We are encouraged by the recent announcement of MIT accepting maker portfolios as part of their college application process. Portfolios are often described as a more authentic means of assessment than the traditional classroom test.
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Connected Learning Infographic | Connected Learning - 0 views
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Also see their library of webinars: http://connectedlearning.tv/webinar-archive the research hub: http://clrn.dmlhub.net/ or a case study of a NY school http://connectedlearning.tv/case-studies/boss-level-quest-learn-connected-learning-public-school
About OPP (Open Portfolio Project) - 0 views
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"We will develop recommendations for the use of portfolios through (1) a thorough investigation of the research literature on traditional and e-portfolio systems; (2) a systematic feature analysis of existing tools to identify design features that best promote learner documentation, reflection, and curation; and (3) a series of iterative design experiments to test potential prototypes."
Networked Student: connectivist pedagogy - 0 views
This Tower Pulls Drinking Water Out of Thin Air | Innovation | Smithsonian - 1 views
Global Competence | Asia Society - 2 views
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http://asiasociety.org/global-cities-education-network/assessing-21st-century-skills-and-competencies-around-world "How do teachers assess things like creativity and collaboration, or cross-cultural skills? Our new report, Measuring 21st Century Competencies, focuses on just that question. The report grew out of the Global Cities Education Network, which is comprised of urban school systems working together on overcoming common education challenges. The participating cities are Denver, Hong Kong, Houston, Lexington, Melbourne, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, and Toronto."
Paul Piff: Does money make you mean? | Talk Video | TED.com - 0 views
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So what do we do? This cascade of self-perpetuating, pernicious, negative effects could seem like something that's spun out of control, and there's nothing we can do about it, certainly nothing we as individuals could do. But in fact, we've been finding in our own laboratory research that small psychological interventions, small changes to people's values, small nudges in certain directions, can restore levels of egalitarianism and empathy. For instance, reminding people of the benefits of cooperation, or the advantages of community, cause wealthier individuals to be just as egalitarian as poor people.
Bees and Colony Collapse - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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real issue, though, is not the volume of problems, but the interactions among them. Here we find a core lesson from the bees that we ignore at our peril: the concept of synergy, where one plus one equals three, or four, or more.
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the most sophisticated data set available for any species about synergies among pesticides, and between pesticides and disease. The only human equivalent is research into pharmaceutical interactions, with many prescription drugs showing harmful or fatal side effects when used together, particularly in patients who already are disease-compromised.
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We discovered that crop yields, and thus profits, are maximized if considerable acreages of cropland are left uncultivated to support wild pollinators. Continue reading the main story 98 Comments Continue reading the main story Recent Comments Clyde Wynant 26 minutes ago There is no precedent in the short history of mankind for the toxic soup of chemical we all ingest from birth to death, in our food supply,... Carolyn Egeli 37 minutes ago Thank you for this thoughtful piece on the demise of the honeybees. The clear message is we have a problem the increasing use of pesticides... phyllis 58 minutes ago Bzzzzzzzzz! A very good reminder of the dying huge numbers of honeybee colonies and the also the plants they pollinate . We must always... See All Comments Write a comment A variety of wild plants means a healthier, more diverse bee population, which will then move to the planted fields next door in larger and more active numbers.
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