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Anne Williams

Big Thinkers: Judy Willis on the Science of Learning | Edutopia - 4 views

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    brain based research on the science of learning focus and curiosty in the classroom PD
Vanessa Alander

Formative and Summative Assessment in the Classroom - 12 views

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      Use of exit slips as formative assessments!  
  • self-evaluation is a logical step in the learning process.
  • students keeping ongoing records of their work not only engages students, it
Vanessa Alander

http://www.smallschoolsproject.org/PDFS/co21003/rigor_not.pdf - 3 views

    • Vanessa Alander
       
      Rigor is not... it is helping students develop complex ambiguous provocative challenging material in and out of the classroom
camillenapierbernstein

7 Brilliant Book Trailers | Brain Pickings - 12 views

  • 7 Brilliant Book Trailers
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      I found these exciting projects, too. I would ask teachers to require kids NOT SPOIL the plot -- or, at least to warn viewers of spoilers. My students could not watch any of the SPEAK trailers for this reason.
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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
Meredith Stewart

Audio from danah boyd's TtW2011 Keynote - 1 views

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    For those wanting more on teens seeing privacy as controlling meaning not access, audio of recent talk on the topic: http://bit.ly/h55Sqp
Mrs. Lenker

Classical Literature -- Student Work - 22 views

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    Literature responses--student examples
Dennis OConnor

Jeff Clark - Portfolio Illustrating Patterns in Data - 14 views

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    This is a tantalizing portfolio page of infographic generators.  As a writing teacher I see many applications. As an information fluency advocate I see a way to understand data that excites the mind. Many of these programs use social media sources to build visual comparisons and patterns.   What a find! 
Dana Huff

YouTube - theproselytizer's Channel - 1 views

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    Robbing the Bard: The story of how a stolen Shakespeare First Folio appeared in the Folger Shakespeare Library. Narrated by David Tennant.
Dana Huff

Why Shakespeare never fails to get brains buzzing | Books | The Observer - 9 views

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    Reading Shakespeare makes you smarter!
Dennis OConnor

PrimaryWall - Web based sticky notes for schools - 2 views

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    Specialized wall wisher?  Filtered for school use.
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