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How much screen time is OK for my kid(s)? - 0 views

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screen time kid

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  • the AAP will be issuing new recommendations in 2016 emphasizing that not all screen time is equal and that take into account the many different kinds of activities that occur on screens (for example, watching TV is not the same as video-chatting with Grandma). The reality is that most families will go through periods of heavy and light media use, but, so long as there's a balance, kids should be just fine.
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'Most Likely To Succeed': Schools Should Teach Kids To Think, Not Memorize - 0 views

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  • Boasting a 98 percent college-matriculation rate among graduates, High Tech High warrants a closer look, and Whiteley's documentary devotes a full year to examining the project
  • "The only surviving skills that will save young kids are creative and innovative. As the current school system is now, for 12 of 16 years, you're not in an environment that brings that out of them."
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Full STEAM Ahead: Why Arts Are Essential in a STEM Education | Edutopia - 0 views

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STEAM arts stem

shared by Phil Taylor on 08 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • True STE(A)M education means that students are creating, applying, and incorporating mathematics and at least one of the other content areas into their work. Not every project is going to include every letter in STEM, but ideally, they should allow for the integration of at least two of them
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Adaptive learning software is replacing textbooks and upending American education. Shou... - 0 views

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software adaptive learning textbook publishing blended blended learning

shared by Phil Taylor on 28 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • “Adaptive technologies presume that knowledge can be modularized and sequenced,” says Watters, the education writer. “This isn’t about the construction of knowledge. It’s still hierarchical, top-down, goal-driven.”
  • e latest techno-fad, destined to distract administrators and upset curricula for a few years until the next one comes along. But there are two reasons why adaptive learning might prove more durable than that. The first is that the textbook companies have invested in it so heavily that there may be no going back. The second: It might, in at least some settings, really work.
  • “I like to think of analogies to other places where science and technology have had an impact, like transportation. We went from walking to horse-drawn carriages to Model Ts, and now we have jet planes. So far in educational technology, we’re in the Model T stage.”
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  • “Unlike some younger tech startups, we don’t think the goal is to replace the teacher,” says Laster, the company’s chief digital officer. “We think education is inherently social, and that students need to learn from well-trained and well-versed teachers. But we also know that that time together, shoulder-to-shoulder, is more and more costly, and more and more precious.”
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Growth mindset guru Carol Dweck says teachers and parents often use her research incorr... - 1 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 24 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • she advises teachers and parents to praise a child’s process and strategies, and tie those to the outcome
  • “Let’s look at what you’ve done,” “Let’s look at what your understanding is,” or “Let’s look at what strategies you’ve used, and let’s figure out together what we should try next.”
  • Dweck says that many teachers have to change how they teach, offering more critical feedback and giving students opportunities to revise their work
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Homework vs. No Homework Is the Wrong Question | Edutopia - 1 views

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homework education connecting learning

shared by Phil Taylor on 22 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • The policy should be, "No time-wasting, rote, repetitive tasks will be assigned that lack clear instructional or learning purposes."
  • reflect a considered school policy and not simply be up to each individual teacher to carry out according to his or own theory of student learning
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