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"It isn't difficult to teach those under the right 40% or so of the Gaussian how science works. What's more, it it far more important to teach how it works than it is to try and stuff a bunch of da...
Tagged: methods, facts, science_education
Started by Ian Carmichael in Journal articles and education in the news. Last reply by Ian Carmichael 4 hours ago.
"The one reason Duncan's 'Race to the Top' will fail" --Washington Post "When 'Race to the Top' fails, as it will, the main reason won’t be any of those currently being advanced by the corporate i...
Tagged: reform, stimulus, brady, Duncan, Race+to+the+top
Started by Connie Weber in Journal articles and education in the news. Last reply by Connie Weber 10 hours ago.
"As part of the University’s centenary celebrations, and in association with the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s Annual Meeting, David Attenborough came to Bristol to deliver an illustrated ta...
Tagged: Wallace, Darwin, evolution, Attenborough
Started by Connie Weber in UNCATEGORIZED. Last reply by Connie Weber 10 hours ago.
People often ask me, "What do you want to 'do' with your life." I don't always know how to answer that question. I know that I want to teach, but beyond that what do I really want to do? There is ...
Tagged: standards, history, curriculum, concept-based
Started by Daniel Kam in Class activities and teaching practices. Last reply by Or-Tal Kiriati 15 hours ago.
"Googling Fights Dimentia, Study Suggests" --Ker Than, in National Geographic News "Using search engines may help stave off dementia and memory loss, a new brain-scan study suggests. Scientists...
Tagged: elders, senior+citizens, google, dementia
Started by Connie Weber in Journal articles and education in the news. Last reply by Or-Tal Kiriati Nov 8.
Massive Online Open Courses now have their own acronym (MOOC) and are drawing some research. Here's a 'paper' investigating the technological components of such courses based one on case study - an...
Tagged: technological_tools, social_networking, online_learning
Started by Ian Carmichael in Journal articles and education in the news Nov 7.
What do you think? What can you tell?
Tagged: classroom, program, technology
Started by Or-Tal Kiriati in Educational technology. Last reply by Laura Gibbs Nov 6.
Here's a fascinating story about the difference one person can make in the world. In what began as a protest to a large oil spill in the San Francisco Bay (1971), John Francis, the Planet Walker, s...
Tagged: Making-a-difference-without..., John-Francis, The-Planet-Walker
Started by Anna Billings in Worldchanging and the good people who do it. Last reply by Connie Weber Nov 5.
Last year for one of my college courses I took a class in teaching reading to elementary school children. For this class we needed to do atleast 15 hours of tutoring in reading that semester. I was...
Started by Sarah Summey in UNCATEGORIZED. Last reply by Connie Weber Nov 5.
A recent experiment conducted by the Haifa University claims it's possible. I invite you to share your opinion: http://www.math4mobile.com/ Read more here.
Tagged: learning, techniques, tools, teaching, phones
Started by Or-Tal Kiriati in Educational technology. Last reply by Ian Carmichael Nov 5.
Always a thrill to witness full-out, high-spirited expression from a performer. This is a first audition on a UK talent show (the X Factor). His profession? Teacher! Wonderful that he gets a big ch...
Tagged: teacher-performs-in-UK-tale..., inspiring-performance, Danyl-Johnson
Started by Anna Billings in Worldchanging and the good people who do it. Last reply by Or-Tal Kiriati Nov 1.
"Teachers at Work: Improving Teacher Quality Through School Design" --by Elena Silva In Education Sector, Silva talks about how we need to "...fundamentally overhaul the way the work of teachers i...
Tagged: school+design, teacher+quality, education+sector, silva
Started by Connie Weber in Journal articles and education in the news. Last reply by Connie Weber Nov 1.
Addressing younger Israeli scientists, Ada Yonath, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry said - curiosity was the key to scientific progress. "If one has curiosity, then one stands the chanc...
Tagged: Ada, Yonath, curiosity, education, prize
Started by Or-Tal Kiriati in Journal articles and education in the news. Last reply by Shaii Kiriati Oct 31.
What do you think about grades? How should grades be given? Should students give the teachers grades too? What about exams and tests? How should it work? Do grades should be given at all? I have a...
Tagged: opinions, final, exam, test, grades
Started by Shaii Kiriati in UNCATEGORIZED. Last reply by Shaii Kiriati Oct 31.
My district was recently awarded a fairly big grant to teach teachers how to use digital storytelling in their classrooms. So, I am now starting the process of getting the teachers and information ...
Tagged: grant, Texas, T3, storytelling, Paso
Started by Tim Holt in Professional development as an educator Oct 30.
Thought I'd let you all know we've just posted a new blog, and invite you to come read about choices, good work, and how we might help our students who are struggling in their decision-making. Ther...
Tagged: http://goodworktoolkit.org/...
Started by Lynn Barendsen in UNCATEGORIZED. Last reply by Lynn Barendsen Oct 29.
Hi All...... hope this finds you well! Sizer and his ideas have influenced my work for many years.... Some highlights from around the web: "Good schools focus on habits, on what sorts of intelle...
Started by Mike in UNCATEGORIZED. Last reply by Connie Weber Oct 29.
Greetings All, I saw this article in our local newspaper (an associated press article) on school lunches and the need for better nutrition. The article begins with "School lunches need more fruit...
Tagged: food-and-learning, students-and-nutrition, school-lunches
Started by Anna Billings in Journal articles and education in the news. Last reply by Anna Billings Oct 27.
Let's say you're at a cocktail party or a picnic. You're among friends, so you feel pretty easy about chatting, you can "speak your gut" more or less without getting too fancy, without piling on th...
Started by Connie Weber in UNCATEGORIZED. Last reply by Laura Gibbs Oct 27.
As a topic related to my "learning to say no" blog post, I wanted to share this really thoughtful and thought-provoking statement about uncompensated work and academic publishing written by Jason J...
Started by Laura Gibbs in School organization and education reform. Last reply by Laura Gibbs Oct 27.
Posted by Laura Gibbs on November 5, 2009 at 10:30am
Posted by Laura Gibbs on November 5, 2009 at 10:23am
Posted by Laura Gibbs on November 3, 2009 at 9:00am — 4 Comments
Posted by Laura Gibbs on November 2, 2009 at 9:44am — 5 Comments
A round-up of Fireside discussions and blogs for October 24 - November 2. The items listed below are in no particular order. Did I miss something??? Please add a comment to this blog post to let us know about something missing on the list! :-)
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