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Excite Young Writers with Blogging - The Inspired Classroom | The Inspired Cl... - 1 views

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    A concrete way to begin a conversation re:blogging and digital citizenship
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20 percent projects: 7 ideas to think about | Ditch That Textbook - 1 views

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    Google's 20 percent project idea has started to take education by storm. The gist of it, as outlined in this New York Times article: Google allows its employees to use 20 percent of their "on the clock time" to pursue projects that interest and inspire them.
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A Tech-Happy Professor Reboots After Hearing His Teaching Advice Isn't Working - Techno... - 0 views

  • "They would just be inspired to use blogs and Twitter and technology, but the No. 1 thing that was missing from it was a sense of purp
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  • It doesn't matter what method you use if you do not first focus on one intangible factor: the bond between professor and student.
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  • He's a lecturer. He's not breaking them up into small groups or having them make videos. That's my thing, right? But he's totally in tune with where they are and the struggle it takes to understand physics concepts. He is right there by their side, walking them through the forest of physics."
  • "Students can all sniff out an inauthentic place of learning," the professor argues. "They think, If it's a game, fine, I'll play it for the grade, but I'm not going to learn anything."
  • "None of this work is off-the-shelf," she said, noting that the group promotes a "scholarly approach" to teaching. "That means you aren't just picking something and plopping it in there, but you're really thinking through what its value is and what you would have to do to change it."
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THE GAP by Ira Glass on Vimeo - 2 views

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    A great short video.
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