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Shaii Kiriati

Grades

What do you think about grades? How should grades be given? Should students give the teachers grades too? What about exams and tests? How...

Started by Shaii Kiriati in UNCATEGORIZEDLatest Reply

Mike

In Memoriam: Theodore Ryland Sizer-June 23, 1932 - October 21, 2009

Hi All...... hope this finds you well! Sizer and his ideas have influenced my work for many years.... Some highlights from around the w...

Started by Mike in UNCATEGORIZEDLatest Reply

Connie Weber

Who is the learner of the future? What matters most for this learner?

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" ...

Started by Connie Weber in UNCATEGORIZEDLatest Reply

Laura Gibbs

SUCCESS: What really worked for you this year...?

For many of us, it's the end of the school year... and summer is a great time to reflect on the year's successes! Please take a minute to...

Started by Laura Gibbs in Class activities and teaching practicesLatest Reply

Connie Weber

What are you doing right now? What's on your list?

Hi, Everyone. Busy enough? This is a community check-in forum: please sketch out a list of your projects, activities, happenings (and mi...

Started by Connie Weber in Personal interests of Fireside membersLatest Reply

Mike

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT TEACHING!?!?

Hi All.... thought it might be fun to create a list of things we continue to love about TEACHING!!!! Here are a few of mine to start u...

Started by Mike in UNCATEGORIZEDLatest Reply

Connie Weber

Happy Earth Day!

Would you be willing to share a sentence or two about what is most on your mind about the future of Earth? What questions come up in your...

Started by Connie Weber in Personal interests of Fireside membersLatest Reply

Connie Weber

Question: put on your parent hat, or relative hat. Who was a good teacher in your child's life; why do you say that?

For this one, please put on your parent hat. Or your relative hat: grandparent, uncle, aunt, sibling. Think of a child or some children ...

Started by Connie Weber in Education and social contextLatest Reply

Ellen Pham

Personal Learning Networks - Do you have one?

I ran across this today from Will Richardson, part of an article titled 5 Things You Can Begin to Do to Develop Your Personal Learning Ne...

Started by Ellen Pham in Educational technologyLatest Reply

Or-Tal Kiriati

Rewarding learning ?? or a reward for studying?

I have recently came across this very interesting project called "smarty card". Read its story here: To cut a long story short, this is a...

Started by Or-Tal Kiriati in UNCATEGORIZEDLatest Reply

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Official Website of 16-year-old author Riley Carney who's created nonprofit to promote literacy

Boyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities - Ken Corbett - Yale University Press

The Puzzle of Boys - The Chronicle Review

WGBH American Experience - The Crash of 1929

What happens when we take responsibility for the learning we do for ourselves, our families, &our communities?

BookCrossing - The World's Biggest Free Book Club - Catch and Release Used Books

In-Mind.org | Inquisitive Mind

Speed Geek Learning

Resources: Great Green Careers

Cosmic Variance (blog) | Discover Magazine

Edge: Why Does the Universe Look the Way It Does: A Conversation With Sean Carroll

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