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BiblioNasium - Kids Share Book Recommendations. Use Online Reading Logs, Find Books At ... - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 05 Jun 12 - No Cached

Randy Rodgers on 05 Jun 12

Social network for kids 6-12 years built around sharing books/reading. Teachers can easily set up classes, reading lists, etc.

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ZAP Reader - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 11 Jun 10 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 11 Jun 10

Speed-reading trainer. Paste in text to read, configure number of words to display at a time, speed, and go!

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How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired Busine... - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 30 Oct 13 - No Cached

And yet the dominant model of public education is still fundamentally rooted in the industrial revolution that spawned it, when workplaces valued punctuality, regularity, attention, and silence above all else.
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Decentralized systems have proven to be more productive and agile than rigid, top-down ones
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In 1970 the top three skills required by the Fortune 500 were the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1999 the top three skills in demand were teamwork, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
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We don’t openly profess those values nowadays, but our educational system—which routinely tests kids on their ability to recall information and demonstrate mastery of a narrow set of skills—doubles down on the view that students are material to be processed, programmed, and quality-tested. School administrators prepare curriculum standards and “pacing guides” that tell teachers what to teach each day. Legions of managers supervise everything that happens in the classroom; in 2010 only 50 percent of public school staff members in the US were teachers.
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Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then they step aside
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There will be no teachers, curriculum, or separation into age groups—just six or so computers and a woman to look after the kids’ safety. His defining principle: “The children are completely in charge.”
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“schools in the cloud,”
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as the kids blasted through the questions, they couldn’t help noticing that it felt easy, as if they were being asked to do something very basic.
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Randy Rodgers on 30 Oct 13

Must. Read. Such a valuable lesson and another example of how we are doing it wrong.

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Booktrack Classroom - Teachers - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 08 May 14 - No Cached

Randy Rodgers on 08 May 14

Intriguing site lets students or teachers read along to stories with audio, movie-style soundtracks or create their own soundtracks for creative writing assignments. Includes a few sample lesson plans for using the site with elementary, middle, or high school students.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Intriguing site lets students or teachers read along to stories with audio, movie-style soundtracks or create their own soundtracks for creative writing assignments. Includes a few sample lesson plans for using the site with elementary, middle, or high school students. </div>

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The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 14 Mar 09 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 14 Mar 09

The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms Book by Margaret A. Boden; 2003. Read The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms at Questia library.

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ZAP Reader - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 03 Jun 09 - Cached

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Input text, set the desired speed, and Zap presents the text rapidly in tiny chunks (default is 1 word as a time). Amazingly effective method to increase reading speed.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Input text, set the desired speed, and Zap presents the text rapidly in tiny chunks (default is 1 word as a time). Amazingly effective method to increase reading speed.</div>

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News Monitoring and World News Statistics - Geographical Media - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 15 Jun 09 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 15 Jun 09

Geographical Media is a news monitoring tool designed to make it easy to follow news and find statistics about the people, places and other things you are most interested in. We read thousands of news articles a day from news sources from all around the world and identify who, what and where they are about.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Geographical Media is a news monitoring tool designed to make it easy to follow news and find statistics about the people, places and other things you are most interested in. We read thousands of news articles a day from news sources from all around the world and identify who, what and where they are about. </div>

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iPhone and iPad book apps for kids - 1 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 14 May 10 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 14 May 10

Picture books for preschoolers for the iPod Touch/iPhone/iPad

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10 Technology Enhanced Alternatives to Book Reports - TheApple.com - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 18 Nov 09 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 18 Nov 09

Nice list of some great online alternatives to doing the same old book report.

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Literature Map - The Tourist Map of Literature - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 17 Apr 19 - No Cached

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BiblioNasium - Kids Share Book Recommendations. Use Online Reading Logs, Find Books At ... - 0 views

ZAP Reader - 0 views

How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired Busine... - 0 views

Booktrack Classroom - Teachers - 0 views

The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms - 0 views

ZAP Reader - 0 views

News Monitoring and World News Statistics - Geographical Media - 0 views

iPhone and iPad book apps for kids - 1 views

10 Technology Enhanced Alternatives to Book Reports - TheApple.com - 0 views

Literature Map - The Tourist Map of Literature - 0 views

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