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The Unique Power of Afterschool Learning | Edudemic
- Afterschool programs are an important and impactful
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Edtech and Elearning: Top 100 Influencers and Brands
- Below you can see another network map created in IRM showing the number 1 individual Silvia Duckworth at the centre,
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Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension | Reading Rockets
- 2. Metacognition
- Identify where the difficulty occurs
- Identify what the difficulty is
- Restate the difficult sentence or passage in their own words
- Look back through the text
- Look forward in the text for information that might help them to resolve the difficulty
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Science Shows Something Surprising About People Who Still Read Fiction
- 2014 SEMA Show: Ken Block tem um novo carro,,http://funbase-zonefree.rhcloud.com/2014-sema-show-ken-block-tem-um-novo-carro/ - post by rahul
- Fiction readers make great friends as they tend to be more aware of others' emotions.
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Start a Reading Revolution: Flip Your Class With Blogs | Edutopia
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11 Alternatives to "Round Robin" (and "Popcorn") Reading | Edutopia
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MONDAY, AUGUST 24
6:00 PM (INTERNATIONAL TIME) - Vicki Davis
Watch Live: https://plus.google.com/events/c6rkj1qqamsven67nu52bhvdolo
Recording Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8swgfjc_iI
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This is CS50 (AP) with David Malan - November Learning Conference
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Bookmarks of Note (weekly)
Monday, August 24, 2015
Vicki Davis - Teacher Entrepreneurship Interview 6pm EST August 24
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Bookmarks of Note
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- studies show that learning new skills such as how to juggle or speak a foreign language can cause the brain to grow in new ways.
- brain transformation isn't only affected by what we do—it can also come about due to how we think and feel
- With meditation, your brain is effectively being rewired:
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7 Assessment Tips and Tools to Know What Your Students Are Really Learning @coolcatteacher
- What are the most common mistakes teachers make when assessing students?
- How can you improve your current assessments to better meet standards?
- Why should formative assessments be more reflective?
- Why just giving number grades as feedback doesn’t work and what to do instead.
- How to give feedback that helps students the most.
- How can you grade less and get better results?
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The Social Media Manager's Daily Checklist
- 1. Keep your ears open to what users are saying about your brand
- 2. Stay on top of your metrics
- 3. Watch your back
- 4. Make new connections
- 5. Share at least one great ‘happy customer’ story every day
- 6. Keep up with customer care queries
- 7. Build your content pipeline
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Why Technology Alone Won't Fix Schools - The Atlantic
- Amplification seems like an obvious idea—all it says is that technology is a tool that augments human power
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5 Ways of Bringing Student Passions to Student Learning | Edutopia
- Curiosity, Passion, and Making a Difference
- 1. Unleash Student Involvement: Turn Any Project Into a Passion Project
- 2. Make Time to Create: Schedule Genius Hour, 20 Percent Time
- 3. Supply Creation and Innovation: Create a Makerspace or FabLab
- 4. Spark Technology Innovation: Create an Online Student Makerspace
- 5. Know Your Students: Empower Student Interests and Dreams
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18 Epic Productivity Apps to Help You Live Your Dreams
- “The ability to get important things accomplished in a way that honors commitments in an excellent way, respects my own time and that of others, and allows my body and psyche to focus and sustain the best mental state possible for emotional, professional, and personal well being and enjoyment.”
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Nuzzel - 5 Ways of Bringing Student Passions to Student Learning
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Digital Storytelling: What it is… And… What it is NOT | Langwitches Blog
- Storytelling is evolving, as humans are adapting, experimenting and innovating with the use of ever changing technology, the growth of human networks and our ability to imagine new paths.
- It is NOT about the tools… it is about the skills
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- writing, speaking, communication skills
- oral fluency
- information literacy
- visual literacy
- media literacy
- language skills
- auditory skills
- drama Skills
- presentation skills
- listening skills
- publishing skills
- It is NOT only about the transfer of knowledge… it is about the amplification of our voices
- It is NOT about substituting analog stories… it is about transforming stories
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Want kids to love school? Stop telling them they stink and find their strength. @coolcatteacher
- three of the ways Brad says we can focus on student strengths
- 1. Encourage teachers need to bring their talents to their teaching.
- 2. Help students enjoy and appreciate their strengths and the strengths of other students.
- 3. Create leadership positions for students.
- Strength-finding is part of the brain that we can develop. We can shift from standards to strengths, from standardization to personalization, from weakness to wonderful.
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Not Busy, Focused | The Minimalists
- Being focused, on the other hand, involves attention, awareness, and intentionality.
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What Amazing Leaders Do Differently | Shane Snow | LinkedIn
- They change their minds.
- They absorb shock.
- They overcommunicate.
- They think before answering.
- They search for the right path; not the easy one.
- They have sacred time for themselves.
- But they're in it for others.
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4 Things Transformational Teachers Do | Edutopia
- 1. Transformational Teachers Create Constructivist Experiences
- Transmission
- Transformational
- What Does Transformational Teaching Look Like?
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- Have students ask questions and solve real-world problems.
- Questions should require students to:
- Analyze
- Synthesize
- Create
- Empathize
- Interpret
- Reference background knowledge
- Defend alternative perspectives
- Determine what they know and don't know.
- Organize students into learning groups.
- Make learning segments manageable through modeling and mastery.
- Guide, facilitate, challenge, and support.
- 2. Transformational Instructors Teach Like Scientists, Artists, and Essayists
- 3. Transformational Teachers Model Symphonic Thinking
- 4. Transformational Teachers Facilitate Productive Struggle
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#7 This is SO very worth it!
Friday, August 21, 2015
C.U.T.S. (Concerts Under The Stars) Tribute Friday Night 8-21-2015
Joe Bonamassa
8-10pm
Members Exclusive
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Joe Bonamassa is an American blues-rock, musician, singer and songwriter. Bonamassa opened for B.B. King when he was only 12 years old.[2] In the last 13 years Bonamassa has put out 15 solo albums through his independent record label, J&R Adventures. Eleven of his solo albums have reached #1 on the Billboard Blues charts
Dressy Casual
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Bookmarks of Note (weekly)
Online Appointment Scheduling Software | Online Scheduling Solutions
- 37711_280536596_18792848
#7 This is SO very worth it!
- - By Lisa Durff
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