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Erica Hartman

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.
  • .. 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.
  • . 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.
  • ... 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.
  • 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.
  • Patrick Higgins on 25 Jul 08
     
    Read this. It's worth it.
Patrick Higgins

Writing in the Middle Grades, 6-8 - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 09 May 08 - Cached
  • Students possess knowledge about written language and a variety of forms of writing; quality instruction reflects students’ experience and knowledge.
  • Writing is a social activity; writing instruction should be embedded in social contexts. Students can take responsibility in shaping the classroom structures that facilitate their work.
  • Writing is effectively used as a tool for thinking and learning throughout the curriculum.
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  • Assessment that both benefits individual writers and their teachers’ instructional planning is embedded within curricular experiences and represented by collections of key pieces of writing created over time.
  • Authors and teachers who write can offer valuable insights to students by mentoring them into process and making their own writing processes more visible.
  • Technology provides writers the opportunity to create and present writing in new and increasingly flexible ways, particularly in combination with other media.
Patrick Higgins

A Modest Curriculum Proposal: Project Learning vs. the Textbook | Edutopia - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 27 Oct 08 - Cached
  • Patrick Higgins on 27 Oct 08
     
    Interesting idea.
  • Patrick Higgins on 27 Oct 08
     
    What would happen if we taught athletics primarily through the use of textbooks? What would happen if we taught academics primarily through hands-on experience?
Patrick Higgins

As We May Learn: Revisiting Bush - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 13 Feb 10 - Cached
  • I myself learned from good lectures when I was in college. A lecture combined with other high-impact learning experiences can do quite well. But a lecture every day?
  • On the one hand, we’ve put into place many of the technologies necessary for us to change, but on the other, we’ve used those technologies mostly to reinforce what we’ve always done (except for those exciting “high-impact learning experiences”). When I think of some uses of technology, I keep getting the image of using cars, when they first were mass-produced, to pull plows.
Patrick Higgins

Blogs That Promote Unconventional Discussion : The Teaching Palette - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 08 May 09 - Cached
  • Patrick Higgins on 08 May 09
     
    List of art teachers who are writing about their experiences in the classroom and sharing resources.
Patrick Higgins

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.”
    • Patrick Higgins
      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.
  • 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
      Patrick Higgins on 27 May 08
       
      This is where we come in.
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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
      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.
  • Patrick Higgins on 27 May 08
     
    I am dropping this in your mailboxes today.
Erica Hartman

ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Choose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience - 0 views

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shared by Erica Hartman on 12 Jun 08 - Cached
  • Patrick Higgins on 12 Jun 08
     
    Lesosn plan from ReadWriteThink about writing choose your own adventure stories
  • Patrick Higgins on 12 Jun 08
     
    How to create a "choose your own adventure" story.
Patrick Higgins

elearnspace: Distributed Learning Environments - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 26 Jun 08 - Cached
  • A bit of stress, a bit of ambiguity, and a bit of confusion are healthy contributors to learning. As long as we have a feedback loop where learners can contribute and faculty can respond and adapt, we have the basics in place. Connections are the starting point of all learning. It's so obvious...and therefore so often overlooked. We really need to think about types of connections learners have with each other and content...and ways that we can extend the learning experience by critically analyzing and forming those initial connections.
    • Patrick Higgins
      Patrick Higgins on 26 Jun 08
       
      Check this out. If that doesn't say exactly what I have been trying to put into words, than I don't know what will. This is the whole point behind the class. Let's let them wrestle with the uncomforable aspects of learning and thinking! Let's let them make connections!
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