... communication skills. Marshalling and understanding the available evidence isn't useful unless you can effectively communicate your conclusions.
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great connections project - fits in with did u know
Official Google Blog: Our Googley advice to students: Major in learning - 0 views
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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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Great article from the Google Blog about who they want and how to promote thinking skills in the classroom. -
Read this. It's worth it.
content.select (video/x-ms-wvx Object) - 0 views
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Here is the link to the new version of "Did you Know"
childpoverty.png (PNG Image, 500x400 pixels) - 0 views
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Great stat if you are looking to start a discussion on poverty in the U.S. I don't know the source behind the data yet, but I am trying.
NSFW: After Fort Hood, another example of how 'citizen journalists' can't handle the truth - 2 views
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This author brings up the question that I've wrestled with before: just because we can, does it mean that we should? Or should our abilities always go to make us more human?
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Did you watch the "This American Life' cartoon? That is exactly what you are describing, where even the premise of creating news shows altered how kids behaved in the face of a situation that called for social action. It raises the question for me of "should the kids know more how to operate the high tech camera, or when to step out from behind it and act?"
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Yeah I watched the cartoon and saved it in hopes that I can show it to my students one day and have that discussion. I think they NEED to know how to step out and act - being a good person and citizen should always be number one and if they do that then they will use their technology for the best things! I love these diigo posts - thanks!
TED | Talks | Alisa Miller: Why we know less than ever about the world (video) - 0 views
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Alisa MIller's short TED talk about the dearth of world news coverage and some of the causes for that. Great for showing the how and why of our news stories.
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You should all take 5 minutes and watch this. It's worth it.
Invitations to Learn // Carol Ann Tomlinson - 0 views
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I am accepted and acceptable here just as I am. I am safe here—physically, emotionally, and intellectually. People here care about me. People here listen to me. People know how I'm doing, and it matters to them that I do well. People acknowledge my interests and perspectives and act upon them.
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Some great lines here regarding the needs of the learners in your classroom.
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I understand what we do here. I see significance in what we do. What we do reflects me and my world. The work we do makes a difference in the world. The work absorbs me.
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when students discover meaning and relevance implicit in books, ideas, and tasks. Without meaning, schoolwork is purposeless for students.
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Tomlinson article detailing the emotional needs of learners in the classroom.
Link TV | Know the News - 0 views
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This has potential for all of those that are wondering about how to help students decipher media.
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check this out!
PBS Teachers | learning.now . Getting to Know Wikipedia | PBS - 0 views
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how wikipedia works.
James Howard Kunstler dissects suburbia | Video on TED.com - 0 views
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This guy will knock your socks off
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Worth the watch. Want to know what your future will look like?
elearnspace: Distributed Learning Environments - 0 views
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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.
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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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FreePoverty - Knowing Helps - 0 views
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great geography game
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find places on the map and donate to help end world poverty.
The Four Rs: Rigor in Twenty-First-Century Schools | Edutopia - 0 views
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We believe curriculum becomes rigorous when students are pushed not only to know information but also to apply and demonstrate their understanding of that information. We believe that requiring students to reflect on and analyze their thinking and learning might be the most challenging task you can require of a teenager.
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Here is an example of a school in California that is taking much of what we have been discussing and applying it to their entire curriculum.
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Yes. Combine this with Taylor Mali's poem "Like, You know?" and you've got an interesting summation of modern culture.
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Great timeline of thought?
The Impact of Electronic Communication on Writing - 0 views
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Whether one views these changes as positive or negative depends on how closely one believes writing should adhere to the conventions of formal writing we have hitherto accepted, and how much one supports the goal of establishing the student's authority as a writer. Some writing instructors philosophize that since e-writing tools and e-language will continue to change, they must teach what will not change: the connection between thinking and writing and the ability to articulate what one knows (Leibowitz, 1999). This standpoint will certainly encourage teachers to continue seeking more effective ways of using the e-tools in writing instruction.
YouTube - Did You Know 2.0 - 0 views
All Things Marked » HOWTO: Send free text messages through email - 0 views
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Good to know in a pinch.
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how to send text messages via email.
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I think this has some great implications for teaching geography. I know we don't expressly teach geography in Connetions but we could let them play with this stuff as a means to represent some other data.
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I think this has some great implications for teaching geography.