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This toolkit is designed to provide innovative ideas and support for using interactive graphics for teaching and learning. Delete the scoop?
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Joshua Freedman (@eqjosh) shares the science behind what's going on inside your head. Emotional intelligence, he says, is the difference that makes the difference. 
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May 17, 7:59 AM
I recently studied mirror neurons. Mirror neurons explain why we react when we watch sporting events and why we can have empathy for people. This article gives you an overview of how our brain impacts our emotional intelligence. However, this PBS video provides a great visual preference if you'd rather watch a short video, http://video.pbs.org/video/1615173073/ In any case, I ami ntrigued how understanding these neruons can provide insight for us as to how we should we engage people in gamification and mlearning experiences. Delete the scoop?
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Dr. Allen Frances from Duke University talks about his new book, "Saving Normal". Well worth your time to listen to listen to the stats and reasons surrounding these diagnosis! (Broadcasting on NPR right now!). Delete the scoop?
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This professional development opportunity looks great! It is this Friday, May 17, 2013 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM Delete the scoop?
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In honor of Mother's Day, Save the Children presents 14th annual State of the World's Mothers report. It is a report that ranks the best and worst places in the world to be a mother. Learn more, access archives and download the report. Finland is #1.
The chances a mother and her baby will survive help determine Save the Children’s annual rankings of the best and worst places in the world to be a mother. Education, income and political representation of women are the other factors. Read more: http://bit.ly/12cP0yU
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For very little money, many more babies could survive their births. There are over a million babies that die each year that could be saved by using very inexpensive treatments and medicines. Delete the scoop?
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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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Parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the bumps out of life for their children. However, parental hyperconcern has the net effect of making kids more fragile; that may be why they're breaking down in record numbers.
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We are paying the price for being overly protective and hyperconcerned. 
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May 4, 11:27 PM
I see this all the time in the struggling teens and their families I work with. -Lon Delete the scoop?
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A terrific article beginning with the wisdom of Michael Fullan's statement that no one can't mandate change to the broader topics of organizational complexity, adult collaboration and its influence over time. Delete the scoop?
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RT @powerpoetry: Celebrate the poetry of children. http://t.co/AqPr9tnTuj #share #poem #writing #creativity
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National Poetry Month! I love this idea! Poetry offers so many avenues to learn more about the beauty and rhythm of language. Here is a direct link to "Poem in your Pocket Day":
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Just a great site for teachers and anyone interested in new tools. Delete the scoop?
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As we've evolved, the human stress response has saved our lives. Today, we turn on the same life-saving physical reaction to cope with intense, ongoing stres...
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This short Stanford University video is included in current course work via Coursera on emotional intelligence. The video makes a telling point about human stress by comparing our lives to that of animals in the wild... 
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May 17, 4:44 PM
My favorite part of the video talks about how a zebra would never understand why we use the same bodily reactions to deal with public speaking as it uses for surviving an attack from a lion. Delete the scoop?
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All the proof you'll ever need that no matter how much you sacrifice for your kids, they'll almost certainly repay you with insults to your intelligence, insults to your person, or extreme ...
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This post is just for fun--because it is the end of the year and every teacher needs a laugh by now (and so does every parent/adult). Delete the scoop?
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' (...) evidence from psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience suggests that when students multitask while doing schoolwork, their learning is far spottier and shallower than if the work had their full attention.'...
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If you're using your prefront cortex for two semi-complex tasks, the brain really can't handle the case load. Period. Delete the scoop?
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Carrying multiple pens for notes might feel like lugging a Victrola for music. But there are real benefits for stretching out your thoughts recalling... Via MyCreativeTeam
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This is a terrific link that also includes a link to "The Cornell R-6 Method is a tested means of summarizing reams of reading into smart categories boxed out on a page (although there are much simpler explanations of it, too). Like coloring, it breaks up the monotony of line after line of text on a page. Unlike coloring, it has no color, but you can change that. A few things you can block out include names, actions, questions, and take-away thoughts. Beyond that, try out a few schemes and see what works." Delete the scoop?
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When learning English it's important that you hear as many different accents and types of voices from different ages of speaker so that you are able to understand English wherever you go. This activity gives you lots of opportunity to practice your listening skills and broaden your understanding of English speakers. Via Nik Peachey, iKiki
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Hearing language spoken by a variety of people as opposed to just one primary teacher, is a great idea! Using YouTube clips makes a lot of sense... 
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A useful resource. I'm going to try this one! Delete the scoop?
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Do you have students with disabilities or special needs? Then you may need an assistive technology: a technology used by an individual with a disability to perform a function that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. Samantha Thomas, a student, future librarian, and educator at Kutztown University, created this handy collection of assistive technologies that you may find helpful. Some are commonly used with special needs individuals, such as augmentative & alternative communication apps like My Pictures Talk, Look2Learn, and iTalk. Others are general consumer apps, such as Evernote, Google Earth, and Audacity. Listed alongside each app is her assessment of its value as an assistive technology. Read more at: http://www.teachthought.com/technology/34-assistive-technology-apps-from-edshelf/ Via Steve Yuen, Stewart-Marshall
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Great assistive tech site! 
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May 13, 6:34 PM
Many good ideas here to follow up on. Some of these apps wil be featured at the SETSIG UDL and AT Playground at ISTE 2013 in San Antonio. Come by and explore these apps and more as they relate to the UDL principles and guidelines. Delete the scoop?
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Last week when the Junto hosted the History Carnival we noted the creation of the "Just Teach One" project, co-sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society and Common-place. Today we'd like to tak...
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This is a site for those who teacg early American studies (both literary scholars and historians). Topics included?
19th Century, AAS Abolitionism, Abraham Lincoln, American Revolutions, antislavery, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Beard, Civil War, Constitution, Digital History, Django Unchained, Early Republic, Emancipation Proclamation, Founding Fathers, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, historiography, March Madness, museums, narrative history, political history, popular history, Thomas Jefferson, Early American Studies and much more...
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From computational biology to 3D printing, new technology is changing the game-again
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Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt explores the technologies that are likely to have the greatest disruptive impact on economies, business models, and people. Basically, all the grand challenges are being researched.
Firstly, the use of analytical tools in a historically analog world has tremendous implications for biology. How the genes work--how our brain is wired, etc. Three dimensional printing is also powerful. Another aspect is the idea of no user interface---the computer making suggestions for you. We're heading from a command and control era to one where your computer is more like a friend (with permission) who makes suggestions. There will be a symbotic relationship (we hope). Lastly, the media is not really following the big race--that of automation. What is happening to the low wage worker? What is the solution? Schmidt suggests a better education. Immigration is also important because we want highly educated people here. People are only beginning to understand this.
This talk has tremendous implications for teaching and learning. Think about it...
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This is a 17-plus minute interview with Howard Gardener regarding his life's work. The meat of the interview begins at about the 2 1/2 minute mark, so you can fast track if you prefer. Gardner, best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, has offered the world more in recent decades, and admits that if he is never asked about this particular theory again, it would be perfectly okay with him. The interview is quite cleverly conducted by Matt Weber who pushes Howard to uncover, like a rock star, his "Hey Jude(s)" moments. It wets your appetite to learn more about Gardner's recent research, especially the 5 Minds and moving beyond his earlier focus on "intelligences" to the arena R.W. Emerson felt is far more important, that of a person's character. Howard Gardner concludes by offering what is likely today's most relevant question, "How might we rethink education given all that's avaiable to us. . .and what role does residential learning continue to play within this sphere given the multiple online offerings now available to us.?"
To listen further, and I imagine for a fee, you may go to www.howardgardner.com and order his three DVD's. Delete the scoop?
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Redefining Girly: How Parents Can Fight the Stereotyping and Sexualizing of Girlhood, from Birth to Tween [Melissa Atkins Wardy, Jennifer Siebel Newsom] on Amazon.com. *FREE* super saver shipping on qualifying offers. Delete the scoop?
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List of Twitter Hashtags for Students and Teachers. As monitoring the hashtags and getting the needed information easily, is simply a gift in the age of knowledge bombardement. Via EdTechReview (@etr_in), Ken Morrison 
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hashtags are something I always need to be reminded about, Ken!
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