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Amy Burns

http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/A-Guide-to-Four-Cs.pdf - 71 views

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    Great definitions and suggestions in this multi-page guide. Links included, too.
Quynh Vu Do

What YouTube and Hollywood Divas Can Teach You About Active Learning | EdSurge News - 10 views

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    "Some of the most dynamic thinkers and doers in education today are pioneers in active learning. Their pedagogy promotes the four Cs that the National Education Association (NEA) deems necessary "for success in college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century": critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration."
Siri Anderson

Professional Development Graduate Credit | CodeHS - 9 views

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    Great opportunity for teachers wanting to integrate computer science into their curriculum. CodeHS PD and classroom content, partnering with St. Catherine University to offer graduate credits and additional online CS learning opportunities designed for general education K-12 teachers.
Roland Gesthuizen

What most schools don't teach - YouTube - 132 views

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    "Learn about a new "superpower" that isn't being taught in in 90% of US schools. "
anonymous

Multimedia Composition: A Question of Balance - National Writing Project - 2 views

shared by anonymous on 25 May 12 - Cached
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    A question of balance...
Josephine Dorado

TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge: Tips on Telling Your Story - 58 views

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    Digital storytelling tips
Peter Beens

For Those Who Want to Lead, Read - John Coleman - Harvard Business Review - 58 views

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    "Even as global literacy rates are high (84%), people are reading less and less deeply. The National Endowment for the Arts (PDF) has found that "[r]eading has declined among every group of adult Americans," and for the first time in American history, "less than half of the U.S. adult American population is reading literature." Literacy has been improving in countries like India and China, but that literacy may not translate into more or deeper reading."
BalancEd Tech

Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay - National Writing Project - 89 views

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    1 hour podcast with the authors.
Roland Gesthuizen

BBC News - School ICT to be replaced by computer science programme - 3 views

  • "Instead of children bored out of their minds being taught how to use Word or Excel by bored teachers, we could have 11-year-olds able to write simple 2D computer animations," he said.
  • "Children are being forced to learn how to use applications, rather than to make them. They are becoming slaves to the user interface and are totally bored by it,"
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    The current programme of information and communications technology (ICT) study in England's schools will be scrapped from September, the education secretary has announced. It will be replaced by an "open source" curriculum in computer science and programming designed with the help of universities and industry.
Daniel Spielmann

How Online Innovators Are Disrupting Education - Jason Orgill and Douglas Hervey - Harv... - 122 views

  • flips education on its head
    • Daniel Spielmann
  • First, online education isn't the one and only teaching tool.
  • Second, online education integration will help teachers make a more impactful influence on students.
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  • concern — that teachers will become less relevant
  • higher quality education
  • The real problem lies in the effects standardized education has had on a student's internal and external motivation.
  • insufficient money, the teachers' unions, and large classroom size, all relevant issues, are not the root cause of our schools' troubles.
Nate Fish

I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here's Why. - Kyle Wiens - Harvard Business R... - 143 views

  • Everyone who applies for a position at either of my companies, iFixit or Dozuki, takes a mandatory grammar test.
  • But grammar is relevant for all companies. Yes, language is constantly changing, but that doesn't make grammar unimportant. Good grammar is credibility, especially on the internet.
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    Great overview of how much we have to communicate more correctly as we communicate more technologically.  Planning to look at this with all of my students.
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