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Learners, learning, and learning styles (17)

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Connie Weber

"Best Practices" --by Nicholas Meier

"Best Practices" --by Nicholas Meier Here's a great essay on how one size truly does not fit all. From Nicholas Meier's blog entry: "L...

Started by Connie Weber

0 15 hours ago
Ed Hitchcock

Sir Ken Robinson answers 10 questions

In case this hasn't already made the rounds... For the first in a new series of community-driven Q&As, TED and Reddit joined forces ...

Started by Ed Hitchcock

3 Aug 27
Reply by Ellen Pham
Or-Tal Kiriati

Second chance, different chance

"Roxbury, MA – The Neighborhood Development Corporation of Grove Hall today announced the creation of the Roxbury Institute of Technology...

Started by Or-Tal Kiriati

2 Aug 18
Reply by Or-Tal Kiriati
Laura Gibbs

Spelling Proverbs to teach spelling... what are some other ways you help students with spelling...?

I thought i would post something here about some materials I am preparing for my students in the coming year - as I've written about in m...

Started by Laura Gibbs

2 Jul 12
Reply by Laura Gibbs
Connie Weber

John Medina, author of Brain Rules, some notes from his lecture

John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist. Some of his central points: Our evolution created in us an "evolutionary performanc...

Started by Connie Weber

6 Jul 9
Reply by Ian Carmichael
Or-Tal Kiriati

Will universities stay relevant? Discussion by Don Tapscott

Quoting: "Last week I wrote a substantial essay for the Edge arguing that the universities are entering a period of crisis. I argued tha...

Started by Or-Tal Kiriati

8 Jul 4
Reply by Mike
Connie Weber

traits, ways-of-being, dispositions you love seeing in young people...

What traits, ways-of-being, or dispositions do you absolutely love seeing in young people--your students, your children, your children's ...

Started by Connie Weber

7 Jun 15
Reply by Cynthia Alvarado
ddeubel

Teaching the Learning Disabled. Thoughts, Strategies, Revelations.

As an educator, I've done a complete 180 when it comes to my teaching philosophy. I thought as a young teacher, that the teacher's role w...

Started by ddeubel

24 May 27
Reply by Connie Weber
Anna Billings

Men's Brains, Women's Brains

Here's a fun video on the differences between how men and women think. Lots of humor spiced with a bit of truth. What do you think? (and ...

Started by Anna Billings

5 Apr 26
Reply by Mary Burns Prine
Connie Weber

"Kicking Off," an article from NYTimes Sunday Magazine, on Marta, soccer star

"Kicking Off," an article from NYTimes Sunday Magazine, on Marta, soccer hero Here's the part I like, perhaps relevant to our discussion...

Started by Connie Weber

0 Apr 16
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