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It's Not What We Teach - 0 views

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  • The fact is that real learning often can’t be quantified, and a corporate-style preoccupation with “data” turns schooling into something shallow and lifeless.  Ideally, attention to learning signifies an effort to capture how each student makes sense of the world so we can meet them where they are.  “Teaching,” as Deborah Meier reminded us, “is mostly listening.”  (It’s the learners, she added, who should be doing most of the “telling,” based on how they grapple with an engaging curriculum.)  Imagine how American classrooms would be turned inside out if we ever really put that wisdom into action.
  • The fact is that real learning often can’t be quantified, and a corporate-style preoccupation with “data” turns schooling into something shallow and lifeless.  Ideally, attention to learning signifies an effort to capture how each student makes sense of the world so we can meet them where they are.  “Teaching,” as Deborah Meier reminded us, “is mostly listening.”  (It’s the learners, she added, who should be doing most of the “telling,” based on how they grapple with an engaging curriculum.)  Imagine how American classrooms would be turned inside out if we ever really put that wisdom into action.
  • Sheri Edwards on 03 Nov 13
     
    The fact is that real learning often can't be quantified, and a corporate-style preoccupation with "data" turns schooling into something shallow and lifeless.  Ideally, attention to learning signifies an effort to capture how each student makes sense of the world so we can meet them where they are.  "Teaching," as Deborah Meier reminded us, "is mostly listening."  (It's the learners, she added, who should be doing most of the "telling," based on how they grapple with an engaging curriculum.)  Imagine how American classrooms would be turned inside out if we ever really put that wisdom into action.
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Actually, practice doesn't always make perfect - new study - The Washington Post - 0 views

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  • They found that how interested the students were in the passage was thirty times more important than how “readable” the passage was.
  • Maybe the right question to ask is: Why do some people decide to practice a lot in the first place? Could it be because their first efforts proved mostly successful?   (That’s a useful reminder to avoid romanticizing the benefits of failure.) Or, again, do they keep at it because they get a kick out of what they’re doing? If that’s true, then practice, at least to some extent, may be just a marker for motivation. Of course, natural ability probably plays a role in fostering both interest and success, and those two variables also affect each other.
  • By contrast, when the hours were logged, and the estimates presumably more reliable, the impact of practice was much diminished. How much? It accounted for a scant 5 percent of the variance in performance. The better the study, in other words, the less of a difference practice made.[1]
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  • What’s true of time on task, then, is true of practice — which isn’t surprising given how closely the two concepts are related.
  • Sheri Edwards on 06 Aug 14
     
    "The question now is what else matters." And there are many possible answers. One is how early in life you were introduced to the activity - which, as the researchers explain, appears to have effects that go beyond how many years of practice you booked. Others include how open you are to collaborating and learning from others, and how much you enjoy the activity."
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How a Bigger Purpose Can Motivate Students to Learn | MindShift - 1 views

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  • “However, the reality is that schoolwork is often neither interesting nor meaningful,” he said — at least, not in a way that students immediately get.
  • a mindset of “self-transcendent” purposeful learning
  • They’re learning how to learn, how to practice self-discipline and motivate themselves through frustrating roadblocks, and thus are preparing for adulthood.
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  • But having that bigger sense of purpose, that personal mission of making a positive difference in the broader world, might help students to find meaning in difficult or mundane schoolwork.
  • Sheri Edwards on 19 Aug 14
     
    How a Bigger Purpose Can Motivate Students to Learn - Potential of a Purposeful Mindset http://t.co/wD1xRdOF7z via @MindShiftKQED #edchat
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tamsapedia - home - 0 views

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  • Sheri Edwards on 13 Nov 13
     
    writing students ask for help from peers. Click student pages. Click student name. See how the student asks for specific help. How can we use this?
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RT : Learn how Google Hangouts are being used by E - 0 views

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  • Sheri Edwards on 17 Nov 13
     
    RT @TeacherCast: Learn how Google Hangouts are being used by Educators to Engage Students and... http://t.co/h5fpVTsF3Y #eduvid #elearning
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#TackkEdu Tackkboard - Tackk Essay - 0 views

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    How to use tackk in the classroom
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    What follows is an approach to teaching critical thinking that includes a "methodological belief" process (the believing game) and a "methodological doubt" process (the doubting game). An excerpt from "Civil Disobedience" will be the take-off point for an outline of how the two games might be used with students as they study any controversial issue. Starred items in the description of the doubting game refer to suggested lesson plans that follow the conclusion of the game. Teachers may find one or more of them useful when a close examination of some aspect of the question process seems desirable.
  • Sheri Edwards on 21 Jul 14
     
    What follows is an approach to teaching critical thinking that includes a "methodological belief" process (the believing game) and a "methodological doubt" process (the doubting game). An excerpt from "Civil Disobedience" will be the take-off point for an outline of how the two games might be used with students as they study any controversial issue. Starred items in the description of the doubting game refer to suggested lesson plans that follow the conclusion of the game. Teachers may find one or more of them useful when a close examination of some aspect of the question process seems desirable.
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Connectedness, or lack of, in Education (School) « User Generated Education - 0 views

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EmTech Preview: Another Way to Think about Learning | MIT Technology Review - 0 views

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  • What you really want to measure is curiosity, imagination, passion, creativity, and the ability to see things from multiple points of view.
  • I believe that we get into trouble when knowing becomes a surrogate for learning. We know that a vast recall of facts about something is in no way a measure of understanding them.
  • The gods must be crazy
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  • What have we learned? We learned that kids learn a great deal by themselves.
  • can children learn how to read on their own?
  • To answer this question, we have delivered fully loaded tablets to two villages in Ethiopia, one per child, with no instruction or instructional material whatsoever. The tablets come with a solar panel, because there is no electricity in these villages. They contain modestly curated games, books, cartoons, movies—just to see what the kids will play with and whether they can figure out how to use them. We then monitor each tablet remotely, in this case by swapping SIM cards weekly (through a process affectionately known as sneakernet
  • If kids in Ethiopia learn to read without school, what does that say about kids in New York City who do not learn even with school?
  • children can learn a great deal by themselves. More than we give them credit for. Curiosity is natural, and all kids have it unless it is whipped out of them, often by school. Making things, discovering things, and sharing things are keys.
  • Having massive libraries of explicative material like modern-day encyclopedias or textbooks is fine. But such access may be much less significant than building a world in which ideas are shaped, discovered, and reinvented in the name of learning by doing and discovery.
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A Great Poster on How to Use Blogs as A Teacher ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Lea... - 0 views

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    types of educational blogs
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Learning through blogging as part of a connectivist MOOC | Sue Waters Blog - 0 views

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    "how educators use blogs with students and the blog platforms they use (and why) here"
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How metacognitive are you? - Write at the Edge - 0 views

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Digital Storytelling Pop-Up Video - 0 views

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    The rest of the story... a brief how to with links
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Developing Units with 21st Century Skills in Mind - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - 0 views

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  • Sheri Edwards on 10 Feb 14
     
    "Developing Units w/ 21st Century Skills" CommonCore #TPACK #UbD #CCSS Web 2.0 Tools http://t.co/HPqO9rqs #edchat #edtech #elemchat #5thchat @grammasheri Thanks - It's been fun completely overhauling how I teach. Real World skills are now the focus: http://t.co/D63ll07JT2 #etmchat
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Edmodo - 0 views

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    how to connect to google drive in edmodo
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e-writing - Problem and Solution Paragraph - 0 views

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  • Sheri Edwards on 11 Dec 13
     
    Weightlessness in Space Astronauts face many problems in space caused by weightlessness. One of these problems is floating around the cabin. To solve this problem, astronauts wear wear shoes that are coated with a special adhesive. This adhesive sticks to the floor of the cabin. Serving food is another problem. It won't stay put on the table! Experts solved this problem by putting food and drinks in pouches and tubes. It only needs to be mixed with water. Weightlessness also causes problems when an astronaut tries to work. The simple task of turning a wrench or a doorknob can be difficult. Since there is no gravity to keep him down, when he exerts a force in one direction, the opposite force may flip him over completely. To solve this problem, he must be very careful about how much force he uses to do these simple tasks. Here on earth, life is much simpler, thanks to gravity.
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Literature -- Analyzing Theme - 0 views

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    "Theme What exactly is this elusive thing called theme? The theme of a fable is its moral. The theme of a parable is its teaching. The theme of a piece of fiction is its view about life and how people behave. In fiction, the theme is not intended to teach or preach. In fact, it is not presented directly at all. You extract it from the characters, action, and setting that make up the story. In other words, you must figure out the theme yourself. The writer's task is to communicate on a common ground with the reader. Although the particulars of your experience may be different from the details of the story, the general underlying truths behind the story may be just the connection that both you and the writer are seeking. "
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