Having gained notoriety as a somewhat surly cuss, most everyone was surprised when I emerged as an active proponent of professional learning communities as a form of staff development.
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Simple Truth: Hashtags Can Save You Time. | The Tempered Radical - 0 views
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"If there was ONE thing that I'd want every practicing educator to know about learning in social spaces it would be that no matter what field you are working in, there are TONS of folks who are sharing resources that you can use in your work immediately. The trick is tracking down those resources quickly and easily. Just because people are SHARING resources doesn't automatically mean that you are going to FIND those resources. Thankfully, practitioners using social spaces for learning are also adding hashtags -short identifiers that start with the # symbol - to the end of their messagges."
The Tempered Radical: Upcoming Conversation: Teaching for Tomorrow - 4 views
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The Power of PLCs. . . - The Tempered Radical - 6 views
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"The Power of PLCs. . ."
The Importance of a PLN. . . - The Tempered Radical - 7 views
The Tempered Radical: An Interview on Readicide with Kelly Gallagher - 0 views
The Tempered Radical: 5 Questions to ask BEFORE buying IWBs - 3 views
Teaching and Learning with Livescribe Pens - The Tempered Radical - 4 views
I Finally Drank the Kool-Aid! - The Tempered Radical - 3 views
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more practical reason that educators should embrace learning teams: Collaboration done right helps to lighten the load for everyone. In the past few years, I've actually seen the time that I invest in planning daily lessons go down as I've taken advantage of learning experiences and materials shared by my colleagues.
At Calhoun School, Longer Classes in 5 Short Terms - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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If the subject matter was a bit unusual for high school students, the amount of time they had to grapple with it was more so — 2 hours 10 minutes, in what is called a class block. Long blocks became standard this year at Calhoun, as part of a radical attempt to alter the structure of the school day and school year.
More on Teaching Innovation with the Curiosity Box - The Tempered Radical - 3 views
Trouble with Rubrics - 0 views
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“we need to look to the piece of writing itself to suggest its own evaluative criteria” – a truly radical and provocative suggestion.
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Wow, nice concept. Getting further into subjectivity though. Where do we get an understanding of how to determine a pieces distinct 'evaluative criteria'
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Thus, the dilemma: Either our instruction and our assessment remain “out of synch” or the instruction gets worse in order that students’ writing can be easily judged with the help of rubrics.
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In fact, when the how’s of assessment preoccupy us, they tend to chase the why’s back into the shadows.
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Shai Agassi's bold plan for electric cars | Video on TED.com - 0 views
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Forget about the hybrid auto -- Shai Agassi says it's electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, has a radical plan to take entire countries oil-free by 2020.
The Tempered Radical: The Anatomy of a Hoax Website - 0 views
New Slide: Skills Matter More Than Tools - The Tempered Radical - 5 views
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Dear Teachers: Choosing the right skills is WAY more important than choosing the right tools. http://bit.ly/fhZ6Zp #edtech #edchat
Rethinking Teacher Professional Development - The Tempered Radical - 1 views
Top Ten Favorite Tips to Improve Children's Memory | Psychology Today - 0 views
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"Studying for tests is tough on kids and parents. I'm frequently asked to speak and write about how parents can help their children remember things they need to learn for school. From my perspective as a neurologist and teacher, I've evaluated the neuroscience research about how the brain learns and remembers most successfully. This article brings together the strategies I've suggested, based on that research, reported by parents and educators to be most helpful"
Banning Phones in Class Might be the BEST BYOD Policy. | THE TEMPERED RADICAL - 2 views
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"A recent report from Adrian F. Ward, Kristen Duke, Ayelet Gneezy, and Maarten W. Bos at the University of Texas at Austin has me questioning my professional decision last year to allow students to bring their cell phones to my classroom."
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