Who hasn\’t done their homework and taken the time to see this film? If you havn\’t, pledge to see the movie, it will change the way your view our system and more importantly, make you want to do something about changing it. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFN0nf6Hqk0&hl=en_US&fs=1]
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We here at PLL just discovered a show on PBS called Word World. I know, send me for a late slip on this one. For those of you who have not yet discovered this wonderful show on PBS, let us enlighten you. The creatives use animation to teach preschoolers how to read. They literally use
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We took some time off for summer break but we are back. To all you teachers and education policy professionals, if these recessionary times have you unable to attend conferences to better yourself, here is a set of youtube videos (almost 6 hours) from a conference on \”Breakthrough Learning in the Digital Age\” hosted at
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Chris Lehmann is the founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy (SLA) a Philadelphia high school opened in September 2006 fundamentally asking the pertinent questions \”How do we learn?\” \”What can we create?\” \”What does it mean to lead?\” The SLA is built on the notion that inquiry is the very first step in the
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Pharrell reveals more details on his side project \’Kidult\’ talking about how there is a void of real information for the youth demographic. This 120 second interview is facilitated by friendswelove [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf5-fRUKlRk&hl=en_US&fs=1&] \”When I was in school, I hated being talked down to, I felt like I should be talked up to\” an expression true
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Rapper Jim Jones puts on his teachers cap in Brooklyn, NY classroom Read More »
Seeing as its Friday, we here at Pop Lock and Learn decided to keep it kinda light. Enjoy your weekend! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yVFxjmIg1E&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
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[ted id=893] TED brings us another intriguing speaker. Dr Aditi Shankardass is pioneering the use of technology to give children with developmental disorders their most accurate diagnosis. Dr Shankardass specializes in a groundbreaking EEG technology, developed by Harvard University. This technology records and analyses the EEG (brain electrical activity) in real time, allowing them to
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Everyone can remember a time when their teacher passed back an exam or term paper so full of red ink that we quickly flipped it over so the kid sitting behind us did not see how clueless we were. Being wrong makes one lose their confidence and can even instill negative feelings in on a
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In the cognitive neurosciences, temperament is a multilayered concept. It is often defined as a person’s characteristic way of responding emotionally and behaviorally to external events. These responses are fairly fixed, innate, and observable soon after birth and may have genetic components. Personality is defined as not being so immutable. It is shaped primarily by
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