ou toggle over to check your phone during even the smallest pause in real life. You feel those phantom vibrations even when no one is texting you. You have trouble concentrating for long periods.
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Building Attention Span - The New York Times - 75 views
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This is a connection for me to the technology and devices article we read today and did a quotation mingle around during our Disciplinary Literacy Institute. No kidding that we get a shot of dopamine or 'high' when our phone goes ding, or it vibrates.
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Online life is so delicious
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You live in a state of perpetual anticipation because the next social encounter is just a second way.
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xpert online gamers have a great capacity for short-term memory, to process multiple objects simultaneously, to switch flexibly between tasks and to quickly process rapidly presented information.
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Fluid intelligence
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Research at the University of Oslo and elsewhere suggests that people read a printed page differently than they read off a screen. They are more linear, more intentional, less likely to multitask or browse for keywords.
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Crystallized intelligence
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Crystallized intelligence accumulates over the years and leads ultimately to understanding and wisdom.
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So maybe this kind of intelligence, then, is the "learning is a consequence of thinking"?
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The Dicey Calculus of Contemporary Cooking - WSJ.com - 37 views
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What's the difference between a 10-inch skillet and a 12-inch skillet?
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Not just a mere two inches. The larger pan has 44% more surface area.
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the rate of evaporation of a liquid is proportional to its exposed surface area, a sauce in a larger, flatter skillet will reduce far more rapidly than one in a taller, narrower pan
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A cook who doubles a recipe but keeps the same size pot and the same cooking time will wind up with a watery sauce.
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try to stir-fry a batch of meat in a 10-inch skillet instead of a 12-inch skillet, and "instead of sautéeing you'll end up steaming it.
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Think you can substitute an eight-inch cake pan for a nine-inch?
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Don't—the nine-inch holds 27% more batter.
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one teaspoon of table salt is equivalent to 1.5 teaspoons of Morton or two teaspoons of Diamond Crystal.
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"I don't have table salt at home, because I made that mistake too often," Mr. Willoughby says.
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Interesante artículo que relaciona matemáticas y cocina. Porcentajes, áreas, volúmenes...
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The Learning Zone: Rock Cycle Games - 97 views
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Drag the pictures on the right to the cycle on the left. When you are done, you will have a completed rock cycle to help you understand how rock the rock cycle flows.
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Weathering means when rock surfaces are broken down by exposure to air, water, and other materials. Their appearance is changed.
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Be sure to click on the post its to learn about definition of words you might be unsure of!
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Intrusive crystallization is when a rock forms under the earth's surface.
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How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education - T... - 15 views
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a new teaching approach here called “proficiency-based education” that was inspired by a 2012 state law.
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law requires that by 2021, students graduating from Maine high schools must show they have mastered specific skills to earn a high school diploma.
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CompetencyWorks, a national organization t
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By 2021, schools must offer diplomas based students reaching proficiency in the four core academic subject areas: English, math, science and social studies. By 2025, four additional subject areas will be included: a second language, the arts, health and physical education.
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proficiency-based idea has also created headaches at some schools for teachers trying to monitor students’ individual progress.
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Students have more flexibility to learn at their own pace and teachers get time to provide extra help for students who need it
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It wasn’t for lack of trying,” Bowen said. “It was a systems design problem.”
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offer students clarity about what they have to learn and how they are expected to demonstrate they’ve learned it.
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at schools that have embraced the new system, teachers say they are finding that struggling students are seeing the biggest gains because teachers are given more time to re-teach skills and students better understand the parameters for earning a diploma.
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Deciding to believe that all students are capable of learning all of the standards, she said, “was scary.”
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Multiple-choice questions have virtually disappeared. Homework is checked, but not graded.
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students get less than a proficient score, they must go back and study the skill they missed. They are then given a chance to retake the relevant portions of the test until they earn a satisfactory score.
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We inherited a structure for schooling that was based on time and on philosophical beliefs that learning would be distributed across a bell curve,
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get crystal clear about what we want students to know and be able to do and then how to measure it.”