Globally
5 Thoughts on Working at Home as Teacher. 25 May
With the new school situation in 2020 the teacher’s workplace has switched again – at least for the majority of us. We teachers are now working only from home in some countries while in others, governments try to head for “normal” school life again to open up schools step by step or have just locked schools down again. This top-10 of Flexonedu articles aims at those teachers who’d like to enhance their sphere into new online teaching opportunities and where to start in your job search.
#6 Apps and Online Learning for Children in K-12
Kinder zuhause unterrichten – 8 Tips. 16. März
Die Frage aus (immer noch) aktuellem Anlass ist, welche digitalen Ad-hoc-Angebote es bereits auf dem Markt gibt, auf die Schüler genauso wie Lehrer zugreifen können, um Kinder zuhause unterrichten zu können. Deshalb werden in diesem Artikel Online-Ressourcen vorgestellt, inklusive solche in anderen Sprachen. Sie könnten Lösungen sein, um das Lernen und Lehren zu synchronisieren – und zwar relativ schnell. In der Einführung erwähne ich außerdem Gedanken zur Online-Sicherheit von Kindern.
Virtuelle Schulen finden Sie in diesem ähnlichen Artikel auf Englisch vorgestellt.
#7 Sewing a Mask – Step by Step
Einen Mundschutz selber nähen. 27. April
Dieser Beitrag erklärt, wie man einen Mundschutz selber nähen kann. Einfach ist es, aber nicht superschnell. Der Mundschutz ist innen offen zum Austauschen eines einlegbaren Filters, von der Größe her für Erwachsene ausgelegt und bedeckt Kinn und Nasenrücken. Wahlweise können beim vorliegenden Modell entweder ein Gummiband oder Schlaufen eingezogen werden – für beides gibt es ein Für und ein Wider.
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#8 Free Self-Assessments in German as Foreign Language – All Levels
Test Your Skills in the German Language With Goethe Institut – A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2. 14 January
A high quality resource is offering language self-assessment online for free. Amongst the Top 10 Flexonedu articles of interest is this one for the German language learner. Why is the Goethe Institute valuable for the German language learner? Since there are soo many online resources to learning the German language, you’ll want to dig right into what I found is only offered by Goethe institute: free pre-tests in any level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
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#9 Detect the Hidden Curriculum in any School or Homeschool
Hidden Curriculum. 21 April
Have you ever come across the term ‘hidden curriculum’? Obviously, it’s a curriculum, which exists. However, it’s not seen. It’s hidden. The actual curriculum any school has – and lots of homeschools, too – is a transparent document, which summarizes what students should have learnt by the end of a specific learning period. It refers to knowledge, skills, or competencies. … Any curriculum is “standard-based”. Therefore, the next question is to what kind of standards it refers… Read more in the post.
#10 Motivating Homeschool Routines and Organizing Tips
Motivating Homeschool Routines – 7 Tips. 3 February
Homeschooling takes place without or at least with much less external motivation in the form of pressure similar to that in formal schooling. As homeschooler often, you don’t have limits on schedules, official curricula or times. Sometimes, methodes, environment or routines still need a change or an adjustment even with veteran homeschoolers. This post is to help you with actionable homeschool routines. And it is to inspire first-time homeschoolers when starting out.
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>>Recommended. Top 20 articles of 2020 in Education Next. It’s the independent online journal to reform the American K-12 education by editors / researchers of the Harvard Kennedy School.
