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Connie Weber

Sean Nash's blogpost: "Tinkering: A 'Boys Only' Club?"

Sean Nash's blogpost: "Tinkering: A 'Boys Only' Club?" No one says it like Sean. Wow--what a great personal reflection on the edweek art...

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20 1 day ago
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Connie Weber

Universal Design for Learning; texts in entirely new forms. CAST

Universal Design for Learning; texts in entirely new forms. CAST You've got to see this. Check out the CAST website. This is what I'm lo...

Started by Connie Weber

6 Nov 24
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Anna Billings

A New Science of Education

"Neuroscientist Adele Diamond is helping to bring unfolding knowledge about the brain into classrooms and educational systems, and in the...

Started by Anna Billings

1 Nov 21
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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 Nov 14
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
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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
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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
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