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David Caleb

A beauty beyond skin deep - CNN.com - 1 views

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Wonder cnn beauty RJPalacio

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  • David Caleb on 15 Apr 13
     
    A Wonderful follow up to the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. 
Katie Day

Wonderopolis - 4 views

wonderopolis.org

questions teaching_resources primary_school

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  • Louise Phinney on 01 Feb 12
     
    Great site for a beginning of the day with a different 'wonder' each day (plus past wonders are in the archives) 
  • Katie Day on 24 Feb 13
     
    a website that collects questions that children wonder about - and provides resources to help answer them
Louise Phinney

10 Wonderful Virtual Field Trips for your Students ~ Educational Technology and Mobile ... - 1 views

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  • Louise Phinney on 15 Apr 13
     
    websites that allow children to take virtual field trips
Katie Day

NOVA | Hunting the Elements - 1 views

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chemistry periodic_table science teaching videos

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  • Katie Day on 05 May 12
     
    Summary via The Scout Report (Apr 2012): "After watching this erudite (and fun) program from NOVA, you'll never again wonder "Where's selenium?" This two-hour program is hosted by David Pogue (the host of NOVA's "Making Stuff" program) and it "spins viewers through the world of weird, extreme chemistry: the strongest acids, the deadliest poisons, the universe's most abundant elements, and the rarest of the rare." It's a fascinating way to learn about the history of the periodic table, and the discovery and properties of the elements. The site also contains fourteen additional features, such as the Name That Element! quiz, an iPad app, a chemical bonds quiz, an interactive periodic table, and an exploration of the "amazing atomic clock." It may make chemistry junkies out of neophytes, and the already-converted will find much to keep them occupied here. [KMG]"
Keri-Lee Beasley

Google World Wonders Project - 0 views

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google worldwonders maps world technology literacy history

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  • debbie diaz on 01 Jun 12
     
    a platform which brings world heritage sites of the modern and ancient world online. Using Street View, 3D modeling and other Google technologies, we have made these amazing sites accessible to everyone across the globe. With videos, photos and in-depth information, you can now explore the world wonders from your armchair just as if you were there.
Louise Phinney

Reflections on a 1:1 iPad: It is a Tool, NOT a Toy! « techchef4u - 2 views

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reflections ipad tool technology

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  • Louise Phinney on 15 Feb 12
     
    I had the wonderful app-ortunity to make a site visit to Westlake H.S. in Eanes ISD on Wednesday February 1st. When we arrived, various campus and district officials shared some background on the student-centered learning initiative. They focused on multiple benefits of the 1:1 iPad initiative where high school seniors were issued iPads like textbooks at the beginning of the year. In a time where global communication, inquiry-based opportunities, and self-directed learning is how students manage the information revolution, it was refreshing to get to observe an iLearning Utopia.
Mary van der Heijden

STARTING A STUDY CIRCLE IS SIMPLE | International Society for Ecology and Culture - 1 views

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culture study international

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  • Mary van der Heijden on 20 Nov 11
     
    Would anyone be interested in this I wonder?
Katie Day

Richard Dawkins Plays the Piano: "Earth History in C Major" - Open Culture - Part 2 - 0 views

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history videos science

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  • Katie Day on 29 Dec 10
     
    "Oxford's renowned biologist Richard Dawkins puts the history of life on earth in perspective, using simply a piano. This short video is a great jumping off point for this brilliant lecture Dawkins gave back in 1991. It's called "Waking Up in the Universe, Growing Up in the Universe," and the 57-minute video pulls you deeper into some big questions. What's the origin of life? Where do we fall in the scheme of life on planet Earth? What's our role in the larger universe? And how lucky are we to have the brains and tools to understand the awesome wonders that surround us? "
Keri-Lee Beasley

Where Children Sleep: A Diverse World of Homes - 3 views

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book pyp children sleep photography elementary middleschool literacy inquiry images

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  • Keri-Lee Beasley on 02 Aug 11
     
    James Mollison  A photography book which shows pictures of where children sleep around the world. Combines a portrait of the child with a picture of their bedroom. Great book for see-think-wonder
Keri-Lee Beasley

Scratch Curriculum Guide Draft | ScratchEd - 0 views

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scratch curriculum programming education code technology games

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  • Keri-Lee Beasley on 27 Sep 11
     
    Apparently a wonderful guide for Scratch programming in the curriculum
Katie Day

Help grow our Global Poem for Change throughout (April) Poetry Month - 0 views

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poetry lesson_ideas global_concerns

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  • Katie Day on 01 Apr 11
     
    "Poetry Month has begun! Celebrate by adding your voice to our poem, helping it soar around the world... The first version of our poem is a single line by wonderful writer Naomi Shihab Nye, visit litworld.org/poem to submit your own lines and watch our poem grow and change throughout April! "" I send my words out into the air, listening for yours from everywhere.""- Naomi Shihab Nye" Via LitWorld - An International Non-Profit Advocating for and Working Towards Global Literacy
Sean McHugh

sines & wonders: The ten commandments of CPD - 1 views

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cpd PD InSET training professional_development

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    • Sean McHugh
      Sean McHugh on 04 Aug 13
       
      OK this guy is a bit of a twazzock, but there's no denying the truth of a lot of this, especially 7, 4 and 2. The comment at the bottom is as good, if not better than the article!
  • Point 3: This depends whether you have a static or evolutionary view of language. Neologisms are always uncomfortable until familiarity breeds acceptance. In English, we've been verbing nouns for centuries. If you don't like it then you must reject Shakespeare and most other great writers who indulged in the creation of new verbs this way. Caution, self-awareness and a hint of irony can make this practice more acceptable.
  • Point 8: Providing simple frameworks to help people more easily structure and remember complex knowledge can be useful as long as one acknowledges the flaws and limitations of any model. 'It's only a model'
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  • CPD isn't just about the acquisition of new knowledge from experts. Just as valuable sometimes is reflection on existing knowledge in order to share it, consolidate it, reorganise it and apply it more widely.
  • Don't give us sheets of A2 paper and ask us to "brainstorm"
  • Stop mentioning the 21st Century
  • Don't just read out your slides
Katie Day

KidLitosphere Central - Home - 0 views

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websites childrens_lit recommended blog literacy

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  • Katie Day on 01 Mar 11
     
    "KidLitosphere Central strives to provide a passage to the wonderful variety of resources available from the society of bloggers in children's and young adult literature."
Mary van der Heijden

Secrets to attention-grabbing IWB content | News | eClassroom News - 1 views

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technology iwb

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  • Louise Phinney on 27 Jun 11
     
    many wonder how to make the jump from passive teacher lectures to truly interactive and engaging lessons.
Sean McHugh

Let's Ban Bans in The Classroom | DMLcentral - 0 views

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distraction technology laptops pedagogy

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  • I’ve yet to read an earnest blog post calling for a ban on pencils in the classroom — but rather portable electronics, most notably the laptop.
    • Sean McHugh
      Sean McHugh on 31 Jan 15
       
      Especially the tedious, laborious stultifying mode of lecturing that is so pervasive in FE.
  • but then one wonders why the shoddy outcomes of the lecture format are worth defending.
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  • Shirky almost completely ignores pedagogy in this article. While this paragraph addresses learning and course structure, he doesn’t address or attempt to justify the learning modes that banning laptops is meant to protect. The assumption of his argument is that the classroom is a place where mostly lectures (and some discussions) happen. I do not doubt that portable electronics provide unique challenges to lecturing; but is this narrow definition of the classroom — a place where an instructor delivers knowledge to students who must pay attention — one we should be defending from these increasingly ubiquitous technologies?
  • Yet, what goes unremarked on in the study is how abysmally all of the students did on the comprehension tests.
  • Students didn’t start being distracted in class with the introduction of laptops, so instructors are better off addressing the root problem: making their courses engaging and interesting.
  • why must we ask the 21st century to wait outside our classes? Is it just to protect the lecture? We know what a classroom designed around lectures, notes, and quizzes can do, and it is not impressive.
  • Perhaps by embracing the new forms and structures of communication enabled by laptops and other portable electronics we might discover new classroom practices that enable new and better learning outcomes.
  • what is the value of pedagogies like lecturing? What is the value of attention-structuring activities like note-taking?
  • I’m not for banning lectures, either. What I am for is pedagogies that are nimble and responsive to a range of needs and outcomes for both instructor and student. The lecture has its place. Asking students to close their laptops has its place. But, failing to explore new possibilities for education prompted by emerging technologies does not serve the interests of either group.
  • Sean McHugh on 31 Jan 15
     
    Great Article via Ali F. The lecture has its place. Asking students to close their laptops has its place. But, failing to explore new possibilities for education prompted by emerging technologies does not serve the interests of either group.
Sean McHugh

Stop taking notes and start learning - - 1 views

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learning notes

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  • As early as I can remember, we were told to take notes.
  • during that conversation, I paid attention to more than just what was being said; I watched eye movement, body language, and every other form of nonverbal communication. I wasn’t just listening, I was engaging in an interaction. It was then that I found myself wondering, how much was I missing in other classes because I was too busy taking notes?
  • I started to challenge myself not to take notes during other classes and to actively listen, instead
Sean McHugh

The Scientific Case For Teaching Cursive Handwriting to Your Kids Is Weaker Than You Think - 2 views

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teaching handwriting research

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  • here is ample evidence that writing by hand aids cognition in ways that typing does not: It’s well worth teaching. And I confess I’m old-fashioned enough to think that, regardless of proven cognitive benefits, a good handwriting style is an important and valuable skill, not only when your laptop batteries run out but as an expression of personality and character.
  • if they have the time and inclination.
    • Sean McHugh
      Sean McHugh on 01 Oct 16
       
      But should we be dedicating swathes of curriculum time towards this? Surely not.
  • what teachers “know” about how children learn is sometimes more a product of the culture in which they’re immersed than a result of research and data.
    • Sean McHugh
      Sean McHugh on 01 Oct 16
       
      Never were truer words written.
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  • What does research say on these issues? It has consistently failed to find any real advantage of cursive over other forms of handwriting
  • our real understanding of how children respond to different writing styles is surprisingly patchy and woefully inadequate
  • Evidence supports teaching both formats of handwriting and then letting each student choose which works best for him or her
    • Sean McHugh
      Sean McHugh on 01 Oct 16
       
      Shouldn't we include touch typing here as well?
  • So was cursive faster than manuscript? No, it was slower. But fastest of all was a personalized mixture of cursive and manuscript developed spontaneously by pupils around the fourth to fifth grade
  • They had apparently imbibed manuscript style from their reading experience (it more closely resembles print), even without being taught it explicitly
  • While pupils writing in cursive were slower on average, their handwriting was also typically more legible than that of pupils taught only manuscript. But the mixed style allowed for greater speed with barely any deficit in legibility.
  • The grip that cursive has on teaching is sustained by folklore and prejudice
  • freeing up cognitive resources that are otherwise devoted to the challenge of simply making the more elaborate cursive forms on paper will leave children more articulate and accurate in what they write
    • Sean McHugh
      Sean McHugh on 01 Oct 16
       
      Likewise if they can touch-type instead of wrestling with ascenders and descenders...
  • for typical children, there’s some reason to think manuscript has advantages
  • the difference in appearance between cursive and manuscript could inhibit the acquisition of reading skills, making it harder for children to transfer skills between learning to read and learning to write because they simply don’t see cursive in books.
  • There’s good evidence, both behavioral and neurological, that a “haptic” (touch-related) sense of letter shapes can aid early reading skills, indicating a cognitive interaction between motor production and visual recognition of letters. That’s one reason, incidentally, why it’s valuable to train children to write by hand at all, not just to use a keyboard.
  • even if being taught both styles might have some advantages, it’s not clear that those cognitive resources and classroom hours couldn’t be better deployed in other ways.
    • Sean McHugh
      Sean McHugh on 01 Oct 16
       
      In other ways... the time it takes for kids to learn cursive, spread over years, compared to the relatively short time it takes to master touch-typing being a case in point.
  • that cursive is still taught primarily because of parental demand and tradition, rather than because there is any scientific basis for its superiority in learning
  • inertia and preconceptions seem to distort perception and policy at the expense of the scientific evidence
  • How much else in education is determined by what’s “right,” rather than what’s supported by evidence?
  • Beliefs about cursive are something of a hydra: You cut off one head, and another sprouts. These beliefs propagate through both the popular and the scientific literature, in a strange mixture of uncritical reporting and outright invention, which depends on myths often impossible to track to a reliable source.
  • the reasons to reject cursive handwriting as a formal part of the curriculum far outweigh the reasons to keep it.
  • This must surely lead us to wonder how much else in education is determined by a belief in what is “right,” unsupported by evidence.
  • it’s often the case that the very lack of hard, objective evidence about an issue, especially in the social sciences, encourages a reliance on dogma instead
  • There needs to be wider examination of the extent to which evidence informs education. Do we heed it enough? Or is what children learn determined more by precedent and cultural or institutional norms?
  • Sean McHugh on 01 Oct 16
     
    There needs to be wider examination of the extent to which evidence informs education. Do we heed it enough? Or is what children learn determined more by precedent and cultural or institutional norms?
Sean McHugh

How Stephen King Teaches Writing - The Atlantic - 0 views

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grammar spelling literacy writing

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  • One either absorbs the grammatical principles of one’s native language in conversation and in reading or one does not
  • Reading is the key, though. A kid who grows up hearing “It don’t matter to me” can only learn doesn’t if he/she reads it over and over again
  • You need to take out the stuff that’s just sitting there and doing nothing
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  • Ask yourself what they need to get on in life, the bare minimum (like filling in a job application), and concentrate on that.
    • Sean McHugh
      Sean McHugh on 16 Sep 17
       
      Surely this is true of reading as well? Maybe some students need to just focus on being 'functional' readers, like reading the instructions on a job application.
  • telling the truth is the most important thing, much more important than the grammar
  • I would often ask them to describe operations that they take for granted. Ask a girl to write a paragraph on how she braids her sister’s hair. Ask a boy to explain a sports rule. These are just basic starting points, where students learn to write on paper what they might tell a friend. It keeps it concrete. If you ask a kid to write on “My Favorite Movie,” you’re opening the door to subjectivity, and hence to a flood of clichés
  • See, then say
  • A good reader digging into a good book is wonderful. Musical
  • Reading good fiction is like making the jump from masturbation to sex
  • Good teachers can be trained, if they really want to learn (some are pretty lazy). Great teachers, like Socrates, are born
  • What about teaching? Craft, or art?King: It’s both. The best teachers are artists
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