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Atul Gawande: Failure and Rescue : The New Yorker - 15 views

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Failure RiskTaking

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So you will take risks, and you will have failures. But it’s what happens afterward that is defining. A failure often does not have to be a failure at all. However, you have to be ready for it—will you admit when things go wrong? Will you take steps to set them right?—because the difference between triumph and defeat, you’ll find, isn’t about willingness to take risks. It’s about mastery of rescue.
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Less (teaching) Is More (learning) http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Problem-Solving

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TEDxBozeman - Paul Andersen - Classroom Game Design - YouTube - 38 views

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Failure TED Video Gamification

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BalancEdTech - Thinkering Studio Rubric - 35 views

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Creativity CBL ProjectBasedLearning Autodidact

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BalancEdTech - Thinkering Studio - Project Ideas - 40 views

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ProjectBasedLearning Autodidact CBL Creativity

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BalancEdTech - Thinkering Studio - 8 views

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Creativity ProjectBasedLearning CBL Autodidact

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Thinkering Studio is a collaborative space/time/studio/project/class for students to:
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BalancEd Tech on 26 Aug 12

#geniushour 20% Time

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Evaluating Apps with Transformative Use of the iPad in Mind | Langwitches Blog - 10 views

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iPad Apps Evaluation

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Nine Dangerous Things You Were Taught In School - Forbes - 12 views

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Education Change

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Michael Fullan on What Doesn't Work in School Reform on Vimeo - 62 views

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Change Video WhatWorks

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Also: http://blog.core-ed.org/derek/2012/05/the-wrong-drivers.html

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BalancEdTech - Critical Friends Feedback - 3 views

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PeerBasedLearning Conferencing Commenting OnlineDiscussions

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BalancEdTech - Bring Your Own Device - 3 views

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BYOD

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Affordances and Constraints Related Resources

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elearnspace. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age - 17 views

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connectivism MEMOIRE learning elearning theory collaboration technology community

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learning is no longer an internal, individualistic activity
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Connected Learning - 1 views

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Connectivism Knowledge_Building

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The 5 Deadly Diseases of Education - 14 views

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AntiBozos

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The Dyslexic Brain | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR - 8 views

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Brain Dyslexia Reading SpecialEd

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http://www.ld.org/ http://www.interdys.org/ http://www.amazon.com/Dyslexic-Advantage-Unlocking-Hidden-Potential/dp/1594630798/

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Guilia Forsythe talks Sketchnoting | bavatuesdays - 4 views

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sketchnote visual note taking

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Goes with RSA Animate - http://bit.ly/zKMkOR

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Should Students Use Their Own Devices in the Classroom? > Point/Counterpoint > ISTE - L... - 9 views

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BYOD

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While you may say "yes," Stager's "no" should be carefully considered to make your BYOD as successful as possible.

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Khan Academy: It's Different This Time « Mathalicious - 4 views

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Mathematics DirectInstruction

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This works well when you want a new way to distribute coupons, but it’s problematic when we try to impose technological solutions on problems that aren’t technological in nature.
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For all the talk about turning students into creative problem solvers and 21st century critical thinkers, the truth is that our current system still very much revolves around the institutionalized mediocrity of standardized testing.
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We can talk all we want about moving beyond testing, but it’s still the only thing that people are immediately incentivized to care about.
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What we want isn’t necessarily what we need.
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Someone can tell you about a wonderful new operating system that just works, but you really need to see it to understand.
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dy/dan » Blog Archive » What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong About Math Education A... - 0 views

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Mathematics DirectInstruction

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Mathematics, as defined by the CCSS, isn't just a series of discrete content standards. It contains practice standards, too: modeling, critiquing arguments, using tools strategically, reasoning abstractly, and others.
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iPad iTunes Accounts for Schools | Policy, Staying Current | Ed Tech Thoughts from the ... - 132 views

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iPad iPadDeployment

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Move beyond the enterprise deployment model

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

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Change AntiBozos

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It's not enough to change the status quo.

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