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Andrew Spinali

The Value Of "Mimic Writing" | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day… - 6 views

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    Great post with suggestions that could be applied to non-ELL students as well.
Chema Falcó

Defining Technology Integration (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom ... - 29 views

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    Current definitions of technology integration are a conceptual swamp. Some definitions focus on the technology itself and student access to the devices and software. Some concentrate on the technol…
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    Current definitions of technology integration are a conceptual swamp. Some definitions focus on the technology itself and student access to the devices and software. Some concentrate on the technol…
Daryl Bambic

How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired Busine... - 28 views

  • To them, knowledge isn’t a commodity that’s delivered from teacher to student but something that emerges from the students’ own curiosity-fueled exploration.
  • eachers provide prompts
  • they step aside so students can teach themselves and one another.
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  • Potential.”
  • “So,” Juárez Correa said, “what do you want to learn?”
  • “If you put a computer in front of children and remove all other adult restrictions, they will self-organize around it,” Mitra says, “like bees around a flower.”
  • There will be no teachers, curriculum, or separation into age groups—just six or so computers and a woman to look after the kids’ safety. His defining principle: “The children are completely in charge.”
  • Theorists from Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi to Jean Piaget and Maria Montessori have argued that students should learn by playing and following their curiosity.
  • Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin similarly claim that their Montessori schooling imbued them with a spirit of independence and creativity.
  • The study found that when the subjects controlled their own observations, they exhibited more coordination between the hippocampus and other parts of the brain involved in learning and posted a 23 percent improvement in their ability to remember objects.
  • if you’re not the one who’s controlling your learning, you’re not going to learn as well
nicholaskeith

Brainwaves Video Anthology Is A Great Collection Of Short Videos Of & For Educators... - 63 views

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    Bob Greenberg retired from teaching about two years ago and since then has been interviewing educators from around the word and placing these short videos on his Brainwaves Video Anthology YouTube ...
Peter Beens

The Best Resources On How Exercise Helps Learning - Please Contribute Other R... - 69 views

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    I've recently read some articles on how physical exercise helps students learn, and thought I'd put together a related "The Best…" list. However, I only have a few resources now, and I'm sure there are plenty others out there. I'm hoping readers will contribute more (I, of course, will give you credit for ones I add to this list).
BalancEd Tech

Challenging Reformers' Conventional Wisdom about Structures and Classroom Practice | La... - 49 views

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    It's not enough to change the status quo.
Brianna Crowley

Response: Several Ways Teachers & Parents Can Start The New Year Well -- Part Two - Cla... - 52 views

  • With so much talking and not much doing many students would tell teachers that this is a sure-fire way to put them to sleep. Missing out on a golden opportunity when students are most receptive to learning.
  • Instead of taking three weeks to go over what they've already learned, start off with something new. Something that will grab their attention and say "Hey, this is going to be a wonderful learning place for the next 10 months. Get ready."
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