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Joy: A Subject Schools Lack - The Atlantic - 1 views

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shared by a_harding on 31 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance, nor their lack of skills. It’s their enormous capacity for joy.
  • Human lives are governed by the desire to experience joy. Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rather than stringing together nonsense words, for example
  • In some cases, schools should help children find new, more grown-up ways of doing the same things that are perennial sources of joy: making art, making friends, making decisions
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      a_harding on 31 Jan 15
       
      Enter positive education! 
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  • why not focus on getting them to take pleasure in meaningful, productive activity, like making things, working with others, exploring ideas, and solving problems?
    • a_harding
      a_harding on 31 Jan 15
       
      These are important 21st century skills that we already aim to teach. 
  • The more dire the school circumstances, the more important pleasure is to achieving any educational success
  • You can force a child to stay in his or her seat, fill out a worksheet, or practice division. But you can’t force a person to think carefully, enjoy books, digest complex information, or develop a taste for learning. To make that happen, you have to help the child find pleasure in learning—to see school as a source of joy
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12 Effective Ways To Use Google Drive In Education | Edudemic - 3 views

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edtech SAMR collaboration technology teaching learning

shared by a_harding on 18 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • I’d recommend using it as a useful tool for project-based learning where students can collaborate in real-time, hold chats, and even finalize a project from different locations.
    • a_harding
      a_harding on 18 Oct 14
       
      Fantastic applications of Google Drive in the classroom!
  • The other big way I’d recommend trying out Google Drive would be for mind maps. You can create mind maps using a presentation in Google Drive and work on it with others at the same time.
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