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Why Try to Explain What You are Learning? | BYU Center for Teaching and Learning - 0 views

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    A few points about how it is important to be ale to explain what you are learning. I would argue that it is also important to be able to make connections to why you are learning it too - or at least why the knowledge has a relevance to anything.
Greg Williams

Relevance in Teaching - 0 views

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    Great article by Jeff Fox of BYU's CTL
Greg Williams

Consulting - mindblue - 0 views

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    Mindblue seems to be a consulting/production firm that cares about relevance and pop culture in ed
Greg Williams

http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/CC/0221-sep2012/Chron0221Polic... - 0 views

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    evidence about how students learn reading - pop culture can help!
Greg Williams

Donna Alvermann | The University of Georgia - Academia.edu - 0 views

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    Donna Alvermann seems to be an important person/expert in this field
Greg Williams

The 21st Century Principal: 4 Immediate Steps Teachers Can Take to Re-engage the Dis-en... - 0 views

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    ""If tomorrow, every teacher in America spent 20 minutes of class time asking each student what her or his passion was, and then later used that information to understand each student more deeply and differentiate their instruction accordingly, education would take giant positive steps forward overnight." "
Greg Williams

'Iron Man 3,' With Robert Downey Jr. - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • but “what people go to the movies for” has also changed since Sept. 11.
  • looking more toward escapist entertainment.”
  • As a consequence, it has become difficult for filmmakers to make midlevel studio movies for adults who value thought over action, narrative ambiguity over blunt spectacle. Good big movies are still released and sometimes even produced by the studios. Among the most satisfying films of the past decade are some from “The Dark Knight” and “Harry Potter” franchises, both of which, in their different ways, engage Sept. 11 and the world it made while transporting viewers into fantastical realms.
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  • they should take on the toughest issues — not just exploit them.
Greg Williams

Deciding Whether to Lecture | BYU Center for Teaching and Learning - 0 views

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    Lecturing has its benefits and its downsides
Greg Williams

Blogs - Making Curriculum Pop - 0 views

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    Excellent shared blog by teachers using pop culture
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