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"....The next time somebody tells you what a brain scan says, be a little skeptical. The brain is not the mind...."Advances in neuroscience promise many things, but they will never explain everything." Via Lou Salza
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Three cheers for David Brooks (again). An important article for teachers, administrators, and society in general! 
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June 18, 7:55 AM
The consequences of over selling preliminary research data is that proven practice gets over looked. Brook's assertion that the brain is not the mind is important. Let's all shake some salt over images of brain scans--and not allow colleagues to promote them to brain-scams.--Lou Excerpt: "..What Satel and Lilienfeld call “neurocentrism” is an effort to take the indeterminacy of life and reduce it to measurable, scientific categories. Right now we are compelled to rely on different disciplines to try to understand behavior on multiple levels, with inherent tensions between them. Some people want to reduce that ambiguity by making one discipline all-explaining. They want to eliminate the confusing ambiguity of human freedom by reducing everything to material determinism. But that is the form of intellectual utopianism that always leads to error. An important task these days is to harvest the exciting gains made by science and data while understanding the limits of science and data. .." 
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June 18, 8:04 AM
Three cheers for David Brooks! We want to divide, map and conquer the brain. And then there is the mind--a whole different element altogether. I'm tired of the brain-scans, too, Lou. Misinformation is being applied in too many classrooms, and in society. Thanks for posting! The brain is fluid, extremely complex and, as Brooks points out, does not speak for the mind.
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June 18, 1:42 PM
A good word of caution: that new studies and insights are unlikely to explain everything. And despite some of the comments after this article, the idea that the mind IS the brain is at best still very controversial. -Lon Delete the scoop?
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The Laurel School (Ohio) emphasizes accessing resources that help girls cope in challenging situations: creativity, growth mindset, self-care, purpose, and relationships, the key components of resilience.
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This is one of the VERY best articles written on this topic in a long time. Dr. Lisa Damour, The Center on Research for Girls at Laurel School, provides evidence-based research and real life examples on the topic of resiliency. (Most of the research applies to to boys as well). Dr. Damour connects resiliency to the research on creative play at Case Western Reserve University. She also shares the importance of encouraging a growth versus fixed mindset and personal care among other key elements. Delete the scoop?
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Separating the highest-achieving students from the lowest, a tactic once said to perpetuate inequality, is now seen by some educators as an indispensable way to cope with varying skill levels.
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If we wait long enough, every pedagogical trend returns full circle. As far as grouping, technology will likely make the practice more common, although with personalized learning given access to additional student assessment data, dynamic grouping may become more the norm but actually much less "group" oriented. There is no doubt, regardless of opposition to the practice, that flexible grouping within classroom serves individual students and helps teachers navigate student attention needs. We also know that children learn at different speeds and that the biggest indicator of entry performance is not race but socio-economic status. Flexible grouping when executed in a sensitive and judicious manner can and does help all students... Delete the scoop?
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Interactive tools and multimedia content are prompting teachers to take on more of a coaching or guiding role in the classroom.
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This article really covers all the big shifts happening in teachers as students have access to as much, if not more, information than their teachers. There is also a link to the learning tool Edmodo: Delete the scoop?
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Teens, Social Media, and Privacy | Pew Internet & American Life Project
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New interesting data from Pew Research on teens... Delete the scoop?
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There are plenty of reasons to be excited and quite hopeful regarding "The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), which are now available online. "Twenty-six states and their broad-based teams worked together with a 41-member writing team and partners throughout the country to develop the standards." All this incredible work has been completed and is available to review. It's well worth the time for even non-science, technology & engineering teachers and administrators to be familiar with some of the shifts in thinking, teaching and learning.
I found this overview, Conceptual Shifts in the Next Generation Science Standards" to be particularly helpful.
(reference: http://nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards)
Basically, there are six notable and distinct differences: 1. The standards reflect the interconnected nature of science as it is practiced in the real world. It helps students through crosscutting concepts deepen their understanding of the sciences and engineering throughout the course of their entire K-12 educational career. 2. The Science Standards are based on student performance expectations versus "curriculum." This is wonderful! The standards provide opportunities for students to work with and understand the underlying ideas and interconnections over a course of years versus discrete gulps of months or weeks. 3. Teachers and assessments tools focus on core ideas versus the facts associated with them. While some facts are important, they are not the focus of learning and assessment. 4. A clear cut difference is that the Standards include the integration of engineering and technology into the fabric of science of education. Engineering design has been raised to the same level as science education--a breakthrough change! 5. The NGSS are designed to prepare students for college, career, and citizenship. As stated, "There is no doubt that science and science education are central to the lives of all Americans. Never before has our world been so complex and science knowledge so critical to making sense of it all." It goes on to provide examples of the need for clean and accessible water, clear air, etc. 6. There is a comprehensive, sequential building of science education over the course of a child's education. And the sciences are aligned with other standards, such as Math and Language Arts, to ensure a "symbiotic pace" of learning in every content area.
The standards are based largely on the 2011 National Research Council report A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas.
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There are, no doubt, many technophobes (among educators and in general) out there. Technophobia is defined by The Free Dictionary as: Fear of or aversion to technology, especially computers and hi...
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Frankly, this message is a little late. If teachers infuse their classrooms with tools to enhance student learning and engagement, and they should, they need to have an adequate sense as to the purpose & function of the tools. And there isn't any way to understand and experience this new world order other than by immersing yourself in it.... Delete the scoop?
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In addition to reading the blog, I would recommend that teachers watch Jaimie Cloud's series of YouTube videos on systems thinking and mental models. Lastly, here is information on the Summer Design Studio:
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May 28, 6:20 PM
Be sure to review this professional development opportunity!
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Perhaps I’ve succeeded not despite, but because of, my disability.
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A really thought-provoking opinion piece about the assets and liabilities of dyslexia and the diagnosis itself. Delete the scoop?
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Great list to keep! Delete the scoop?
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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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An injured rat helps us understand the struggle between empathy and disgust
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This is such an interesting article I don't know where to begin! Given we have so many school programs related to social and emotional wellbeing (e.g. CASEL, Kindness is Contagious, etc), with empathy being a very prominent player, this article helps us understand varying emotional reactions and think about the differences between urban dwellers, who are much, much less connected to nature, and everyone else.
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June 18, 3:13 PM
This is such an interesting article I don't know where to begin! Given we have so many school programs related to social and emotional wellbeing (e.g. CASEL, Kindness is Contagious, etc), with empathy being a very prominent player, this article helps us understand varying emotional reactions and think about the differences between urban dwellers, who are much, much less connected to nature, and everyone else. Delete the scoop?
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The science of learning can offer some surprising and useful perspectives on how we guide and educate young people. Via Gust MEES 
Krysta Hammond's curator insight,
June 11, 12:22 PM
Very useful insight into how we guide and educate our youth. Interesting idea of "situation creator" as well, creating opportunities to belong, seeing that we are stronger being connected than on our own. 
Tania Gammage's curator insight,
June 11, 11:02 PM
Very interesting the links to students ude of multi media are very informative 
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June 12, 2:02 PM
Para continuar ampliando la mirada en temas de inteligencia... Delete the scoop?
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This is very true...."There is a misconception that only girls should be vaccinated and that is the wrong approach. We strongly believe that both boys and girls should be vaccinated against HPV." Delete the scoop?
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The new captain jumped from the deck, fully dressed, and sprinted through the water. A former lifeguard, he kept his eyes on his victim as he headed straight for the couple swimming between their anchored sportfisher and the beach.
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This is an excellent article for teachers, coaches and anyone supervising summer camp activities! Delete the scoop?
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The Impact of Writing on Our Brain ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning http://t.co/p4lCnmIS4Y via @medkh9 #eltindia
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The Center for Research on Girls (Symposium Info, Tape on Creativity & Research Reports to Download)
Putting the world's best research to work for girls.
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Listen to the short talk about creativity--go to the Web site indicated and download the research or attend the upcoming symposium. The information is all here! Delete the scoop?
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Goal of this session: To allow educators to walk away with ideas for creating a culture where the students are self-directed enough to run the school day without much support or direction from the... Delete the scoop?
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Theories of Learning. Connectivism: A new type of learning for the digital age Via Susan Bainbridge, TOLLEC Bernard
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This is a great chart if you'd like to better understand the differences between learning theories...and the newest addition, Connectivism. Delete the scoop?
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Valuable health resource for Class of 2017
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This is a great guide for the class of 2017! The bulk orders are very reasonably priced, too. Delete the scoop?
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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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