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Patrick Higgins

schools-2.jpg (JPEG Image, 745x380 pixels) - 0 views

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    Does this make sense to anyone?
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    Here is a revamp of another graphic I have seen before. I like this one better.
Patrick Higgins

Flickr: Photo-A-Day for Schools - 0 views

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    This looks fun. Would be great for a year end retrospective.
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    Take a photo a day in your school and share it on flickr. I tried this a few years back, but never stuck with it.
Patrick Higgins

The Four Rs: Rigor in Twenty-First-Century Schools | Edutopia - 0 views

  • 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.
Patrick Higgins

The High School Dropout's Economic Ripple Effect - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    I think this is compelling reading for anyone in the social sciences. What are the implications for a nation like outs in which 30% of our young adults do not graduate from high school?
Patrick Higgins

YouTube - Do schools today kill creativity? (Ken Robinson, TEDTalks) - 0 views

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    Sir Ken Robinson's talk about creativity in schools
Patrick Higgins

Welcome to the Tri-State Education Technology Conference (TSETC) | TSETC 2010 - 0 views

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    Excellent opportunity for learning very close to home. Mark the date: October 2nd, 2010 @New Milford High School.
Patrick Higgins

An Open Letter to School Administrators | The Principal of Change - 1 views

  • It is not how well you can speak, or the knowledge that you bring to your school, but it is how you empower those around you to do amazing things.
Patrick Higgins

HotChalk - Connecting Teachers, Student and Parents - Featuring NBC News Global Studies... - 0 views

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    NBC partnership with schools. Worth taking a look at.
Patrick Higgins

Paly Voice: Home - 0 views

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    This is the Paly Voice, an online newspaper produced by the students of Palo Alto High School. Just a cursory glance says a lot here about the depth and the savvy of these students. Great example to follow.
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    Great example of a student magazine done completely online.
Patrick Higgins

ASCD - 0 views

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    This one is a no-brainer--meaning that not only should we be reading it, we should also be creating our schools in its likeness.
Patrick Higgins

Generation WE: The Movement Begins... on Vimeo - 0 views

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    The Gen We video. intrigueing stuff. I wonder what the reaction would be if we showed this to high school teachers? Would they see the same ideasl in their students?
Patrick Higgins

Doug Johnson Website - dougwri - Designing Research Projects Students (and Te... - 0 views

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    Doug Johnson's article from 10 years ago about how to create engagin research projects with students. This should be required for every high school English teacher.
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    Take a good look at this one. How do you want your students doing research?
Patrick Higgins

ASCD - 0 views

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    This one is a no-brainer--meaning that not only should we be reading it, we should also be creating our schools in its likeness.
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    I'd like to think that we are doing this through the Connections class.
Patrick Higgins

Steli Efti : Throw Down the Gauntlet: Break the Chains of Bad Practice, Build Our Future - 0 views

  • Consider letting students create teacher PD as part of their technology education program.
  • Move towards a model of embedded professional development.  Binge professional development that happens in one day rarely creates sustainable, system wide change.  Move toward embedded programs like the 23 things that involve teachers in their own pd and requires them to research, reflect, and use the tools.
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    Give this a read. What do you think?
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    Great article at Supercool School.
Patrick Higgins

scmorgan's videos - Web 2.0 Videos, Teaching Videos, Creativity Videos, Ted Talks Videos - 0 views

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    Susan Carter Morgan's collection of videos for use in changing schools.
Patrick Higgins

What to learn: 'core knowledge' or '21st-century skills'? - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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    Do kids learn to think by reading great literature, doing difficult math and learning history, philosophy and science? Or can they tackle those subjects on their own if schools simply teach them to problem-solve, communicate, use technology and think creatively?
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