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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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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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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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geTNnB93zPc&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Skateboard P aka Pharrell is known for his music production but most probably famous because of his passion. For some people, with success comes a freedom of thought that opens their mind to solving the ills of society. Pharrells extracurricular focus seems to be on education. In this vid he sits down with Dr
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In the ebook Michael Zimmer outlines a variety of leading web-based tools that can be used in almost any classroom regardless of content area. This is a simple guide to bring teachers upto speed on common web based applications that students are already using and that teachers should be integrating into their day-to-day educational outreach.
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One of our favourite speakers, Sir Ken Robinson, who we previously tipped our hat to in our \’Are Children Educated Away From a Creative Mindset\’ post goes back to TED to makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids\’ natural talents can flourish. [ted id=865]
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When considering what works in education, one must draw conclusions from basic or big bigger ideas in knowledge networks to figure out the best way to form that relationship of osmosis between the teacher and the student. This audio/visual presentation by Darren Kuropatwa gives one a good base when struggling with the age old question
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Another wonderful \’RSA Animate\’ of an interesting talk given by Professor Philip Zimbardo conveying the secret powers of time how that expresses who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world. Keep up the great work RSA Animate of innovating educating through the medium of illustration for
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