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OECD educationtoday: Are teachers really resistant to change?
Teachers are often accused of conservatism and resistance to change. Many education policy makers can list numerous examples of well-intentioned reforms that were opposed by the teaching profession and their union representatives in the past.
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What Are the Most Powerful Uses of Tech for Learning? | MindShift
When we talk about the digital divide in education, the discussions revolve mainly around two factors: lack of access to the internet and lack of knowing how to use that access in powerful ways that can fuel learning beyond consuming content.
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Should Kids Get A Trophy For Showing Up? : NPR Ed : NPR
Talk about a spirited debate ... I remember collecting a shelf full of participation trophies from years of playing YMCA soccer. Did they make me who I am ... or spoil me rotten?
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Teens top the tech-savvy chart while adults lag behind | Digital Trends
If you’re a parent to a teenager this may already be patently obvious, but a new survey has revealed that 14-15 year-olds are the most tech-savvy age group of our generation. The research also found that 6 year-olds had a better understanding of c...
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Growth mindset – the holy grail of education? | Gorilla Learning Company
I’m going to jump straight in – I think the theory of fixed vs growth mindset is genius. I use the word ‘genius’ very carefully ever since I exclaimed to a supermarket checkout assistant who packed my bags really well ‘ Wow! Genius packing’.
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37 Insanely Smart School Teacher Hacks
Because in order to be organized this year, you’ll need a foolproof labeling system. Follow the directions here. They’ve got tons of stylish templates to choose from that you can easily print out with a color printer and laminate as inexpensive wa...
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'Kids Are Different: There Are Lots of Different Ways to Educate Them' - The Atlantic
There are a dizzying number of theories out there about American education. Smaller classrooms are the solution one day, the next, iPads. Glenn Harlan Reynolds of Instapundit takes on these ideas and makes his own predictions in his new book, The ...
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How to Get the Most Out of Student-Owned Devices in Any Classroom | MindShift
Allowing students to bring their own devices to class can be a cost-effective way to quickly get access to the internet and to the many useful tools those devices carry. But students don’t always get the chance to use their devices, especially in ...
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What Students Remember Most About Teachers | Pursuit of a Joyful Life
I saw you as you rushed past me in the lunch room. Urgent. In a hurry to catch a bite before the final bell would ring calling all the students back inside. I noticed that your eyes showed tension. There were faint creases in your forehead. And I ...
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Tweeting For Schools | The Principal of Change
Awhile ago, I wrote a post entitled, “What Should A Networked Educational Leader Tweet About?“, which was meant to be a guide to administrators new to Twitter on tweeting and sharing information using this social media tool.
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Teachers as Technology Trailblazers: Ready, Fire, Aim - An Important Note About Leadership
"Ready, fire, aim" is the more fruitful sequence if we want to take a linear snapshot of an organization undergoing major reform.
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20 useful ways to use TodaysMeet in schools | Ditch That Textbook - Linkis.com
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Why Tech Still Hasn't Solved Education's Problems - Atlantic Mobile
Remember MOOCs? Two years ago, massive open online courses seemed to be everywhere. The wave of Internet-enabled disruption that had swept through the post office and the book store had now arrived at the classroom, threatening the existence of Am...
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5 Strategies for Building a Powerful BYOD Classroom | Brilliant or Insane
Moving to a Bring Your Own Device school or classroom is a major transition. I’ve heard many horror stories of monumental failures from first-year BYOD teachers, and most could have been avoided with some simple planning. 1.
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5 higher-ed skills to teach K-12 students now | eSchool News | eSchool News
While the Common Core aims to teach students critical skills that can translate to college, career, and life (critical thinking, collaboration, and writing), a different set of skills can help prepare students to not just survive post-secondary ed...
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Carol Dweck's Attitude - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Carol S. Dweck says that her graduate students here at Stanford University are hard-working, creative, and resilient in the face of failure. But she wouldn't call them smart.
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The Conversation We Need To Have With Leadership : Teacher Reboot Camp
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Do you have a new school for next year? Or have you just been assigned to your first principalship? We asked the principals of the MetLife Foundation/NASSP 2013 Breakthrough Schools to respond to one or more of the three prompts below, suggesting ...
Sunday, 31 August 2014
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