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Steve Ransom

Newsroom | Alliance for Childhood - 1 views

www.allianceforchildhood.org/newsroom

childhood kindergarten learning

shared by Steve Ransom on 28 May 09 - Cached
  • In many kindergarten classrooms there is no playtime at all. Teachers say the curriculum does not incorporate play, there isn’t time for it, and many school administrators do not value it.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 28 May 09
       
      Then you can't really blame teachers here. Policy/curriculum has to change.
  • “We have had a politically and commercially driven effort to make kindergarten a one-size-smaller first grade. Why in the world are we trying to teach the elementary curriculum at the early childhood level?”
  • Finnish children similarly have a lengthy and playful childhood, not beginning formal schooling until age 7. Yet Finland consistently gets the highest scores on international exams.
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  • Crisis in the Kindergarten describes the current state of public kindergartens in the U.S. as “a national disgrace.”
  • Steve Ransom on 28 May 09
     
    New studies show play losing out to formal lessons and tests, even though multiple benefits of imaginative play are well documented
guimejia

El lenguaje se mueve para pensar: la forma del alumno - 1 views

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shared by guimejia on 09 Mar 21 - No Cached
  • Nigel Coutts on 09 Mar 21
     
    A good place to start in our efforts to shift the impact that our language choices have is with a focus on the language of thinking. If we believe that all learning is a consequence of thinking, it is natural to select language moves that encourage this from our learners.
Melissa Ebeling

Google For Educators - 14 views

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google education resources teaching technology teachers

shared by Melissa Ebeling on 14 Jul 09 - Cached
  • 7/9/2009Google Apps Tips, Tricks and Even Lesson PlansWant to learn the best ways to use Google Apps in your classroom?  Visit our new Education Community Site, where you can learn tips and tricks on using Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Sites, join our education forum and read news all about Google Apps.  Or check out standardized lesson plans at the new Google Apps Resource Center - for classroom use of our tools across K-12.
  • 7/9/2009Sites for TeachersCheck out the new Sites for Teachers page to see how teachers, students and administrators are using Google Sites to create their class sites, organize school trips, and run school projects. 7/9/2009Books, Books, BooksGoogle has reached an agreement with authors and publishers that will make millions of books more accessible in the U.S.  You can view full pages from and purchase complete access to millions of in-copyright, out-of-print books  or your school can purchase institutional subscriptions to offer your students and teachers complete access to millions of  books.
  • At Google, we support teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. That’s why we’ve assembled the information and tools you’ll find on this
  • Deborah Thonus on 14 Jul 09
     
    Homepage for Google for Educators. Here are links to many of the tools and applications availbable for educational use.
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