What we’ve decided is that we will no longer use the web filter as a classroom management tool. Blocking one distraction doesn’t solve the problem of students off task – it just encourages them to find another site to distract them. Students off task is not a technology problem – it’s a behavior problem.
Abraham Lincoln's Annual Message to Congress -- Concluding Remarks - 2 views
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"The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise -- with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."
» Would You Please Block? Bud the Teacher - 2 views
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A brilliantly worded statement that needs to be said!
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This opens up possibilities for students and staff using websites for instructional purposes that in the past were blocked due to broad category blocks. It requires that staff and students manage their technology use rather than relying on a third party solution that can never do the job of replacing teachers monitoring students.
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What we've decided is that we will no longer use the web filter as a classroom management tool.
Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! | Video on TED.com - dennisar's pos... - 1 views
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I've added quotes and the poem He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven to this post.
Productive Living - 1 views
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""Chaos isn't the problem; how long it takes to find coherence is the real game." -Doc Childre and Bruce Crier"
Clip Art Homepage - 1 views
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Very cool clipart
Google Moderator This I Believe about Learning - 1 views
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Google Moderator Demonstration: Nine Beliefs about Learning Drawn from Stephanie Pace Marshall's The Power to Transform
4,100 Massachusetts Students Prove Small Isn't Always Better - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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“This is gym; we shouldn’t have to teach writing.” Mr. Thomas said he replied, “If you want to work at Brockton High, it’s your job.”
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“Let me help you,” was a response committee members said they often offered to reluctant colleagues who argued that some requests were too difficult.
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""This is gym; we shouldn't have to teach writing." Mr. Thomas said he replied, "If you want to work at Brockton High, it's your job.""
Seth's Blog: A car is not merely a faster horse - 0 views
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A car is not merely a faster horse And email is not a faster fax. And online project management is not a bigger whiteboard. And Facebook is not an electronic rolodex. Play a new game, not the older game but faster.
oen (wordsbyoen) on Twitter - 2 views
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'Can we fix it' is the right question to ask - Telegraph - 0 views
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Most of us believe in positive self-talk. "I can achieve anything," we mouth to the mirror in the morning. "Nobody can stop me," we tell ourselves before walking into a big meeting.
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But not Bob. Instead of puffing up himself and his team, he first wonders whether they can actually achieve their goal. In asking his signature question – Can we fix it? – he introduces some doubt.
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The self-questioning group solved significantly more anagrams than the self-affirming group.
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Do we teach this to our students? Do we use the strategy ourselves? Here's the annotated link: http://diigo.com/0bj1y
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Here's the annotated link: http://diigo.com/0bj1y
Iraq's Known Unknowns, Still Unknown - Culture, Politics & Change - 0 views
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“the central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”
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the argument Lawrence Harrison makes in his book “The Central Liberal Truth” — culture matters, a lot more than we think, but cultures can change, a lot more than we expect.
Kerry: Climate change will depend on China - 0 views
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"Unless we act dramatically and act fast, science tells us our way of life is in jeopardy," [Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Kerry] said.
Universal Charter for Compassion: Unveiling on 11.12.09 | innovation3 - 0 views
Isabel Allende tells tales of passion | Video on TED.com - 0 views
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What is truer than truth? Answer, the story.
Climate Change - What should teachers and students know? - 5 views
Wanta help? Listen to this important Climate Change Press Conference and at http://tr.im/sWkI Save important quotes to EdQuotes at http://tr.im/EdQuotes
Simple Guidelines - 7 views
1) KISS is operative - One sentence is great; two is fine; three is the outer limits; four - it better be a super quote. 2) Add just the number after the quote: 99 or 166-67 3) Tag 4) If you ...
Julius Shulman Film » Blog - 0 views
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"What good is a dream house if you haven't got a dream?" -Julius Shulman
NECC 2009 - Progressive Pedagogy and 21st Century Tools - 0 views
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7.15.09 *We work best/learn best when it matters to us. 15 *Tools do't teach but they can change the way we teach. 22 *The schools we need [are] understanding driven. 40
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7.15.09 *We work best/learn best when it matters to us. 15 *Tools don't teach, but they can change the way we teach. 22 *The schools we need [are] understanding driven. 40
