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Dispatches
Above is a video created by Stephen Heppell and prepared for the Department of Children, Schools and Families to engender a debate about 21st century schools, personalisation, etc Untitled from...
View ArticleNew Humanities
How has reading and writing been transformed by the web? Thanks to David Warlick for the post.
View ArticleBlogs to Follow
It’s a New School Year! For the best professional development this year, start twittering and get a strangle hold of your RSS feed/Reader. I find Google Reader the easiest. If you already have a gmail...
View ArticleHow to Keep Kids Engaged in Class
Since a new school year is upon us, Edutopia recently posted this. Click the link for more in-depth explanations and exampels. A brief and quick summary is below. 10 Rules of Engagement 1. Start Class...
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Stimulating Imagination Through Constraints
Stimulating Imagination Through Constraints is an interesting article from Psychology Today. As a specialist teacher who often visited classrooms in the past, I have seen several teachers simply ask...
View ArticleEncouragement
We are about 2 months into school now. I don’t know about you, but I am BUSY. Swamped actually. Every year seems to grow and get busier and busier. More stuff gets added but it feels like not much is...
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How do you find resources?
I often feel disappointed when I hear teachers discuss how they can’t find web resources for a topic. At times, teachers expect an ICT Facilitator to find these for them. Finding free resources sure is...
View ArticleEducational Crisis in America
Buck has collaborated with TakePart and An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim, to create this info-graphic describing the education crisis in America for the upcoming documentary, Waiting for...
View ArticleDesigning Schools for the 21st Century
In this film, architect Randall Fielding demonstrates the connection between where and how students learn in the 21st century. (You may also watch it here)
View ArticleHate School but Love Education?
Here’s a great spoken word performance regarding testing, education and changing times. That’s all I’m going to say. Pretty sure this will go viral. Thanks for the share Kim!
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