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Patrick Higgins

Gene Weingarten - Goodbye, cruel words: English. It's dead to me. - 0 views

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    The end came quietly on Aug. 21 on the letters page of The Washington Post. A reader castigated the newspaper for having written that Sasha Obama was the "youngest" daughter of the president and first lady, rather than their "younger" daughter. In so doing, however, the letter writer called the first couple the "Obama's." This, too, was published, constituting an illiterate proofreading of an illiterate criticism of an illiteracy. Moments later, already severely weakened, English died of shame.
Patrick Higgins

Writing Our Future: Letters to the Next President - 0 views

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    Erica's students wrote letters to the future president for the National Writing Project and this is the result. Great stuff Erica.
Patrick Higgins

Answer service is new way to cheat : Lifestyle : Ventura County Star - 0 views

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    "Now that we're aware ChaCha exists, I can assure you that we will begin discussion of a formal policy to prohibit cell phone use in classes," said Gerard O'Sullivan, vice president for academic affairs at Neumann College in Delaware County, Pa. He said most professors already prohibited cell phone use in class.
Patrick Higgins

Avalon Project - The Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents - 0 views

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    throw some of these into wordle and see what you get.
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    Every inaugural address ever made.
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    Throw some of these into Wordle and see what you get.
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.
Erica Hartman

YouTube - Pink Feat. Indigo Girls - Dear Mr. President (HQ) - 0 views

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    song/video presidential letter pink
Patrick Higgins

2008 Election ProCon.org -- Which candidate would make the best U.S. President? - 0 views

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    great resource.
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    Pro-con's page about the election this year. Straightforward.
Patrick Higgins

Get Local! | OpenSecrets - 0 views

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    Campaign contributions by local area. Great stuff to see who is promoting whom for president.
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    How great is this for understanding who is contributing to the campaigns?
Patrick Higgins

USA Service - 0 views

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    Obama announces the launch of usaservice.org and commits to renewed community involvement on the part of citizens.
Patrick Higgins

NIBIPEDIA : Together We Learn - 0 views

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    President's from Washington through Obama.
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