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[text] Rethinking Gifted Education. Education and Psychology of the Gifted Series. - 0 views

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    A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. The 15 essays in this collection examine and challenge the assumptions and beliefs underlying the theory and practice of gifted education today
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e-Learning Ontario - Resources: Ontario Educational Resource Bank - 0 views

  • As Ontario's learning object repository, the Ontario Educational Resource Bank (OERB) currently offers a growing number of online resources to teachers and students, from Kindergarten to Grade 12, at no cost. There are thousands of teacher-shared resources, including lesson plans, activities, maps, and interactive multimedia objects
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    As Ontario's learning object repository, the Ontario Educational Resource Bank (OERB) currently offers a growing number of online resources to teachers and students, from Kindergarten to Grade 12, at no cost. There are thousands of teacher-shared resources, including lesson plans, activities, maps, and interactive multimedia objects
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David Levy at the 2009 ACMHE Conference on Vimeo - 0 views

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    Prof. David Levy of the Information School of the University of Washington delivers his keynote address, "Head, Heart, and Hand: Cultivating the Contemplative in Higher Education" at the April 2009 conference of the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education at Amherst College.
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ccLearn | Creative Commons for education - 0 views

  • ccLearn is a division of Creative Commons dedicated to realizing the full potential of the internet to support open learning and open educational resources.
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    ccLearn is a division of Creative Commons dedicated to realizing the full potential of the internet to support open learning and open educational resources.
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CAST: Differentiated Instruction - 0 views

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    According to the authors, several key elements guide differentiation in the education environment. Tomlinson (2001) identifies three elements of the curriculum that can be differentiated: Content, Process, and Products. Additionally, several guidelines are noted to help educators form an understanding and develop ideas around differentiating instruction.
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Press Releases - Teachers Driving Web 2.0 Use in Schools Says National Research Survey - 0 views

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    teachers are the most important group driving adoption of these technologies in K-12 education.
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Schools of thought: teach children philosophy, experts urge | News crumb | EducationGua... - 0 views

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    Children of all ages should study philosophy in school to develop their critical thinking skills, education experts said today.
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[abstract] Situated learning in the network society and the digitised school - European... - 0 views

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    There is a need to develop a broader view of knowledge to deal with the way in which new digital trends influence the underlying conditions for schools, teaching and subjects. This theoretical article will therefore examine whether a broader view of knowledge, digital literacy and assessment forms can generate new ways of adapted education within Knowledge Promotion Reform and the digitised school.
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bell hooks on education - 0 views

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    She sees parents and students fearing alternative ways of thinking. She maintains that it is vital to challenge all the misinformation that is constantly directed at people and poses as objective unbiased knowledge. She sees this as an essential educational task
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[video presentation] Lazy Profs, TLt 2009: Presentation by Dean Shareski and Alec Couros - 0 views

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    TLt 2009: Presentation by Dean Shareski & Alec Couros about web2.0 approaches to education.
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The Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy | The Paulo and N... - 0 views

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    The Freire Project is dedicated to building an international critical community which works to promote social justice in a variety of cultural contexts. We are committed to conducting and sharing critical research in social, political, and educational locations. READ MORE
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edtechpost - OER Dynamic Search Engine - 0 views

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    Search all of these Open Education Sites from one place. Got a new site? Log in as username: edtechpost_guest (same password) and add it to the list. Simple, eh?
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Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Tools for a Free Online Education - 0 views

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    In this day and age, though, programming, marketing, design, and other self-taught skills are pretty valuable, however you came by them.
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Teaching for social justice (definition: wikipedia) - 0 views

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    Over the course of dozens of books, Freire proposed that educators focus on creating equity and changing systems of oppression within public schools and society
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Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech ยป THIS is a 21st Century Skill - 0 views

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    Our schools need to re-evaluate how much time we spend on print alone and start broadening our focus. Joe Brennan, among others, does a great job connecting the dots between writing and video. Unfortunately, most of our educators have difficulty understanding the value and nuances of creating and viewing effective video.
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Seth's Blog: Education at the crossroads - 0 views

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    School is tests and credits and notetaking and meeting standards. Learning, on the other hand, is 'getting it'. It's the conceptual breakthrough that permits the student to understand it then move on to something else. Learning doesn't care about workbooks or long checklists.
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    School was the big thing for a long time. School is tests and credits and notetaking and meeting standards. Learning, on the other hand, is 'getting it'. It's the conceptual breakthrough that permits the student to understand it then move on to something else. Learning doesn't care about workbooks or long checklists.
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Paul Thomas: Scripted education doesn't teach students how to think | GreenvilleOnline.... - 0 views

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    Scripted approaches to writing and all teaching and learning create students who are conditioned to become pliant, to do as they are told. But these same students have little to no experience thinking for themselves or experiencing the consequences of being free people.
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EFF Launches "Teach Copyright" (free). Copyfight: the politics of IP - 0 views

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    That's why EFF is launching the free, Creative Commons-licensed "Teaching Copyright" curriculum and website to help educators explore copyright issues in their classrooms.
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[video] Henry Giroux: Figures in Critical Pedagogy - 0 views

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    To watch the rest of this video visit: http://freire.education.mcg... A dialogue between Joe L. Kincheloe, Canada Research Chair in Critical Pedagogy and Henry A. Giroux, Global Television Network...
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[video] Culture, Politics & Pedagogy: A Conversation w/ Henry Giroux - 0 views

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    Giroux advocates for a pedagogy that challenges inequality, oppression, and fundamentalism. Essential viewing for students of education, cultural studies, and communication.
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