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Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com - 17 views

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21stcenturylearning teaching digitalcitizenship

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What if, indeed. After studying the matter, Ms. Davidson concluded, “Online blogs directed at peers exhibit fewer typographical and factual errors, less plagiarism, and generally better, more elegant and persuasive prose than classroom assignments by the same writers.”
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Ms. Davidson cites the elite Socratic system of questions and answers, the agrarian method of problem-solving and the apprenticeship program of imitating a master. It’s possible that any of these educational approaches
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A classroom suited to today’s students should deemphasize solitary piecework. It should facilitate the kind of collaboration that helps individuals compensate for their blindnesses, instead of cultivating them. That classroom needs new ways of measuring progress, tailored to digital times — rather than to the industrial age or to some artsy utopia where everyone gets an Awesome for effort.
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students accountable on the Web
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Leslie Healey on 08 Aug 11

Coherent, concise assessment of the reactionary nature of school, not "learning"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Coherent, concise assessment of the reactionary nature of school, not "learning"</div>

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Teacher Resources | Library of Congress - 9 views

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comprehensive resources to find and cite primary sources. our senior seminar will visit the Library of Congress next year as the beginning of the research project. Provides citation examples and guides for MLA and Chicago styles.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">comprehensive resources to find and cite primary sources. our senior seminar will visit the Library of Congress next year as the beginning of the research project. Provides citation examples and guides for MLA and Chicago styles.</div>

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Video Games Are Ruled Protected Speech, Now What? - 2 views

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gaming teaching 21stcenturylearning

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- Leslie Healey on 27 Jun 11
  
  this is true! why gaming is legitimately a path fro educators to formulate learning strategies
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">this is true! why gaming is legitimately a path fro educators to formulate learning strategies</div>
  
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- Leslie Healey on 27 Jun 11
  
  also--they ask why there are not more erudite games, just as there is "classic" literature--I think games are still a new art form. And aren't there are many fluff books as there are fluff or violent games
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">also--they ask why there are not more erudite games, just as there is "classic" literature--I think games are still a new art form. And aren't there are many fluff books as there are fluff or violent games</div>
  
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More important than that historic ruling is the reminder by a U.S. Supreme Court Justice that video games, like books, plays and movies, communicate ideas.
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Reading Dante is unquestionably more cultured and intellectually edifying than playing Mortal Kombat," Scalia wrote. "But these cultural and intellectual differences are not constitutional." It raises the question, what video games live up to that legacy of great literary works? And why aren't there more of them?
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Now that this distraction is out of the way, lets see the creation of more games like Bioshock, like Shadow of the Colossus, like Flower, games that make you think, that explore new ideas, that shake up preconceived notions.
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Shakespeare Goes to the Movies « Folger SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY - 9 views

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shakespeare

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Leslie Healey on 09 Jun 11

NEW SHAKESPEARE MOVIES COMING

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Logical punctuation: Should we start placing commas outside quotation marks? - By Ben Y... - 13 views

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punctuation

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Ben YAGODA, UD prof, on logical punctuation in Slate magazine. Everything we talk about in class is undone the minute they hit the web!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Ben YAGODA, UD prof, on logical punctuation in Slate magazine. Everything we talk about in class is undone the minute they hit the web!</div>

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Students Speak Up in Class, Silently, via Social Media - NYTimes.com - 10 views

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web2.0 socialmedia teaching lifeonthenet

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Though this is not true in my school, I know this must be MY tribe... and it must be true, cause it is in the NYT (in joke in my worldlit class).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Though this is not true in my school, I know this must be MY tribe... and it must be true, cause it is in the NYT (in joke in my worldlit class).</div>

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7 Brilliant Book Trailers | Brain Pickings - 12 views

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5 trailers for unique books-- great to inspire reading, or to serve as examples of the clear thinking that goes into creating a great review. My kids were fascinated, great discussion ensued as we plan our PechaKucha book reports

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">5 trailers for unique books-- great to inspire reading, or to serve as examples of the clear thinking that goes into creating a great review. My kids were fascinated, great discussion ensued as we plan our PechaKucha book reports</div>

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The Fictional 100 - 17 views

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100characters 10ofthebest books

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fascinating, useful blog about the characters we love (or hate) great resource for student research, research, discussion. We have already begun to argue about which Shakespearean characters deserve to be on the list........

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">fascinating, useful blog about the characters we love (or hate) great resource for student research, research, discussion. We have already begun to argue about which Shakespearean characters deserve to be on the list........</div>

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Reading Literature, A Spiritual Practice - 0 views

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reading learning literature tools

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 Do you want to get closer to God?  Settle down with a good book. McEntyre notes that, in the ancient practice of lectio di
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It can change the way we listen to the most ordinary conversation. It can become a habit of mind. It can help us locate what is nourishing and helpful in any words that come our way—especially in what poet Matthew Arnold called “the best that has been thought and said”—and it can equip us with a personal repertoire of sentences, phrases, and single words that serve us as touchstones or talismans when we ne
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“equipment for living
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Leslie Healey on 03 Apr 11

AMEN--you do not have to be a religious person to get this. Too often, I understand this idea, but forget to share it with my students. Reading as "equipment for living"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">AMEN--you do not have to be a religious person to get this. Too often, I understand this idea, but forget to share it with my students. Reading as "equipment for living"</div>

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PECHA KUCHA BOOK REVIEWS - Google Docs - 2 views

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pechakucha SSR SAT reading

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if you have not tried Pecha Kucha, you should. I am using it this year for my junior SAT prep group.They have been reading independently, and I want to give them some credit for the numerous books they have read. It also requires organization, clear judgment and prep. Also, IT IS FUN.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">if you have not tried Pecha Kucha, you should. I am using it this year for my junior SAT prep group.They have been reading independently, and I want to give them some credit for the numerous books they have read. It also requires organization, clear judgment and prep. Also, IT IS FUN.</div>

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Digital Humanities Boots Up on Some Campuses - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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digitalhumanities web2.0 literature teachingwriting

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Leslie Healey on 22 Mar 11

our students should be ready to participate in the digital humanities when we're finished with them

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Practicing Useful Annotation Strategies - NYTimes.com - 15 views

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reading notetaking lessonplans

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good lesson plan for close reading practice. METACOGNITIVE readers use these skills...goes with my Good Reader poster in my room

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">good lesson plan for close reading practice. METACOGNITIVE readers use these skills...goes with my Good Reader poster in my room</div>

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TEDxPhilly - Chris Lehmann - Education is broken - 10 views

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TED teaching learning web2.0

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High School Stinks: principal of Science Leadership Academy in Philly. mesmerizing

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Phil Zimbardo and the Heroic Imagination Project: TED - 13 views

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TED heroic britlit resources teaching charactereducation

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great project to implement with kids: can match it with British LIt theme of the hero

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">great project to implement with kids: can match it with British LIt theme of the hero</div>

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HEALIGAN'S SECOND HOME: GREAT SAT REVIEW, DIGITAL STYLE - 7 views

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SAT iTouch

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great SAT review: digital style http://bit.ly/gBSGcH Thumbs up from my juniors ALLEN SAT GRAMMAR app

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">great SAT review: digital style <a href="http://bit.ly/gBSGcH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/gBSGcH</a> Thumbs up from my juniors ALLEN SAT GRAMMAR app</div>

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What They're Reading on College Campuses - Publishing - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 11 views

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reading college teens literature

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very cool list: some conservative, some liberal, some fiction, some satire, some bio, some nonfiction

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">very cool list: some conservative, some liberal, some fiction, some satire, some bio, some nonfiction</div>

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Teenagers, Friends and Bad Decisions - NYTimes.com - 14 views

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teens peerpressure socialearning

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what teachers all know...teens will do stupid stuff if their friends are watching. when to let them fall and when to catch them--daily decisions

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">what teachers all know...teens will do stupid stuff if their friends are watching. when to let them fall and when to catch them--daily decisions</div>

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http://www.voki.com/Voki_for_education.php - 5 views

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voki avatar techtools web2.0 tools

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VOKI for teachers has just launched. free lessonplan database included. fun and engaging

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">VOKI for teachers has just launched. free lessonplan database included. fun and engaging</div>

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In a Fairy Castle, an Invitation to Life - 12 views

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teacherblog gawain chivalry teaching britlit

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here are the questions that we want to reach in BritLit.........

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Attention literacy : Howard Rheingold : City Brights - 14 views

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attention literacy 21stcenturyskills teens

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great strategies for teaching and practicing attention with our students

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">great strategies for teaching and practicing attention with our students</div>

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