Edge-ucators' Way

Here's a report that confirms my thesis that the 20th Century's "One Size Fits All" has shifted to "All fit to one's sighs" in the 21st.

Fantastic article highlighting great pedagogy, true leadership and richer measures

Here's a collection of timelines that seem more professionally oriented towards the historical than things on Dipity.

Handy things you may know, but may also find one you didn't - good for beginners as well.

"Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow.""

Useful when clipping text in graphics from Web pages.

might be competition for Dipity

I've tried a few of these, but this one is engaging and clear and includes different aspects of your life.

"people in their 20s exert more control over their digital reputations than older adults, more vigorously deleting unwanted posts and limiting information about themselves."

Good article to balance the hysteria and myths that us oldies know what's up and the kids aren't informed.

It is good news about the older teenagers, and those in their 20's however as noted in the article "Younger teenagers were not included in these studies, and they may not have the same privacy concerns. But anecdotal evidence suggests that many of them have not had enough experience to understand the downside to oversharing". These kids need to be our target audience when talking about cybersafety etc, as like with many other facets of a teenagers life, they don't necessarily have the "fear factor" and understand the long term risks.

Latest report on emerging technologies in K-12 education over the next 1 to 5 years

How can you communicate this big message to your students and help them take risks in their learning? What does this mean in a concrete sense? There are at least three areas where teachers can help students learn to feel comfortable taking risks in their thinking: 1) The environment must support risk-taking in learning; 2) The curriculum needs to allow for some uncertainty and ambiguity about exactly what children will learn; and 3) Students need opportunities to learn forms of thinking that embody risk-taking and openness

"Free PDF of the Web-Based Portfolio series I've been working on for the past couple of months. I've taken the four blog posts and put them into this PDF that you can download and use if you would like."

"Holocaust Literature Remembrance - Relevance - Responsibility"

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