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It would be interesting if every Vermont High School took a Grit and Self-Control survey. Imagine then what we might glean from comparing those results with those from readily/easily ava...

Perseverance Grit Angela_Duckworth 2015

started by Jason Finley on 10 Mar 14 no follow-up yet

http://dlmooc.deeper-learning.org/

project based learning good teaching innovation school change blended instruction

started by Mike McRaith on 09 Jan 14 no follow-up yet

'It is harder for us to be nice to kids' - departing veteran principal

good teaching

started by Carrie Felice on 24 Aug 13 1 follow-up, last by Jason Finley on 25 Aug 13

Bryan Alexander liked it

I came across this website recently. It has many videos and articles that may interest Rowland Fellows. For example, Colin you may like this one about iphones making us less human: http://bigthink....

video

started by Mike McRaith on 03 Aug 13 no follow-up yet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMCZvGesRz8 This is handy little video for a simple explanation of project based learning.

project based learning good teaching blended instruction

started by Mike McRaith on 25 Jun 13 no follow-up yet

Colin and all, Foxfire looks so cool! I wasn't familiar with this place or project or the publications, but it seems really interesting. (Seems also similar to the Folk Live Center Community Proj...

school change good teaching Rowland blended instruction

started by Alison Bromage on 09 Jun 13 3 follow-ups, last by Alison Bromage on 20 Jun 13

Jason Finley liked it

Jason and Carrie, Excellent! Thanks for you comments and insights! See you soon-

perseverance

started by Mike McRaith on 06 Apr 13 3 follow-ups, last by Mike McRaith on 16 May 13

Maybe we need a listserve. It would be more convenient to reply. With a Listserv, you can create a topic and distribute information or start a discussion with a list of subscribers.

technology

started by Karen Budde on 13 May 13 no follow-up yet

Our 2012 keynote speaker, Tony Wagner, quoted frequently in recent column by Thomas Friedman http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/opinion/sunday/friedman-need-a-job-invent-it.html?_r=0

innovation school change

started by chuckscranton on 04 Apr 13 no follow-up yet

Great article. I'm wondering how often teacher-coaches are used in schools. This seems like such an effective professional development tool (if done well). Anyone know of coaches working in scho...

Coaching learning professional development

started by Greg Young on 12 Oct 11 1 follow-up, last by julia taylor on 13 Oct 11

Jason Finley liked it

Short (less than 4 min) talk by actor Henry Rollins about the importance of education to maintain and reinvigorate American democracy. http://www.openculture.com/2012/08/henry_rollins_pitches_educa...

good teaching school change video

started by Jen Kravitz on 23 Aug 12 no follow-up yet

For me, I believe that transformation needs to be much Less focused on programs and More focused on processes. What are the Processes that are in place to ensure student voice, rigor, relevance, ot...

school change innovation

started by Mary Whalen on 28 Jun 12 1 follow-up, last by Jason Finley on 29 Jun 12

VTGIN planning for the 2013 conference is in the works. They are sending out letters in August to principals about identifying teachers and students who would be good presenters at the 2013 confer...

Global Studies

started by Jen Kravitz on 22 Jun 12 no follow-up yet

Underscores the inverse relationship between a country's natural resources and its human ones. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/friedman-pass-the-books-hold-the-oil.html

started by Adam Rosenberg on 16 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

I don't know of any; I would also like to see it in action.

blended instruction good teaching

started by Adam Rosenberg on 27 Feb 12 2 follow-ups, last by Adam Rosenberg on 29 Feb 12

"SOLITUDE is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious...

innovation

started by Adam Rosenberg on 22 Feb 12 1 follow-up, last by Adam Rosenberg on 22 Feb 12

http://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/ Interesting speech on the developmental importance of solitude.

leadership

started by Adam Rosenberg on 22 Feb 12 no follow-up yet

Hey Karen! Along these same lines I often think that schools should take advantage of the Vermont Senior Survey Part I: Planned Activities After High School that VSAC puts out.To me I wish that w...

career exploration

started by Karen Budde on 16 Feb 12 1 follow-up, last by Jason Finley on 16 Feb 12

Find Free-to-Use Teaching and Learning Content from Around the World: http://www.oercommons.org/

good teaching

started by Adam Rosenberg on 06 Feb 12 no follow-up yet