Susan Conley is a writer, a teacher and a co-founder of The Telling Room, a creative writing lab in Portland that believes in the power of stories to transform students' lives and change communities. Susan served as the executive director of The Telling Room for its first two years of life before moving to China, where she wrote a memoir titled The Foremost Good Fortune (Knopf, 2011). This book chronicles the years Susan, her husband and two young boys lived in Beijing, learned Mandarin, set out on The Hunt for the Greatest Dumpling in China, and contended with Susan's cancer diagnosis. The book was excerpted in The New York Times Magazine and The Daily Beast and was voted a Goodreads' Choice Award Winner for Best Travel and Outdoor Books of 2011.
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More doctors are growing concerned about the effects of childhood poverty in an age when income inequality is increasing and social mobility is declining. Via Buffy J. Hamilton Delete the scoop?
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Unless we break out of this limited vision that one-to-one computing is about the device, we are doomed to waste our resources. Delete the scoop?
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Reading for pleasure at the age of 15 is a strong factor in determining future social mobility. Indeed, it has been revealed as the most important indicator of the future success of the child.
That was the startling finding of research carried out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on education and reading, and their role in promoting social mobility. It highlights why getting teenagers to read for pleasure is more than a sepia-tinted ambition for frustrated parents. It is a fundamental social issue. Via Karen Bonanno 
Lucinda Scott-Kellermeier's curator insight,
May 9, 6:14 AM
This article addresses UK reading issues, but the message relates to reading curriculum in any country. We need to anchor classic reading choices with contemporary literature reflecting 21st c. teen experiences and concerns. 
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May 9, 12:01 PM
We also need to make sure school and public libraries are stocked with materials children and young adults WANT to read.
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Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don’t like.’” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect... Delete the scoop?
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"SAMR is a great framework for thinking about technology and how it can best be used in a teaching environment to bring about transformational learning opportunities that wouldn't have been possible without the technology." If SAMR is new to you the letters stand for: Augmentation Modification Redefinition This visual from Mark Anderson does a great job providing an overview of SAMR as well as transformative level activities. To go the actual link pdf: http://ictevangelist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SAMR-flow-chart.pdf. 
Nancy Jones's curator insight,
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I cannot tell you how many tech opportunites i have been to where they talk about the power of Dr. Puentedura's model. 
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May 3, 9:33 AM
As our schools move to 1:1, BYOD, flipped or hybrid digital learning environments, this model gives clear guidance on the different levels of integration. Thanks to Beth Dichter's timely Scoop, I will begin my 1:1 journey with a clear pathway to success. Delete the scoop?
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Sweden. Australia. New Zealand. The UK. Germany. Arizona. Wisconsin. Maryland. Lots of people from New Jersey. And me, the only one from Massachusetts. About 70 educators from all over the world ar... Via Anu Ojaranta, Karen Bonanno 
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Afterthoughts of the Guided Inquiry worshop held in CISSL in Rutgers University at the end of April. A very good post also for them who are new to GI. 
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May 3, 9:15 AM
More thoughts and questions about how Inquiry can change learning for the future.
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This says it all...."inquiry has the power to change the way students learn and teachers teach."
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Darling-Hammond: The reform impulse that gave rise to construction of new learning standards and assessments will only work if we invest in the capacity of educators to work together effectively. Via Dr. Gordon Dahlby 
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AND we can extend this to online collaboration connectededucators.org Delete the scoop?
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Slides from an invited speech given to the Technology in Higher Education Conference, National Convention Centre, Doha, Qatar. 16 April, 2013. Via Peter Mellow Delete the scoop?
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It has been suggested that when we know our philosophy of teaching and technology we then have the ability to articulate not only what we are doing as... Via Susan Bainbridge Delete the scoop?
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Mean girls aren't just confined to the silver screen. Like the toxic ladies in the "Mean Girls" movie, real-life mean girls manipulate, take advantage and put you down. Delete the scoop?
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I recently partook in a discussion among some fellow community managers on the best ways to learn about the industry and how to train its future generations. Delete the scoop?
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Though parents around the world have the same goals, American parents like me (despite our very best intentions) have gotten it all backwards.
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The lesson for us: if you want to help your adolescent do well in school make them feel obligated. 
HENRY CHIGBO's comment,
May 10, 7:34 AM
it takes just to love and care to be a good parent. http://www.unn.edu.ng
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It’s pretty difficult to get someone to accurately self-assess, no matter what the circumstances. Too often we’re concerned with what someone else will think of our assessment, and our confidence l... Via Buffy J. Hamilton Delete the scoop?
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Onstage at TED2013, Sugata Mitra makes his bold TED Prize wish: Help me design the School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can explore and learn from each other -- using resources and mentoring from the cloud. Delete the scoop?
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After trying out a co-teaching model with her school's reading specialist, a language arts teacher offers some lessons learned from the collaboration. Via Mel Riddile, Linda Dougherty Delete the scoop?
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If you run a classroom, school, district, or country, you need to know how to properly integrate technology in education. This should help. Via Kathleen Cercone, Peter Mellow Delete the scoop?
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The latest results of the student survey developed by the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations (QISA) and administered by Pearson Foundation show a disconnect between teaching and learning. Via Grant Montgomery Delete the scoop?
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Updated: University deans call for change.
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Located in Stockholm, Sweden, this amazing school is from the Swedish Free School Organization, Vittra. Instead of a classic classroom setup with desks and chairs, a giant iceberg with a cinema, a platform and room for relaxation and recreation now forms the setting of many different types of learning situations. Via Dr. Gordon Dahlby Delete the scoop?
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