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Mark Gleeson

C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: Social Learning - 13 views

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edmodo digital citizenship

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  • Mark Gleeson on 22 Feb 13
     
    Does Edmodo's Digital Citizen Starter Kit handle the challenge of educating kids to be good digital citizens? The answer is "Yes!" according to Bianca Hewes, a high school English teacher in Sydney, Australia who's also been doing awesome things with Edmodo since 2009 (including connecting 30 of her students with registered Edmodo teachers in the US, South America and England to mentor their individual writing projects). "Edmodo is a social network with training wheels," says Bianca. "By introducing it at a young age, teachers are able to develop the habits of the mind that are essential for students to be good digital citizens. Students learn to use appropriate language, to speak kindly and with compassion, to be supportive rather than critical, and to ask thoughtful questions."
Brianna Crowley

Professor: Why Teach For America can't recruit in my classroom - 64 views

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TFA teacher_profession teacher_training Educational Reform

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  • Brianna Crowley on 20 Feb 13
     
    "[TFA] use[s] teaching in high-poverty areas as a stepping stone to a career in business."
Steven Szalaj

What changed my mind about the Fourth of July - chicagotribune.com - 25 views

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Education Journalism freedom American

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  • Steven Szalaj on 04 Jul 13
     
    An essay on freedom in America, and particularly in journalism and education
Nigel Coutts

Politics, Education and Lessons from 2016 - The Learner's Way - 15 views

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politics education learning teaching empathy respect

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  • Nigel Coutts on 13 Nov 16
     
    It is difficult to have not noticed that the Presidential Election in the United States of America has been somewhat controversial. The same conclusion can be drawn about 'Brexit'. The implications of these events will keep historians, political analysts and indeed educators busy for many years. Regardless of your political leanings there are genuine implications for educators in these events and a considered response now and in the coming months (even years) will be required. 
mspayton68

Hispanic Culture - Latin American Culture - Spanish Culture - 14 views

www.explore-hispanic-culture.com/hispanic-culture.html

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  • efer to the set of values, standards, beliefs, art, music, and practices shared by a particular group.
  • Thus, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries are referred to as Hispanic America.
  • Hispanic or Latino culture encompasses the traditions, language, idioms, religious beliefs and practices, legends, arts, music, literature, cuisine, history, social and family values of the Hispanic people.
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  • The different "Hispanic cultures" share many things in common, including these religious observances.Navidad (Christmas)Like in many other cultures – Christmas is one of the most important religious celebrations among Hispanics. A unique characteristic of a "Latino" Christmas is the prominent role of the "nacimiento" (the nativity scene). La Semana Santa (Holy Week) This is another important and deeply religious Hispanic holiday. The Holy Week is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter. Not surprisingly, some of the most notable celebrations of the Holy Week occur in Latin American countries, including: Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Perú.
  • May 1 - Día del Trabajo May 5 - Cinco de MayoMay - Día de las MadresSep 15 - Oct 15 - Hispanic Heritage Month
Aelius Rusticus

Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 61, Stanley Elkin - 0 views

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fiction art paris review

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  • It’s a rare joke that is funny. Only situations are funny.
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      Aelius Rusticus on 25 May 12
       
      I asked my cat why he didn't help me with the elaborate vegetable soup I was preparing. When he had no quick answer, I suggested it was because he had no stock in it. My wit, pedestrian in the grand scheme, nonetheless amused me in the moment. Funny situation or funny word-play? or neither?
  • “The point of life was the possibility it always held out for the exceptional.”
  • to do the kinds of things which people don’t really do in real life but which they do do in fiction—to follow their own irrational—but sane—obsessions which, achieved, would satisfy them. Alas, these guys never catch up with their obsessions.
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  • There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think, “Jesus Christ, how many more months do I have left?” or years, I hope. I am totally preoccupied with death. I mean my own death. Barth, for example, has said that he comes from very good stock and expects to live a long time. Bill Gass thinks that one of the reasons he takes so much time writing his novels—it took him ten years to write Omensetter’s Luck—is that he has an infinite amount of time left to him. I don’t believe that I have an infinite amount of time left to me. Probably I would be a healthier man if I did believe it.
  • making a scratch on a stone?
  • it’s not a question of making imaginary leaps or having a third eye. It’s a question of using the two eyes I have—and looking hard and close at things.
  • That kind of observation can be taught. I also try to teach them how to recognize a situation, what legitimately is a situation and what isn’t. Those are the only things that can be taught. I can’t teach a person style. I can’t teach him to write, in terms of language. But I can teach them that things look like other things.
  • Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers, a collection of short stories (1966)
  • junk jewelry’s meteorological condition—its Fall line and Spring.
  • I don’t believe that less is more. I believe that more is more. I believe that less is less, fat fat, thin thin and enough is enough.
  • particular existential writers?
  • the SELF takes precedence.
  • Camus
  • in the better restaurants.
  • Barth is wonderful, but the Barth I really admire is back there in the Golden Age of Barth.
  • Bellow I think is a magnificent writer—probably, with Gass, the best writer in America.
  • I think Gass is the best word-man in America.
  • There’s marvelous language in Pricksongs and Descants but it’s subsidiary to the experiment with structure. I tell you this for your own good, Bob. The reason I like Gass so much is that Gass is not fucking around with structure. He is fucking around with language. That to me is legitimate and acceptable, and the furthest out you can go is the best place to be. That’s what’s so magnificent about Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote very conventional plays, but the language wasn’t conventional.
  • the great gift of fiction—is that it gives language an opportunity to happen.
  • palimpsest of metaphor right there on the page. One gets a notion of the conceit and one is inspired to work with it as a draftsman might work with some angle that he is interested in getting down correctly.
Jon Tanner

Why Innovation Can't Fix America's Classrooms - Marc Tucker - National - The Atlantic - 1 views

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innovation fix america school edreform

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  • Jon Tanner on 06 Dec 11
     
    This reinforces Scott McLeod's assertion (shared by many others) that we need to have a revolutionary change, not an incremental one.
cjohnson2004

American Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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      cjohnson2004 on 06 Mar 12
       
      Start of Civil War
  • In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America
  • n April 1861, Lincoln announced the Union blockade of all Southern ports; commercial ships could not get insurance and regular traffic ended. The South blundered in embargoing cotton exports in 1861 before the blockade was effective; by the time they realized the mistake it was too late. "King Cotton" was dead, as the South could export less than 10% of its cotton.[134]
Steven Szalaj

How to Fix the Schools - NYTimes.com - 97 views

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Education American International Schools improve

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  • Steven Szalaj on 19 Sep 12
     
    Excellent essay on improving education in America
Kevin Kaeser

Spent: Looking for Change - 1 views

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Economics

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  • Kevin Kaeser on 09 Jun 14
     
    A movie about the unbanked in America and their struggles by Tyler Perry in association with American Express
Tonya Thomas

ClickCEOP on Facebook - 32 views

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  • Tonya Thomas on 18 Jul 10
     
    Hopefully this comes to America soon!
Roland O'Daniel

Dynamic Maps - 84 views

www-atlas.usgs.gov/dynamic.html

maps socialstudies national atlas web2.0 dynamic applets

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    ationalatlas.gov™ contains a remarkable range of products and services to meet the diverse needs of people who are looking for maps and geographic information about America. Dynamic maps are innovative illustrations of geographic phenomena. We combine the science of mapping with today's multimedia to offer maps that are useful, understandable, and that stimulate interactivity.
Mary Gaston

YouTube - Response to Principal Who Bans Social Media - 33 views

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  • Mary Gaston on 09 Nov 10
     
    Video response to Good Morning America story about a principal who banned social media.
Siri Anderson

The Myth of Charter Schools by Diane Ravitch | The New York Review of Books - 78 views

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school-improvement ROI charter_schools

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  • Siri Anderson on 27 Oct 10
     
    This is the best response I've seen to this film. A must read for those invested in maintaining public education in America.
Sheryl A. McCoy

The brutal truth about America's healthcare - Americas, World - The Indepen... - 0 views

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ethics USA United_States_of_America health healthcare CA medicine shameful

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    in Los Angeles at the music arena that has been turned into a makeshift medical centre
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