When I was in high school I hated biology. Funny that I became the Principal of a science high school. But I hated biology for one simple reason: I am a horrendous artist. Every lab report that I did looked like I had dissected an amoeba.
Chris Lehmann's Keynote at #140edu 2012 « 140 Character Conference - 0 views
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But my best friend, who sat next to me, was an amazing artist. And I’m a pretty good writer. You know, I look back and I think, you know, if you had you only let us collaborate, we could have done some really amazing work, even without some of the tools that we have at our disposal today, we could have done great stuff.
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we are beginning to realize that power of collaboration. People really do talk about the idea of collaboration being the 21st century ‘silver bullet.’ I think people have been collaborating for a really long time. I think we’re only now getting good at it in schools—at least in some schools.
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In the Classroom: Helping Children Speak about Death and Loss | Edutopia - 0 views
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We live in a culture that does not always encourage or support expressions of loss and, frankly, expects people "to get over" grief fairly quickly
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For example, in language arts, students can be told that they will be writing about someone they remember and they can focus on what they miss about that person or how they remember that person in their lives now
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In the visual and performing arts, a similar assignment to make the focus of students' products someone they miss or remember.
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