7. Curiosity and Imagination
Mike Summers told me, “People who've learned to ask great questions and have learned to be inquisitive are the ones who move the fastest in our environment because they solve the biggest problems in ways that have the most impact on innovation.”
Daniel Pink, the author of A Whole New Mind, observes that with increasing abundance, people want unique products and services: “For businesses it's no longer enough to create a product that's reasonably priced and adequately functional. It must also be beautiful, unique, and meaningful.”1
Pink notes that developing young people's capacities for imagination, creativity, and empathy will be increasingly important for maintaining the United States' competitive advantage in the future.
Educational Leadership:Expecting Excellence:Rigor Redefined - 1 views
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All great civilizations eventually combined aesthetics with functionality. It is often through this combination that we have learned about them and their daily lives.
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The entwinement of problem solving and creative capital has always intrigued me. Richard Florida wrote a book called flight of the creative class and it speaks extensively to the subject. His work supports the thinking of this author and that of Daniel Pink within an economic framework. Public Ed has shifted so hard to developing the functionality Jeremy spoke of that we now risk robotic thinking absent of creativity. I think D. Pink and others are right on the mark when they talk about imagination, creativity, and empathy being the essential to global economic advancement.
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t the beginning of the period in an Algebra II class, the teacher writes a problem on the board. He turns to the students, who are sitting in desks arranged in squares of four that face one another. “You haven't seen this kind of problem before,” he explains. “Solving it will require you to use concepts from both geometry and algebra. Each group will try to develop at least two different ways to solve this problem. After all the groups have finished, I'll randomly
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This looks like a session of 6th grade math at my school.
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choose someone from each group who will write one of your proofs on the board, and I'll ask that person to explain the process your group used.”
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How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write - WSJ.com - 0 views
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You'll read a puzzling passage from a novel and then instantly browse through dozens of comments from readers around the world, annotating, explaining or debating the passage's true meaning.
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Although input from others is important, we cannot forget to continue to teach our students to be independent thinkers who can provide supporting evidence for their thoughts.
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Readers will have the option to purchase a chapter for 99 cents, the same way they now buy an individual song on iTunes.
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We all know the story of how the information-wants-to-be-free ethos of the Web threatened the newspapers with extinction. Wouldn't it be ironic if books turned out to be their savior?
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wow! lots of great possibilities for exchanging information however, I still believe if we want to teach children to read on a kindle or using technology, they still have to learn concepts of print. Title, left to right, front and back of a book, etc. The only way I know how to teach this to a non reader, is by putting a book into their hands.
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Reading the Reader | Academic Commons - 2 views
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If the reader does not have the background knowledge (the schema) to reference the vocabulary, ideas, allusions, etc.; if the reader is unengaged; if the reader has little direction or purpose for the reading;
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Agreed, I took my students bowling last week as a reward and most had never done that before. It was in our neighborhood! -
This demonstrates how important background knowledge is for student understanding. It is good practice to always assess your students' background knowledge prior to beginning a new learning unit. :) -
Reading requires stamina. If students...any of us for that matter...don't have enough velcro to which learning can stick then giving up is an easy choice.
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This is GREAT Nash!
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I decided to bring the Critical Inquiry techniques to computer-mediated learning by using Microsoft Word’s comment feature, an easy and powerful tool for annotating texts.
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Here is an example of a sticky note AND a highlight...
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Reading is the active construction of meaning. Because there is no inherent meaning in the words or marks themselves, meaning can only arise at the nexus of what the reader brings to the text, the text, and the situation within which the text is placed.
Educational Leadership:The Transition Years:Supporting Early School Success - 0 views
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Children go through dramatic changes, inside and out, in the first few years of school.
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We all know many of our students are dealing with emotional trauma, getting students to open up to us when they are so young is one of the first steps.
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Saturday School - 1 views
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When setting up the Saturday
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School program, we looked to several discipline programs in other schools for inspiration.
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We decided that students would need to attend Saturday School if they: Received three unexcused tardies to school or to any class Behaved inappropriately (as determined by the school administrators) Repeatedly violated category I school rules (i.e., minor disruption to the school day, such as tardiness and failure to do classwork).
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Seven Myths About Rigor | Mindsteps Inc. - 0 views
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Rigor isn’t as much about the standards as it is about how you ask students to reach the standards.
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It's not just about raising the bar, it's about the way you are asking the kids to reach the bar.
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Four Differentiation Mistakes to Avoid | Mindsteps Inc. - 0 views
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Lowering the target for some students while raising the learning target for others is not differentiation – it’s tracking.
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Lowering the target for some, raising for others = tracking. This really makes me pause and think about the practices we are using. Are we really raising the bar and differentiating our practices for students to reach the bar, or are we just moving the bar around??
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Mathematics Intervention at the Secondary Prevention Level of a Multi-Tier Prevention S... - 0 views
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Instructional explicitness Instructional design that eases the learning challenge A strong conceptual basis for procedures that are taught An emphasis on drill and practice Cumulative review as part of drill and practice Motivators to help students regulate their attention and behavior and to work hard
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As we write curriculum, we must address each of these principles. These would seem to be foundational if we are going to make a difference in math achievement.
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Educational Leadership:What Students Need to Learn:Relating to Students: It's What You ... - 0 views
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f the relationship is strong, instructional strategies seem to be more effective.
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I think relationships are a key. As my friend Ms. Boyer always says, if they love you, they will do almost anything for you!
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Program: Boston Teacher Residency - 0 views
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The Residency Year After an intensive two-month summer institute, Residents spend the entire academic year in a BPS classroom. They work under the close guidance of an experienced mentor teacher four days a week, devoting one evening and all day Friday to rigorous coursework and seminars. This combination helps Residents link classroom experience to the latest in education theory and research, all within the context of the local education environment and the district-specific goals of the BPS.
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residency ideas
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Why Formative Assessments Matter | Edutopia - 0 views
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