Diigo In Education

Rosling's presentations are grounded in solid statistics (often drawn from United Nations data), illustrated by the visualization software he developed. The animations transform development statistics into moving bubbles and flowing curves that make global trends clear, intuitive and even playful. During his legendary presentations, Rosling takes this one step farther, narrating the animations with a sportscaster's flair.

Personalized learning plans and electronic portfolios are being implemented to help students take ownership of their own education. Could this student "self-advocacy" be an essential component of teachers' attempts to differentiate instruction? Absolutely! Consistently applied, personalized learning plans would seem to be a natural means of maintaining student engagement and motivation. Opportunity and choice seem to be keywords here - as one student said, "it just shows you the opportunities you can have if one doesn't work out."

Interesting blog post about gifted learners' brains.

March 4 is National Grammar Day

Randal McIlroy brings Derrick Grose up-to-date on Pemmican Publications and its efforts to promote Metis language and culture through bilingual books in English and Michif.

Richard Beaudry reviews the issue of net filtering in Canadian libraries.

Statistics Canada provides pointers using surveys for classroom-based research.

it seems like a neat idea, but there is absolutely no research to support multiple intelligence in education, fwiw.

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method -- that is experimental, correlational, or longitudinal -- and regardless of the cultures tested in this study [East and West], you get the same effects," said Anderson, who is also director of Iowa State's Center for the Study of Violence. "And the effects are that exposure to violent video games increases the likelihood of aggressive behavior in both short-term and long-term contexts. Such exposure also increases aggressive thinking and aggressive affect, and decreases prosocial behavior."

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