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dean groom

Raising expectations « Educational Discourse - 0 views

  • they will continue to live like their parents with the same expectations
  • what students might need to do well as they leave school
  • Communication skills - delivering their message clearly without misconceptions.
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  • ollaborative decision-making and work strategies. Groups are vital to progress - working together to create a product is found in nearly all professions - from construction to high-tech scientific work. Up until now collaborative - group - work has been “done” but there seems to be a lack of focus on learning those essential dynamics for productive collaboration.
  • Students are mostly “me” focused, it goes with the age.
  • he system really doesn’t encourage novel ideas or divergent thinking. Instead, there continues to be a dominate frame of reference that if you “learn” enough information and can then answer the questions on a test,
  • here needs to be direct instruction on effective and non-effective collaboration
  • Presentation skills, on the other hand, are largely neglected in schools, and few people put effort into developing them. Thus, presentation skills are a primary differentiator among you and your peers.”
Aaron Shaw

Contrarian Investor Predicts Economic Crash in China - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • As most of the world bets on China to help lift the global economy out of recession, Mr. Chanos is warning that China’s hyperstimulated economy is headed for a crash, rather than the sustained boom that most economists predict.
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      How will the Chinese economic crash effect the world economy?
  • “Bubbles are best identified by credit excesses, not valuation excesses,” he said in a recent appearance on CNBC. “And there’s no bigger credit excess than in China.”
  • Mr. Chanos, 51, whose hedge fund, Kynikos Associates, based in New York, has $6 billion under management, is hardly the only skeptic on China. But he is certainly the most prominent and vocal.
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  • Most economists and governments expect Chinese growth momentum to continue this year, buoyed by what remains of a $586 billion government stimulus program that began last year, meant to lift exports and consumption among Chinese consumers.
  • Mr. Chanos often responds to critics of short-selling by pointing to the critical role they played in identifying problems at Enron, Boston Market and other “financial disasters” over the years.
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    "James S. Chanos built one of the largest fortunes on Wall Street by foreseeing the collapse of Enron and other highflying companies whose stories were too good to be true."
Brian Nichols

Project Based Learning in Mathematics: Learning Activities in Math Designed to Extend C... - 7 views

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    Six math projects that integrate real-world math problems are presented as a teaching strategy for helping students develop a greater understanding of math.
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    Project Based Learning in Mathematics
David Wetzel

Investigating Natural Disasters Using Web 2.0 Tools - 14 views

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    When word of a natural disaster is spreading from somewhere in the world or announced on the news, students can use Google Earth to conduct an investigation of the disaster's effect.
David Wetzel

Using the Web 2.0 WallWisher Tool in Science Classes - 14 views

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    What is Wallwisher and why use it? Its a Web 2.0 application which allows students to express their thoughts or share information on a science concept.
David Wetzel

Saving the Sports Complex Algebra Project - 6 views

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    An algebra project focusing on a theme which interests students is more likely to engage them in the project, so lets take a look at sports. Many students participate in sports at some level, whether as part of a school team or a community team. For the most part these same students do not understand the costs involved to host the sport. Also, they do not understand how much money is needed to ensure a profitable season so the sport can continue from year to year.
Bonnie Feather

Intel Teach Elements: Project-Based Approaches - 0 views

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    new Elements course on Project-Based Learning! Anyone may take this course independently online.
jordi guim

Visitors & Residents « via פλenK - 8 views

    • jordi guim
       
      Nota per el grup per mostrar les posssibilitats de treball 
    • Conxita Benavides
       
      La pàgina http://polldaddy.com pertany a la mateixa empresa que WordPress.com. Ens facilita la creació, el sondeig i buidatge d'enquestes, test, estudis d'audiència,... aplicats a diferents àmbits. Com la majoria, hi ha una versió gratuïta i dues de pagament per utilitzar d'una manera més professional. La pàgina http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/education_training_youth/lifelong_learning/c11090_es.htm és un recull de la legislació de la UE. En aquest cas concret, ens parla sobre les competències clau per l'aprenentatge permanent (conjunt de coneixements, capacitats i actituds adequats al context).
    • margalida ferra
       
      La web http://polldaddy.com/ és una pàgina per crear, passar i tractar enquestes per demanar la opinió sobre articles, serveis, activitats, ... És una pàgina molt útil per crear enquestes atractives i pràctiques en unes quantes passes, i a més el pack més bàsic és gratuït. La web http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/education_training_youth/lifelong_learning/c11090_es.htm és tracta de la recomanació del Parlament europeu sobre les vuit competències (de coneixements, capacitats i actituds) clau que són fonamentals per a qualsevol individu i que els Estats membres han d'integrar en l'aprenentatge permanent.
  • Visitors & Residents 18 10 2010 Who are you? A visitor or a resident of the network? As a #PLENKer you have to ask yourself . A lecture about people and their access to the network by David White, Oxford. He  explains with the support of the tool prezi the principle developed by him. For a long time I have not hung on someone’s  lips like him. Until the last moment it remains a surprise.
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Suzie Boss

When School's Out, PBL Opens New Doors to Learning | Edutopia - 11 views

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    Project-based learning offers a host of benefits to youth during the academic day, but active learning doesn't have to stop when school's out. A new movement is underway to encourage PBL during summer vacations and after-school hours. Making PBL part of out-of-school time gives youth new opportunities to become leaders, thinkers, and problem-solvers.
lizza newtek

Computer Networking Services Orlando - 0 views

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    Whatever your computer problem is, you have got return to the correct place! Computer Networking Services provides full service computer and network repair of your home, office and business equipment.
Gloria Becker

Inquiry and Problem Based Learning - YouTube - 0 views

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