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The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3) - The Big Picture - Boston.com - 0 views
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How great is this image?
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Use this.
Hail to the New Chief: A Guide to the 2008 Presidential Candidates' Education Agenda | ... - 0 views
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this might help
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Edutopia's guide to choosing the presidential candidates stance on educational issues.
Free Technology for Teachers: US Election Process Explained By Common Craft - 0 views
21st century Pedagogy | Educational Origami - 0 views
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Couple this one with the list of beliefs about writing, and it's amazing to see how we have created this class very similarly to the graphic.
PopTech 2009: Michael Pollan on Vimeo - 1 views
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I haven't watched this whole thing yet, but his TED talk from 2008 was amazing. If you are into food, but don't fully understand the mechanisms behind food production, this is worth it.
20 reasons why students should blog | On an e-journey with generation Y - 0 views
Weblogg-ed » Engaging Writing in the Classroom - 0 views
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Great post pointing to the rationale behind getting students to blog
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Some more blog fodder
eSN TechWatch - eSN TechWatch: Preparing Kids for 21st-Century Success -- May 19, 2008 - 0 views
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This is something we should all watch.
Free Technology for Teachers: History Matters - Access Hundreds of Primary Sources Online - 0 views
Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? - New York Times - 0 views
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“The first thing needed for innovation is a fascination with wonder,” says Dawna Markova, author of “The Open Mind” and an executive change consultant for Professional Thinking Partners. “But we are taught instead to ‘decide,’ just as our president calls himself ‘the Decider.’ ” She adds, however, that “to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.”
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This is the part that we can really instill in our students: a sense of wonder that permeates all they do. How do we do it? My idea would be to tap into their passions. What do they go for? Also, one of the jobs of schools is to expose students to things they would not normally be exposed to. This can create new habits and new wonder.
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The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought.
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This is where we come in.
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I am dropping this in your mailboxes today.
26 Learning Games to Change the World | Mission to Learn - 0 views
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I'd like to play a couple of these just to see how engaging they are.
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Check out some of these games and see if they relate to the units you are creating.
Mind Map: Online Collaboration Tools - The Collaborative 2008 LearningTrends Map - Mind... - 0 views
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tools tools tools.
NPR: Foraging For Food - 0 views
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This is heartbreaking.
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NPR slideshow care of Andy Carvin at NPR.
Cool Infographics: Classic infographic from 1823! - 0 views
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How cool is this?
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Very cool graphic from 1823.
The Media Equation - Mourning Old Media's Decline - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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What do you make of this? How does it affect your future? Your students'?