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Big Ideas - Exploring the Essential Questions of Education - 0 views

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    Lesson idea.
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    Lesson idea for deeper reading.
Patrick Higgins

Ideas from the Hive by Clarence Fisher - 0 views

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    great idea for students to post ideas to.
Patrick Higgins

Big Ideas - Exploring the Essential Questions of Education - 0 views

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    Good resource for lesson ideas.
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    Storehouse of lesson ideas for teachers based on essential understandings.
Patrick Higgins

Byrdseed Gifted Lessons - 0 views

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    Some great ideas here for the Connections classroom. Even though the content is aimed at G and T, the processes and ideas can be used in any setting.
Patrick Higgins

Ideas to Inspire - 0 views

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    These presentations should help spark some ideas for teachers new to using digital tools in the classroom.
Patrick Higgins

WritingFix: an original persuasive writing assignment from Northern Nevada! - 0 views

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    Great persuasive writing idea.
Patrick Higgins

The Wolf's Side of the Story - 0 views

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    An idea...
Patrick Higgins

Einstein's Secret to Amazing Problem Solving (and 10 Specific Ways You Can Use It) - 0 views

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    Using Einstein's idea to creatively problem solve. I like this one.
Patrick Higgins

Pin Cards - Mycoted - 0 views

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    Method for idea generation or problem solving within groups.
Patrick Higgins

TagCrowd - make your own tag cloud from any text - 0 views

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    Totally ripping off John Becker's latest post for ideas here, but imagine using tag clouds to show meaning in public speeches this election season.
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    There is some value in this one. See me and I'll explain.
Patrick Higgins

wikiHow - The How-to Manual That You Can Edit - 0 views

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    Really love the idea behind this. Very practical
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    Can we use this?
Patrick Higgins

John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln - Wolfram|Alpha - 0 views

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    Ever have that urge to find connections between two ideas? This search engine provides it.
Patrick Higgins

Wiki:Introduction to Forums | Social Media CoLab - 0 views

  • 4 Points - The posting(s) integrates multiple viewpoints and weaves both class readings and other participants' postings into their discussion of the subject.   3 Points - The posting(s) builds upon the ideas of another participant or two, and digs deeper into the question(s) posed by the instructor.   2 Points - A single posting that does not interact with or incorporate the ideas of other participants' comments.   1 Point - A simple "me too" comment that neither expands the conversation nor demonstrates any degree of reflection by the student.   0 Points - No comment.
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      We do need ways to quantify and evaluate discussions online. I think these are fair and accurate measures.
Patrick Higgins

» Ethical Consumerism - Animal Testing Livvie's Blog!! - 4 views

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    This is the kind of idea I had when I said we were going to go with the portfolio idea. We need to be able to let our students tell the story of their learning.
Patrick Higgins

Nancy A. McKeand - 2 views

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    I have been thinking about this idea for a while and I am glad to see that Nancy has a great model to follow here.
Patrick Higgins

How to Use Social Media for Social Change - ReadWriteWeb - 0 views

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    some pretty newfangled ideas about social change using technology
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    how to be a 2.0 activist.
Patrick Higgins

WritingFix: Writing Across the Curriculum Resources and Ideas for Teachers - 0 views

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    Good stuff found here.
Patrick Higgins

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

  • “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.
  • 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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  • 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.
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      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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    I am dropping this in your mailboxes today.
Patrick Higgins

Using Google Docs in the classroom: S... - 0 views

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    In case you needed ideas
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