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"Children's Need to Know: Curiosity in Schools" -- Harvard Educational Review - 1 views

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harvard curiousity children learning

shared by Chris Harrow on 14 Mar 12 - No Cached

Chris Harrow on 14 Mar 12

"curiosity is both intrinsic to children's development and unfolds through social interactions. Thus, it should be cultivated in schools, even though it is often almost completely absent from classrooms."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"curiosity is both intrinsic to children's development and unfolds through social interactions. Thus, it should be cultivated in schools, even though it is often almost completely absent from classrooms."</div>

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APOD: 2012 March 12 - The Scale of the Universe Interactive - 0 views

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astronomy interactive scale universe nasa

shared by Chris Harrow on 12 Mar 12 - No Cached

Chris Harrow on 12 Mar 12

Learning about differences in scales and orders of magnitude

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The Scale of the Universe 2 - 3 views

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universe scale science geometry scientific notation

shared by Chris Harrow on 22 May 12 - No Cached

Chris Harrow on 22 May 12

This is a truly amazing site showing sample objects of all scales from Plank's constant to the estimated size of the universe. Amazing interactive site!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a truly amazing site showing sample objects of all scales from Plank's constant to the estimated size of the universe. Amazing interactive site!</div>

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Eric Mazur on new interactive teaching techniques | Harvard Magazine Mar-Apr 2012 - 1 views

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Robert Ryshke on 26 Feb 12

In 1990, after seven years of teaching at Harvard, Eric Mazur, now Balkanski professor of physics and applied physics, was delivering clear, polished lectures and demonstrations and getting high student evaluations for his introductory Physics 11 course, populated mainly by premed and engineering students who were successfully solving complicated problems. Then he discovered that his success as a teacher "was a complete illusion, a house of cards." THIS IS A MUST READ ARTICLE!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In 1990, after seven years of teaching at Harvard, Eric Mazur, now Balkanski professor of physics and applied physics, was delivering clear, polished lectures and demonstrations and getting high student evaluations for his introductory Physics 11 course, populated mainly by premed and engineering students who were successfully solving complicated problems. Then he discovered that his success as a teacher "was a complete illusion, a house of cards." THIS IS A MUST READ ARTICLE!</div>

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Desmos | Interactive education. For every platform. For everyone. - 0 views

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online graphing_calculator

shared by Chris Harrow on 07 Mar 12 - No Cached

Chris Harrow on 07 Mar 12

Free online grapher ... very nice graphics. Handles polar & Cartesian, function & inequality forms very well. No tools (intersection, etc.), but very nice, FAST graphics.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Free online grapher ... very nice graphics. Handles polar & Cartesian, function & inequality forms very well. No tools (intersection, etc.), but very nice, FAST graphics.</div>

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Beth Holland on 24 Mar 12

Have you tried it on the iPad? Do you think it could replace the Virtual TI app?

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Devlin's Angle: The difference between teaching and instruction - 0 views

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shared by Chris Harrow on 09 Mar 12 - No Cached

I quickly figured out how to play that game successfully – success in that case being measured by my being able to solve under exam conditions, problems like the ones the teacher had shown us and we had practiced in class and done for homework.
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In fact, you can’t separate real teaching from learning. They are simply two perspectives of the same human interactive process.
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For whereas technology can provide instruction and can provide teachers and students with resources to assist them, what is cannot do on its own is teach them.
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Education Nation 2011: "American Teacher" Takes a Look Inside the Teaching Profession - 0 views

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Teaching profession

shared by Robert Ryshke on 26 Sep 11 - No Cached

Robert Ryshke on 26 Sep 11

Education Nation is a nationally broadcast, in-depth conversation about improving education in America. During an interactive summit on Rockefeller Plaza, parents, teachers and students will meet with leaders in politics, business and technology to explore the challenges and opportunities in education today.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Education Nation is a nationally broadcast, in-depth conversation about improving education in America. During an interactive summit on Rockefeller Plaza, parents, teachers and students will meet with leaders in politics, business and technology to explore the challenges and opportunities in education today.</div>

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Thinkfinity - from the Verizon Foundation - 0 views

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professional development project-based teaching

shared by Beth Holland on 30 Aug 11 - Cached

Beth Holland on 30 Aug 11

In addition to providing a search engine of lesson plans and interactives from about a dozen great content partners, there some great professional development resources.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In addition to providing a search engine of lesson plans and interactives from about a dozen great content partners, there some great professional development resources.</div>

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