"App Store" for Teachers: APPitic - The Digital Shift - 0 views
Blogs vs. Term Papers - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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OF all the challenges faced by college and high school students, few inspire as much angst, profanity, procrastination and caffeine consumption as the academic paper. The format - meant to force students to make a point, explain it, defend it, repeat it (whether in 20 pages or 5 paragraphs) - feels to many like an exercise in rigidity and boredom, like practicing piano scales in a minor key.
Should Parents Control What Kids Learn at School? - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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New Hampshire schools are now required to create alternatives to any lesson that a parent dislikes - whether it's about the Holocaust, contraception, gravity or anything else. Does this "à la carte" approach turn school into a private right instead of a public good? Do such accommodations benefit students?
Reading With Strangers: Ways to Study Literature Collaboratively - NYTimes.com - 0 views
Guest Post | Helping Students Motivate Themselves - NYTimes.com - 0 views
Boston Review - Lindsey Gilbert: The Networked Era (Michael Nielsen) - 0 views
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The Internet may well have its downsides, but it also has the potential to make us collectively smarter, according to open-science advocate Michael Nielsen. In Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science, Nielsen argues that networked digital tools, such as discussion boards and online marketplaces, can make it easier for scientists to pool their data, share methodologies, and find far-flung collaborators.
Innovation in School: How Rare Is It? « Center for Teaching - 0 views
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