Having math problems? No matter if you're a teacher or a student, math can be a difficult subject to tackle.
As a teacher, it's challenging to find various ways to explain math concepts to appeal to different learning styles in your students. [Read more…]
Here's a spot of good news to brighten up your November day. This Sunday morning, on November 6, 2011, you get one extra hour of sleep. That's right. It's time for Daylight Saving Time when you move your clock back one hour and gain some more shut-eye and dreamtime. [Read more…]
Let’s face it. Sometimes learning is a chore. It doesn’t have to be! Learning can be fun, interactive, and engaging when you think outside the workbook lesson and apply lessons in a new format other than just on paper [Read more…]
With the rise of social media in our digital world, we can hardly find a teenager today without a Facebook or Twitter account. The same holds true for teachers and school administrators. The world has been inundated with the online world of sociality. So what's the problem with all this openness, chatting, picture posting, and tweeting? [Read more…]
It’s nearly the end of October! You know what that time means. Yes, it’s about mid-semester time. You’ve officially made it through half of your semester courses and a quarter of the way through your full-year courses.
Truly, the first four to six weeks of your courses are the most important, and you’ve made it through them. By now you should be in a rhythm of studying, class work, and help from your teacher. [Read more…]
Do you love reading fun blogs that offer online learning tips and educational trends? We're here to tell you that you'll absolutely want to add ICA's new Trends and Tips Blog to your list of must-reads to enjoy.
Why? Here are the top four compelling reasons: [Read more…]
It’s a new school year at ICA! It’s also time to announce exciting new options: an online, Bible-based curriculum called Ignitia and an online student information system called Genius. [Read more…]
Each fall and spring, Ignite Christian Academy tests students using a standardized test. Often, parents are not quite sure exactly why they need to take this test and are uncertain how to properly approach the test. [Read more…]
Since its beginning in the 1990-1991 school year, Christian high school students have gathered in small groups around the flag poles on their campuses to offer prayers for their fellow students and their schools on the fourth Wednesday of September. Initially, See You at the Pole (SYATP) was organized in response to a challenge given to students at a DiscipleNow weekend in Burleson, Texas. (See the article by Diane Chandler written for the Baptist Press and posted on SRN News, “3 Million Students Pray for Their Schools.”) [Read more…]
In last month’s issue I wrote about how learning a world language is a way to love your neighbor. In this month’s issue, we need to address the cultural mandate. Cultural mandate (sometimes also called the creational mandate) is the term generally used to refer to the first command that God gave to Adam and Eve. [Read more…]