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What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com - 6 views

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- Tom March on 16 Sep 11
  
  Read through this article and highlight or comment on things that you think would resonate with your students or colleagues.
  
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He is a big thinker, always chasing new ideas, and a conversation with him can feel like a one-man TED conference, dotted with references to the latest work by behavioral psychologists and management gurus and design theorists.
- Tom March on 16 Sep 11
  
  Obviously a school leader who dosn't mind being different! Nice to see.
  
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- Jackie O'Brien on 16 Sep 11
  
  You don't make progress by doing the same thing as everyone else!
  
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in America that if you worked hard and you showed real grit, that you could be successful,” he said. “Strangely, we’ve now forgotten that. People who have an easy time of things, who get 800s on their SAT’s, I worry that those people get feedback that everything they’re doing is great. And I think as a result, we are actually setting them up for long-term failure.
- Jackie O'Brien on 16 Sep 11
  
  I know that we are actively working with parents to realise that their child does not have to be 'happy' al of the time. Making mistakes, experiencing failure and learning what 'not' to do are valuable aspects of education.
  
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Tom March on 15 Sep 11

Fantastic article highlighting great pedagogy, true leadership and richer measures

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Is Twitter Really That Big? - 0 views

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Web 2.0 Twitter

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digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/Is_Twitter_Really_That_Big';digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff';digg_skin = 'normal';It seems as though far less people are actually using and contributing to the site than Twitter's recent hype and massive growth would suggest. In fact, the data shows that a large percentage of Twitter users have not "tweeted" since the first day they joined the service and at least a quarter of its users don't have any followers at all.
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80 percent of Twitter users have less than 10 followers (i.e., for many users, their posts are not being widely tracked or read).
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Tom March on 11 Jun 09

"It seems as though far less people are actually using and contributing to the site than Twitter's recent hype and massive growth would suggest. In fact, the data shows that a large percentage of Twitter users have not "tweeted" since the first day they joined the service and at least a quarter of its users don't have any followers at all."

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Understanding Doodles - 0 views

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Learning to Look Readings

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David Williams on 18 May 09

Considers that those who doodle and sketch with pen and paper while listening to presentations, lectures, lessons etc will have a better retention of information than those who do not doodle. To doodle or not to doodle, that is the question! Do you doodle when you are deep in thought?

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t r u t h o u t | Lessons From Most Successful Schools Abroad - 0 views

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Pedagogy Educational Goals Readings

shared by Tom March on 29 Apr 09 - Cached

Tom March on 29 Apr 09

Education trends from other nations are gaining cachet as political and educational leaders strive to bring American schools in line with the demands of the 21st-century global economy.

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2009 Horizon Report » Key Trends - 0 views

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Pedagogy Educational Goals Readings

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Young Minds, Fast Times: The Twenty-First-Century Digital Learner | Edutopia - 0 views

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edutopia Contemporary ICT Skills Readings

shared by Tom March on 28 Jun 09 - Cached

Tom March on 28 Jun 09

Mark Prensky's take and comments back from readers

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Getting It Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn: Scientific American - 2 views

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Evidence-based Education Pedagogy Readings

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