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Top News - Study: Creativity is important but neglected - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 06 May 08 - Cached

Patrick Higgins on 06 May 08

Do we promote creativity in the classroom? Can we through the use of writing and analysis?

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Caveat Viewer: A Consumer's Guide to Drug Ads | Edutopia - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08 - Cached

Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08

Can you use drug ads to enhance critical reading analysis.

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Patrick Higgins on 23 Oct 08

Drug ads and language. Deconstruct with your student.

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Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? - New York Times - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 27 May 08 - No Cached

“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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- Patrick Higgins on 27 May 08
  
  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.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>
  
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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.
- Patrick Higgins on 27 May 08
  
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Ms. Ryan and Ms. Markova have found what they call three zones of existence: comfort, stretch and stress. Comfort is the realm of existing habit. Stress occurs when a challenge is so far beyond current experience as to be overwhelming. It’s that stretch zone in the middle — activities that feel a bit awkward and unfamiliar — where true change occurs.
- Patrick Higgins on 27 May 08
  
  This is Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development where our students are stressed to the point of learning, but not beyond it.
  
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Patrick Higgins on 27 May 08

I am dropping this in your mailboxes today.

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Shmoop Literature: Summary, Analysis, Themes, Characters, Paper - 0 views

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shared by Erica Hartman on 24 Nov 08 - Cached

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still in beta but great potential

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Google Flu Trends - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 13 Nov 08 - Cached

Patrick Higgins on 13 Nov 08

Track the Flu this winter using a joint project between Google and the CDC.

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Patrick Higgins on 13 Nov 08

I wondered if anyone had seen this yet. You can use it to track the flu via Google.

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Official Google Blog: Our Googley advice to students: Major in learning - 0 views

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shared by Erica Hartman on 16 Jul 08 - Cached

... communication skills. Marshalling and understanding the available evidence isn't useful unless you can effectively communicate your conclusions.
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.. analytical reasoning. Google is a data-driven, analytic company. When an issue arises or a decision needs to be made, we start with data. That means we can talk about what we know, instead of what we think we know.
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. a willingness to experiment. Non-routine problems call for non-routine solutions and there is no formula for success. A well-designed experiment calls for a range of treatments, explicit control groups, and careful post-treatment analysis. Sometimes an experiment kills off a pet theory, so you need a willingness to accept the evidence even if you don't like it.
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... team players. Virtually every project at Google is run by a small team. People need to work well together and perform up to the team's expectations.
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... passion and leadership. This could be professional or in other life experiences: learning languages or saving forests, for example. The main thing, to paraphrase Mr. Drucker, is to be motivated by a sense of importance about what you do.
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Patrick Higgins on 25 Jul 08

Great article from the Google Blog about who they want and how to promote thinking skills in the classroom.

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Patrick Higgins on 25 Jul 08

Read this. It's worth it.

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