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Gary Coyle

How the iPad Can Transform Classroom Learning | Edutopia - 3 views

www.edutopia.org/...ransform-classroom-ben-johnson

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  • Gary Coyle on 15 Oct 12
     
    The teacher could have 30 students, all doing the same thing at the same time on their iPads, but this doesn't make sense either. The students have a powerful information tool in their hands, and as The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics require students to think critically and problem solve, there is no way that a teacher can get students to become independent learners in sync.
Tim Pettine

Was Hippasus Pushed? (and Other Mysteries Of Mathematics) - 2 views

www.science20.com/...other_mysteries_of_mathematics

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      Tim Pettine on 04 Jun 13
       
      Great material for an essential question synthesizing math and history
  • Tim Pettine on 04 Jun 13
     
    "Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing is "geometrical poetry"? What would the Greeks have made of that? "
Ivan Beeckmans

Let Kids Rule the School - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...15engel.html

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shared by Ivan Beeckmans on 04 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Their guidance counselor was their adviser, consulting with them when the group flagged in energy or encountered an obstacle. Though they sought advice from English, math and science teachers, they were responsible for monitoring one another’s work and giving one another feedback. There were no grades, but at the end of the semester, the students wrote evaluations of their classmates.
  • The students also designed their own curriculum, deciding to split their September-to-January term into two halves.
  • each of them focused on specific mathematical topics, from quadratic equations to the numbers behind poker
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  • “I did well before. But I had forgotten what I actually like doing.”
  • They are remarkable because they demonstrate the kinds of learning and personal growth that are possible when teenagers feel ownership of their high school experience, when they learn things that matter to them and when they learn together.
  • But perhaps children don’t need another reform imposed on them. Instead, they need to be the authors of their own education.
  • Ivan Beeckmans on 04 Feb 12
     
    An interesting way of harnessing the natural energy of teenagers. Definitely worthy of further exploration.
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