Another mindfulness exercise is to ask a child to listen carefully for about a minute and then name five sounds he heard while being quiet.
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Helping Children Become More Mindful | Tufts Now - 23 views
High-Tech Teaching in a Low-Tech Classroom - 47 views
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As 21st-century teachers, we are expected to help students master the technological tools they will use in college and the workplace. But in many districts, the one-computer classroom is not extinct. So how can we do a lot with a little? How can we best use limited resources to support learning and familiarize students with technology?
20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have -- THE Journal - 0 views
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20 skills educator should have
TechLearning: Grants Calendar and Directory, 2011-2012 - 0 views
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2 page 2011-2012 funding calendar
Carol Dweck's Attitude - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 8 views
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"Carol Dweck says colleges could improve their students' learning if they relentlessly encouraged them to think about their mental skills as malleable, rather than as properties fixed at birth" (David Glenn, May 9, 2010).
Education Week: The Classroom Is Obsolete: It's Time for Something New - 17 views
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The following is a fairly universal list of education design principles for tomorrow’s schools, though it would be tailored to the needs of particular communities: (1) personalized; (2) safe and secure; (3) inquiry-based; (4) student-directed; (5) collaborative; (6) interdisciplinary; (7) rigorous and hands-on; (8) embodying a culture of excellence and high expectations; (9) environmentally conscious; (10) offering strong connections to the local community and business; (11) globally networked; and (12) setting the stage for lifelong learning.
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we still think that yesterday’s classroom equals tomorrow’s school.
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These initiatives would not necessarily get rid of classrooms, but instead redesign and refurbish them to operate as “learning studios” and “learning suites” alongside common areas reclaimed from hallways that vastly expand available space and allow better teaching and learning.
Education Week Teacher: High-Tech Teaching in a Low-Tech Classroom - 26 views
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How can we best use limited resources to support learning and familiarize students with technology?
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get creative with lesson structure
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Take advantage of any time that your students have access to a computer lab with multiple computers.
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Might help create a blended classroom, even when you have to share the blender. Common sense advise for the real world of underequipped classrooms and stretched thin teachers.
Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years | News & Opinion ... - 25 views
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"People have spatial reasoning skills, something computers are not yet good at," Foldit's lead designer Seth Cooper said in a statement. "Games provide a framework for bringing together the strengths of computers and humans."
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For luddites who worry about computers replacing people, here is a great counterexample.
School board considers paying needy students - Parentcentral.ca - 13 views
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Should we pay schools to go to school? Should we pay them for getting good grades? Don't we send a wrong message if we don't - since work is all about getting compensated?
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They tried this in Chicago a while back and it didn't have any long-term results, just an initial bump. I'm personally not against it, but I don't know if it will successful.
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Sotomayor Takes Active Role on Court's First Day - washingtonpost.com - 0 views
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when police asked him about allegations in another case: that he had sexually abused his 3-year-old son.
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Does the nature of this crime affect your judgement in this case? Do you think the justices look at the nature of the case?
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This time, he waived his Miranda rights and made incriminating statements that led to his conviction.
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Should all suspects have to answer questions in the prescense of a lawyer? Who would pay the legal fees?
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It pointed to a 28-year-old U.S. Supreme Court decision that said once a suspect asks for an attorney, "he is not subject to further questioning until a lawyer has been made available or the suspect himself reinitiates conversation."
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Do you agree with this court decision?
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Den dummeste generasjonen? : Dagsavisen - 1 views
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Jo mer man vet, jo mer intelligente spørsmål kan man stille Google. Kunnskap gir mer kunnskap.
The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin (SpaceWesterns.com) - 0 views
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A good place to start a discussion on the 'efficiency' of technology.
Guide to Taking an Online Paralegal Course - 1 views
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Online paralegal courses are a relatively new concept in legal education, so it can seem a little daunting to enroll in a program taught completely online or through correspondence. The aim of this guide is to provide a better understanding of this alternative mode of education.
How to remove rogue TrustSoldier - 0 views
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This article explains how to remove a fake/ rogue security application called TrustSoldier
Teachers Under Fire for Internet Use - TheApple.com - 30 views
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Some teachers need to get a license in common sense!!!!
Getting It Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn: Scientific American - 37 views
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research by Nate Kornell, Matthew Hays and Robert Bjork at U.C.L.A. that recently appeared in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition reveals that this worry is misplaced. In fact, they found, learning becomes better if conditions are arranged so that students make errors.
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People remember things better, longer, if they are given very challenging tests on the material, tests at which they are bound to fail. In a series of experiments, they showed that if students make an unsuccessful attempt to retrieve information before receiving an answer, they remember the information better than in a control condition in which they simply study the information. Trying and failing to retrieve the answer is actually helpful to learning. It’s an idea that has obvious applications for education, but could be useful for anyone who is trying to learn new material of any kind.
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Research by Nate Kornell, Matthew Hays and Robert Bjork at U.C.L.A. that recently appeared in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition reveals that this worry is misplaced. In fact, they found, learning becomes better if conditions are arranged so that students make errors.
Education Week: Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less - 24 views
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