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David Hilton

The Full Wiki - Get the full picture on any topic - 0 views

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history reference wikipedia articles information tools resources

shared by David Hilton on 20 Feb 11 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 20 Feb 11
     
    Uses Wikipedia articles to generate mind maps, maps, diagrams, etc to accompany the information. Of course no good for student research, but maybe useful for homework or a lesson activity. 
David Hilton

Literacy Creep at The Core Knowledge Blog - 0 views

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all_teachers bestpractices curriculum literature history edu_news knowledge middleschool literacy elementary professionaldevelopment edu_trends language content

shared by David Hilton on 12 Mar 10 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 12 Mar 10
     
    An article in last week's Education Week looks at the increasingly common practice of reading aloud to middle and high school students. In discussing the practice with Mary Ann Zehr (I'm quoted briefly in the piece) I made the point that while there is certainly nothing wrong with reading out loud to teenagers, it is symptomatic of what I call "literacy creep" - the tendency of elementary school-style instructional techniques to find their way deeper into K-12 education across all content areas.
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