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thebda

hear you are --- [murmur] Toronto - 4 views

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technology voices storytelling education

shared by thebda on 11 Feb 12 - Cached
  • is a documentary oral history project that records stories and memories told about specific geographic locations
  • In each of these locations we install a [murmur] sign with a telephone number on it that anyone can call with a mobile phone to listen to that story while standing in that exact spot
  • The stories we record range from personal recollections to more "historic" stories, or sometimes both
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  • always are told from a personal point of view
  • The stories are as personal as the relationship people have with the spaces
  • The physical experience of hearing a story in its actual setting — of hearing the walls talk — brings uncommon knowledge to common space
Alyssa Littlefield

The Writing Revolution - Peg Tyre - The Atlantic - 3 views

www.theatlantic.com/...309090

shared by Alyssa Littlefield on 29 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • For the first time, elementary-­school students—­who today mostly learn writing by constructing personal narratives, memoirs, and small works of fiction—will be required to write informative and persuasive essays. By high school, students will be expected to produce mature and thoughtful essays, not just in English class but in history and science classes as well.
    • Elizabeth Tewksbury
      Elizabeth Tewksbury on 29 Sep 12
       
      I love this, because usually when a student cannot write, everyone (including fellow teachers) simply point fingers at the English teachers and blame us.  
    • Alyssa Littlefield
      Alyssa Littlefield on 29 Sep 12
       
      Where does the information for the Nation's Report Card come from? 
  • he new writing standards are meant to reverse a pedagogical pendulum that has swung too far, favoring self-­expression and emotion over lucid communication.
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  • Although New Dorp teachers had observed students failing for years, they never connected that failure to specific flaws in their own teaching.
  • “Most teachers,” said Nell Scharff, an instructional expert DeAngelis hired, “entered into the process with a strongly negative attitude.”
    • Elizabeth Tewksbury
      Elizabeth Tewksbury on 29 Sep 12
       
      Big surprise.  I KNOW this would happen at my own school as well.  :-/
    • Alyssa Littlefield
      Alyssa Littlefield on 29 Sep 12
       
      This seems like a pretty broad statement...
  • seth_mitchell on 29 Sep 12
     
    Interesting conversation starter.  
Susan Inman

Activities | DocsTeach - 3 views

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history technology socialstudies interactive common core

shared by Susan Inman on 04 Dec 13 - Cached
  • Susan Inman on 04 Dec 13
     
    Interactive activities using primary source docs via the National Archives. You can create your own or use one of the many activities already created.
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