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"A New School Teaches Students Through Videogames A school uses videogame-based lessons to teach a new generation of kids "

"One of the questions that I'm asked all the time as an advocate for both professional learning communities and teaching with technology is, "How can digital tools be used to support the learning of singletons in our schools?" The answer is that there are two steps in any effort to develop electronic learning teams. First, many singletons need help simply finding peers who teach similar content areas and grade levels. Tackling that challenge can start with Twitter."

"Educators discuss the nation's biggest misconceptions about teachers and their profession"

"Grit." A four-letter word that every teacher and student should know and use. 3 Steps: Powerful Words, Weekly Reflection Journals, Community Meetings

Student-created digital media projects teaching key Calculus review concepts. - Shelley PaulTags: math, project, developing, voices, bloggingby: Richard Fanning

"Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions: One small change can yield big results"

"Here are 10 examples of the techniques that Yee has listed. Some involve technology, while others are very low-tech."

" Welcome! The Brainology® program is a research-based program that helps upper elementary, middle and high school students gain confidence and motivation to learn by teaching them about the brain, how to strengthen it, and how to apply brain-friendly study skills. We help them cultivate a growth mindset, which leads to growth and learning-oriented behavior."

"As overcrowded classrooms, crunched school district budgets, and online, open learning become more prominent in lower and higher education - for better or worse - teachers and students are feeling stretched in many directions. While the hoped for result in democratic learning is that we'll all be more connected, the truth is that we're also losing valuable face time and struggling to find new ways to bring the world back to students. Avatars are being used to help these challenges, by helping younger students contextualize history lessons, giving teachers more direct training before they even meet students, and more. Here are 10 amazing ways avatars are being used in education."

"In addition to self-development, kids expected technology to enable and empower them as creators."

"Resources and support for everyone interested in media literacy and digital literacy for young people. To learn how to get the most out of the tools and resources on this site, visit our help section and our site map"

"Here are over 100 ways that different social technologies (and tools) are being used by learning professionals worldwide - compiled from the comments of those who have contributed their Top Tools for Learning in 2009. "

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