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Brendan Growden

Brain Teasers and answers - 88 views

dan.hersam.com/brain-teasers.html

shared by Brendan Growden on 17 Sep 12 - No Cached
    • Brendan Growden
      Brendan Growden on 17 Sep 12
       
      i use this for literacy starters or sometimes extension activities
John Lustig

Stop Stealing Dreams - 6 views

www.squidoo.com/stop-stealing-dreams

education sethgodin Dreams Godin ebook manifesto book edchat

shared by John Lustig on 29 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Christian King on 04 Mar 12
     
    A Free ebook in variety of formats written by Seth Godin. An excellent starter for a conversation about what 21st century school should be about.
Deborah Baillesderr

360 Degree Aerial Panorama | 3D Virtual Tours Around the World | Photos of the Most Int... - 65 views

www.airpano.com

panorama geography photos photography 360 3D Landmarks

shared by Deborah Baillesderr on 19 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Michele Brown on 19 Sep 12
     
    Beautiful photos: 360 Degree Aerial Panorama | 3D Virtual Tours Around the World | Photos of the Most Interesting Places on the Earth | Great discussion starters for students.  Has music with it so turn your speakers on.
  • Deborah Baillesderr on 08 Sep 13
     
    AirPano is a non-commercial project focused on high resolution 3D aerial panoramas.
Wendy de Jong

PLN Starter Kit - 72 views

www.livebinders.com/...play

PLN resources

shared by Wendy de Jong on 09 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Wendy de Jong on 09 Jan 14
     
    This crowdsourced resource is meant to help those who are just beginning to start their journey as a "connected educator." It is not exhaustive. In fact, if all goes to plan, it will be a perpetual work in progress - just like the PLNs it will hopefully help build.
Jennifer Disse

Lasso the Moon 5 Simple Ways to Encourage Young Authors - 34 views

letslassothemoon.com/...encourage-creative-writing

shared by Jennifer Disse on 31 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Knoala is WAY MORE than just a story starter app. It is a smart app that finds activities that are most suitable for you and your family, based on your child’s age and local weather conditions. There are a wide variety of games and crafts that foster artistic, cognitive, emotional, motor, sensory and language skills. All content on Knoala is free, and always will be
David Keck

Making Connections: Text to Self, Text to Text, Text to World - Diane Kardash - 91 views

sites.google.com/...making-connections

shared by David Keck on 09 Feb 14 - No Cached
    • David Keck
      David Keck on 09 Feb 14
       
      Questions and sentence starters for making connections...
    • Barbara Ressler
      Barbara Ressler on 10 Feb 14
       
      Some practical application ?s
Sharin Tebo

How Do We Transform Our Schools? - Education Next : Education Next - 26 views

educationnext.org/ow-do-we-transform-our-schools

shared by Sharin Tebo on 07 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • And yet the machines have made hardly any impact.
    • Sharin Tebo
      Sharin Tebo on 07 Feb 15
       
      Why would they? It is PEOPLE, not programs or 'things' that make a difference!
  • An organization’s natural instinct is to cram the innovation into its existing operating model to sustain what it already does. This is the predictable course, the logical course—and the wrong course.
    • Sharin Tebo
      Sharin Tebo on 07 Feb 15
       
      This idea of 'nonconsumption' is exactly what the authors of Blended discuss. This is the opportune moment to disrupt and innovate. 
  • The way to implement an innovation so that it will transform an organization is to implement it disruptively—not by using it to compete against the existing paradigm and serve existing customers, but to let it compete against “non-consumption,” where the alternative is nothing at all.
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  • At first glance there appears to be little non-consumption of education in the United States since students are required to receive schooling. Looking deeper, however, reveals many pockets of non-consumption where students would be delighted with computer-based learning rather than the alternative, nothing at all. Take Advanced Placement (AP) courses for starters. According to a 2005 report by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 33 percent of schools nationwide offered no AP classes in 2002–03. Those that do provide AP courses today only offer a fraction of the 34 courses for which AP exams are available, because they lack the resources to hire more AP teachers or there is not enough student demand to justify a dedicated course and teacher.
  • Credit recovery is another big opportunity.
Karen Wester

The Week in Rap - 3 views

theweekinrap.com

rap socialstudies

shared by Karen Wester on 28 Sep 09 - Cached
  • C Clausen on 28 Sep 09
     
    One week's news in music video form
  • Karen Wester on 04 Jul 10
     
    This looks like a great site for a learning center, "do now" or a "make your own rap" starter.
B Allen

Cleverbot.com - a clever bot - speak to an AI with some Actual Intelligence? - 55 views

www.cleverbot.com

web2.0 robots

shared by B Allen on 10 Mar 10 - Cached
  • B Allen on 10 Mar 10
     
    Cleverbot learns from real people - things it says may seem inappropriate - use with discretion, and at YOUR OWN RISK
  • B Allen on 10 Mar 10
     
    Just type in a conversation starter ... and wa-la you can have a conversation with a human-like computer!
Drew Rosenshine

Does Teaching Kids To Get 'Gritty' Help Them Get Ahead? : NPR Ed : NPR - 49 views

www.npr.org/...get-gritty-help-them-get-ahead

grit mindset kids teaching dissertation

shared by Drew Rosenshine on 14 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • they need to have a "growth mindset" — the belief that success comes from effort — and not a "fixed mindset" — the notion that people succeed because they are born with a "gift" of intelligence or talent.
  • ducators say they see it all the time: Kids with fixed mindsets who think they just don't have the "gift" don't bother applying themselves. Conversely, kids with fixed mindsets who were always told they were "gifted" and skated through school tend to crumble when they hit their first challenge; rather than risk looking like a loser, they just quit.
  • We don't use the word 'gifted' — ever," Giamportone says. "In our school, you will never hear it." " 'Smart' is like a curse," adds social studies teacher June Davenport.
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  • Instead, the school is plastered with signs and handmade posters promoting a "growth mindset."
  • The focus is always more on putting out effort than on getting the right answers. Teachers have been trained to change the way they see students, and how they speak to them.
  • praise students for their focus and determination.
  • "If I was an outsider and I was hearing this conversation, I might think that this was some kind of hippie-dippy love fest," concedes the teacher, Nathan Cearley. "But what you see is actually a more rigorous and risky learning environment."
  • In three years, Cearley says, he's seen kids grow less afraid of making mistakes, and more willing to ask for help. Test scores at Lenox have jumped 10 to 15 points.
  • The number of schools using Brainology is expected to double this year, from 500 to 1,000.
  • A limited intervention, she says, if not consistently reinforced in and out of school, can only have limited results. "We don't know whether we've had any effect — the jury's out," says Duckworth. "It just seems to me extremely implausible that that's going to permanently and impressively change a child."
  • "Grit as a goal seems to be multiply flawed and very disturbing," says education writer Alfie Kohn. For starters, he says, "the benefits of failure are vastly overstated, and the assumption that kids will pick themselves up and try even harder next time, darn it — that's wishful thinking."
  • if there's a problem with how kids are learning, the onus should be on schools to get better at how they teach — not on kids to get better at enduring more of the same.
    • Drew Rosenshine
      Drew Rosenshine on 15 Jul 14
       
      Yes, but once again this is not an either/or situation.
  • I don't think people can become truly gritty and great at things they don't love," Duckworth says. "So when we try to develop grit in kids, we also need to find and help them cultivate their passions. That's as much a part of the equation here as the hard work and the persistence."
  • But now, three years into the growth-mindset training at Lenox Academy, Blaze says, she believes "you can teach old dogs new tricks."
  • Does Teaching Kids To Get 'Gritty' Help Them Get Ahead?
  • After years of focusing on the theory known as "multiple intelligences" and trying to teach kids in their own style, Hoerr says he's now pulling kids out of their comfort zones intentionally.
Sharin Tebo

Creating a Culture of Inquiry | Edutopia - 78 views

www.edutopia.org/...lture-of-inquiry-andrew-miller

SDW SDWLIT literacy Culture inquiry SDWLeadership

shared by Sharin Tebo on 11 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Inquiry
  • creating a culture of inquiry takes constant work. Teachers need to establish it from the first day in the classroom, and work to keep it vital throughout the year. Here are some important things to know about creating that culture, and some ideas that you might consider.
  • Culture
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  • Questioning
  • When we make a change or set an expectation for how a classroom will operate, we begin to affect the climate. It takes time for something to become a part of the culture
  • culture of inquiry
  • Scaffold
  • A culture of inquiry will not happen overnight, but the right climate for it is much easier to establish.
  • Teachers should use a variety of strategies, such as structured protocols and question starters and stems, to support students in asking effective questions.
  • One great tool for building a culture of inquiry is essential questions that drive learning.
  • Rather than focusing on the answer, they should focus on the process of inquiry that begins when the question is asked.
  • we have to make sure that our assignments also mirror and honor inquiry
  • Do our assignments focus on complexity and justification? Do we honor student voice and choice in these assignments? Are students allowed choice in what they produce and voice in what the assignment will look like? Do we create assignments and assessments that allow students to investigate their own questions aligned to the content that we want them to learn?
  • A culture of inquiry can only become the classroom norm if there is commitment from all stakeholders -- parents, students, teachers, administration, and more. Simply saying that we are an inquiry-based classroom and doing an occasional inquiry-based activity is not indicative of a culture of inquiry.
psmiley

Wonderopolis | Where the Wonders of Learning Never Cease - 20 views

wonderopolis.org

wonderopolis creativity learning inquiry Thinkfinity Science web2.0 elementary

shared by psmiley on 24 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Michele Brown on 24 Aug 12
     
    Great resources for story starters or other inquiries.  Each day there is a new wonder, a new question to think about.
  • psmiley on 20 May 13
     
    Our world is full of wonder!
finkenra

Movie Clips at WingClips.com - 84 views

www.wingclips.com/...dont-eat-the-ice-cream

movie clip starters

shared by finkenra on 14 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • finkenra on 14 Jan 16
     
    Library of movie clips tagged by theme and topic.
Martin Burrett

Oneword - Writing stimulus - 46 views

oneword.com

writing creativity English creative writing stories

shared by Martin Burrett on 20 May 09 - Cached
    • Andy Whiteway
      Andy Whiteway on 20 May 09
       
      Fantastic. Share with those who are struggling to get started in their creative writing. Use as a starter in an English lesson.
    • Dimitris Tzouris
      Dimitris Tzouris on 23 Nov 10
       
      Very interesting!
    • Patrick Higgins
      Patrick Higgins on 16 Sep 11
       
      My question is how this differs from using your Writer's Notebook?  
    • Sarah Schaller Welsh
      Sarah Schaller Welsh on 01 Feb 12
       
      I am looking for cool ideas for a creative writing course...I feel like this could be a very useful tool.
  • Martin Burrett on 01 Aug 11
     
    A great way for children to learn the art of story openings. They have 1 minute to write from a one word stimulus. The site asks for a name & email. I usually just cut and paste the work into Word instead. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
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