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Fabian Aguilar

American Cultures 2.0 - 0 views

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education students skills

shared by Fabian Aguilar on 11 Aug 09 - Cached
  • If we want students to become citizens who understand their role as a citizen then we need to teach them to understand and respect the power of questions.
  • Without the freedom and courage to ask that paradigm shifting question then progress and innovation would cease to exist and we would become slaves to our past and out-dated solutions.
  • The power of just one word can totally change the meaning of something as intrinsic as national identity.
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  • The more students have an opportunity to read, speak and write the more they are going to understand the power of words.
  • The moment students craft words meant not just for the teacher and a few other peers, but for the wider world, is the moment students learn that a misplaced, mispronounced, or misspelled word has consequences far beyond a grade. These authentic learning opportunities are crucial to prepare students for the new realities of a more global and transparent world.
  • Students (and teachers) need to understand that everything they do communicates, whether they know what they are communicating or not.
  • Once students really figure out who they are and what they stand for then they can more comfortably be themselves. However, an important social skill that many students have difficulty grasping is knowing appropriate social norms in various settings.
  • Anyone can be a teacher... if you are alert and willing to learn from others. We need to teach students to be alert and willing to learn from sources other than textbooks. We need to teach students how to create and cultivate learning from a personal learning network, in order to extend the traditional capabilities of school from the limited hours of the school day to the unlimited hours beyond the school day. The informal classroom of life offers lessons far more valuable than the classroom if only we are open to learning from each other each and every day.
Ed Webb

Weblogg-ed » The Obama Speech - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 08 Sep 09 - Cached
  • I have read the President’s speech and I agree with his comments. I am a conservative republican and I did not find any problem with what the President will say in his speech to the students. There is no brainwashing or indoctrination in his comments. We have problems in our schools and that needs to change.
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 08 Sep 09
       
      Sanity! Hope!
Vicki Davis

If You Build It, They Will Read: NECC 2009 - 0 views

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education learning tool web2 edu_newapp

shared by Vicki Davis on 24 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 24 Jul 09
     
    My new friend at CAST (and UDL expert) shared this cool resource with me called bookbuilder. This is a link to a presentation and a podcast can be found at - http://www.cyberears.com/cybrss/6373.mp3 about how bookbuilder can be used as a product or tool used students to demonstrate their content knowledge. I love how each student can have comments or information they post on their slides about a topic. This is very very cool and accessible to all! This presentation demonstrates what can be done and I can't wait to work with the back end!
tee1962 Reagan

Teachers are key for students who like learning and remain curious - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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shared by tee1962 Reagan on 06 Jul 09 - No Cached
  • or says, is to "maximize the likelihood that students will get the pleasurable rush that comes from successful thought.
  • So the challenge for a teacher is to find that sweet spot of mental difficulty, and to find it simultaneously for 25 students, each with a different level of preparation.
  • Rather, we remember what we think about, and that can have non-obvious consequences. During frog dissection, are students thinking about anatomy or that they find it gross?
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  • One way to help ensure that students think of content is to view teaching in terms of a story structure.
  • Good teachers design lessons in which students unavoidably think about the meaning or central point.
  • People differ in their abilities and in their interests, but there is no evidence for differences in learning styles.
  • The secret to getting smarter is really not a big secret: Engage in intellectual activities. Read the newspaper, watch informative documentaries, find well-written books that make intellectual content engaging. Perhaps most important; Watch less television. It's rarely enriching, and it's an enormous time-sink.
Ed Webb

How to Wake Up Slumbering Minds - WSJ.com - 0 views

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bestpractices review cognition styles learning education

shared by Ed Webb on 27 Jul 09 - Cached
  • what school requires students to do -- think abstractly -- is in fact not something our brains are designed to be good at or to enjoy
  • it is critical that the task be just difficult enough to hold our interest but not so difficult that we give up in frustration. When this balance is struck, it is actually pleasurable to focus the mind for long periods of time
  • Students are ready to understand knowledge but not create it. For most, that is enough. Attempting a great leap forward is likely to fail.
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  • students cannot apply generic "critical thinking skills" (another voguish concept) to new material unless they first understand that material
  • Trying to use "reading strategies" -- like searching for the main idea in a passage -- will be futile if you don't know enough facts to fill in what the author has left unsaid.
  • what is being taught in most of the curriculum -- at all levels of schooling -- is information about meaning, and meaning is independent of form
  • At some point, no amount of dancing will help you learn more algebra
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 27 Jul 09
       
      But if you learn dancing AND algebra, you may be better at both, or at least approach each in a more interesting way.
Maggie Verster

Free eBooks, Books, Online Reading, Digital Library - Globusz Publishing - 0 views

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shared by Maggie Verster on 08 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 08 Jun 09
     
    "Getting IT Right" is for folks who have no clue about Information Technology and its ability in bettering our day-to-day lives. It introduces novices into the world of IT and helps in knowing what's in store by becoming computer savvy. This book serves as a primer and makes the reader aware of what IT can do and how much can be accomplished by harnessing its power. Learning IT is not that tough as it is being made out. Mind you, without IT skills you are nowhere in today's workplace. This book would help you form an idea what IT is all about and prepare you to pick up the rudiments of IT.
Mireille Jansma

Business Book Summary #6: 'Outliers' by Malcolm Gladwell « read it for (dot) me - 0 views

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Outliers Gladwell IBSAlert3 books sumary

shared by Mireille Jansma on 01 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Mireille Jansma on 01 Jun 09
     
    Video summary of the book. Nicely done!
Dave Truss

Diigo in Writing Class « What Else? 1DR - 0 views

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Diigo

shared by Dave Truss on 30 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Here a student simply highlights the information she needs to review later in her document (wiki, MS Word, presentation, etc.) in order to analyze the information for her needs.
  • By gathering the information needed, the student is able to synthesize the ideas into his/her own connections
    • Dave Truss
      Dave Truss on 30 Jun 09
       
      Check out the link.
  • By saving the information to a Diigo group, students can connect with each other and share the important ideas for discussion or writing later:
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  • In addition, after students write online (Google Docs, Wikis), the teacher can “Diigo” feedback. What was well done in the writing? What still needs improvement? This fifth grade student read the first annotation about the need to add examples.
  • Through individual or collaborative Diigo annotations, students connect to facts in ways that allow comprehension and connections that deepen their understanding.  Through Diigo annotations for feedback, students easily understand what aspects of their writing need improvement. Diigo is our friend in the writing classroom.
  • Dave Truss on 30 Jun 09
     
    Here a student simply highlights the information she needs to review later in her document (wiki, MS Word, presentation, etc.) in order to analyze the information for her needs. ...Through individual or collaborative Diigo annotations, students connect to facts in ways that allow comprehension and connections that deepen their understanding. Through Diigo annotations for feedback, students easily understand what aspects of their writing need improvement. Diigo is our friend in the writing classroom.
Ruth Howard

Academy of Discovery - Discovery Blogging Rules - 7 views

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shared by Ruth Howard on 08 Oct 09 - Cached
  • please read the following list of agreements with your child. Please sign and date this agreement and return to Ms. Hughes. Thanks for your cooperation!
  • Infractions of these rules will lead to the following consequences in order of severity and number of offense: Letter of apology to those offended by the infraction(individual students, one core class, or whole blogging community),warning by teacher, and editing or deletion of offending post/comment. Letter of apology to those offended by the infraction(individual students, one core class, or whole blogging community),temporary loss of blogging privileges (duration of quarter), editing or deletion of offending post/comment. Letter of apology to those offended by the infraction (individual students, one core class, or whole blogging community), permanent loss of blogging privileges(duration of school year), editing or deletion of offending post/comment.
Vicki Davis

The Tiny Differences in the Littlest Brains ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes - 8 views

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education reading research edu_news

shared by Vicki Davis on 19 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 19 Oct 09
     
    New book reviewed by Stephen Downes about gender differences in brains.
Kelly Faulkner

How I create and publish podcasts » Moving at the Speed of Creativity - 19 views

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podcasting how-to

shared by Kelly Faulkner on 27 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 27 Oct 09
     
    If you want to know how one of the pro's makes and publishes podcasts, here is Wesley Fryer's how to - a must read for anyone working in this area of technology.
  • Kelly Faulkner on 28 Oct 09
     
    wes fryer's how to with excellent links
Amy Marlow

The Learning Network - The Learning Network Blog - NYTimes.com - 12 views

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NYTimes Education resources currentevents News learning Lesson Plans

shared by Amy Marlow on 27 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Kelly Faulkner on 27 Oct 09
     
    times' teaching & learning section, with lesson plans, current event quizzes, and puzzles.
  • Vicki Davis on 02 Jul 11
     
    The New York Times has a learning network with all types of videos to share. Lesson plans, student opinions, film festivals, and a student reading contest for the month of July.
David Hilton

Collection and Subject Area Overviews (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of ... - 6 views

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images primary sources ancient medieval modern europe america asia africa britain france germany ottoman african-americans culture cartoons photographs

shared by David Hilton on 09 Nov 09 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 09 Nov 09
     
    A large set of collections focussing mainly on US history, however also containing primary images from other regions of the world. Mainly photographs.
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