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Edutopia -- source of information and inspiration

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Edutopia -- source of information and inspiration

Publishes the stories of innovative teaching and learning through a variety of media -- a magazine, e-newsletters, DVDs, books, and a Web site. Let's pay attention and learn together what's possible.

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Latest Activity: May 15

George Lucas' motivation as founder of Edutopia.

Edutopia's founder George Lucas is quoted as saying: "Teachers are the most important individuals in our society--nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education."

Read more that he has to say about his motivation as founder at A Word from George Lucas.

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Skip Zilla

Combining subjects produces deeper learning

The edutopia video presents the executive summary of a report on integrated studies. A number of related videos are accessible at edutopia's website's library. (This posting relates directly to Dan...

Tagged: integrated_studies, video, edutopia

Started by Skip Zilla Nov. 28, 2008.

Skip Zilla

The Collaborative Classroom: An Interview with Linda Darling-Hammond

In this edutopia video Stanford University education professor Linda Darling-Hammond says social and emotional learning is a crucial part of teaching the whole child.

Tagged: whole_child, Stanford, collaborative_classroom, Linda_Darling-Hammond

Started by Skip Zilla Nov. 27, 2008.

Skip Zilla

(trans)formative process of curriculum development and assessment

W. James Popham is a professor emeritus at UCLA who has been studying and writing about curriculum development and assessment for decades. His 2008 book Transformative Assessment clarifies the uniq...

Tagged: major-theorist, curriculum_development, transformative_assessment, W.James_Popham

Started by Skip Zilla Nov. 27, 2008.

Skip Zilla

Take a look at Edutopia's video offerings! 1 Reply

This directory of over one-hundred-fifty videos at Edutopia is a good place to start learning about learning initiatives that are inspiring. There may be one that especially grabs your attention wh...

Tagged: edutopia, innovations, education, learning, videos

Started by Skip Zilla. Last reply by Skip Zilla Aug. 7, 2008.

Reuven Werber

The Neveh Channah Computer Club (in Hebrew) 2 Replies

After returning to school from a two month teacher's strike, I decided that one of the ways to bring about adoption of web2.0 skills in the school would be to have a weekly computer club. Most club...

Started by Reuven Werber. Last reply by Reuven Werber Jan. 11, 2008.

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Skip Zilla Reuven Werber Connie Weber Ian Carmichael Christine Southard Sue Palmer Or-Tal Kiriati Kyle Neal Terry Eberhart
 
 

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