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Everything you know about curriculum may be wrong. Really.

Everything you know about curriculum may be wrong. Really. | The Lexis Nexus | Scoop.it
From grantwiggins.wordpress.com - March 18, 2012 4:29 AM

Grant Wiggins asks us to question what we know about curriculum in this piece...what would happen if we made a significan shift in how we look at curriculum?

"What if the earth moves and the sun is at rest? What if gravity is just a special case of space-time? Following both counter-intuitive premises revolutionized science and ushered in the modern world. Could a similar counter-intuitive thought experiment advance education from where I believe we are currently stuck? I believe so."


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International ELT Event Calendar: Webinars, Workshops, Conferences....

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From fourc.ca - February 28, 2012 7:36 AM

A calendar that contributes to a collaborative community between connected teachers. LOTS of stuff here....


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5 Ways Students Can Create Audio Slideshows

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English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

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From english.stackexchange.com - May 30, 10:06 AM

English Language & Usage Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for linguists, etymologists, and serious English language enthusiasts. It's 100% free, no registration required. Anybody can ask a question, anybody can answer a question and the best answers are voted on.

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Language instruction improved with fun and games

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From www.sciencedaily.com - May 29, 12:11 PM
Playing simple games using words and pictures can help people to learn a new language with greater ease, researchers have shown.
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Picking up a second language is predicted by ability to learn patterns

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From www.sciencedaily.com - May 29, 12:05 PM
Some people seem to pick up a second language with relative ease, while others have a much more difficult time.
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InfiniteMonkeys App Store | Go English

InfiniteMonkeys App Store | Go English | The Lexis Nexus | Scoop.it
From market.monk.ee - May 22, 1:49 AM

Download our new free smartphone app - Go English. The app includes a link to our Facebook page, our Twitter feed and this Scoop.It page for quick access to links and tips; a feed of several podcasts and YouTube channels for learners, and Community and Chat apps to keep in contact with other people who use the app wherever you are (obviously these last two won't be too interesting until there are plenty of other people using the app.) NOTE: you will need to allow third-party apps to download and install Go English.

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This app is intended for learners of English, but teachers may find it useful inspiration for making their own apps.

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Grammar Girl : “Pet” or “Petted”? “Grit” or “Gritted”? :: Quick and Dirty Tips ™

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Grammar Rants | Grammar Pedagogy for Writing Teachers

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From grammarteaching.wordpress.com - May 17, 2:29 AM
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Homepage - ReadWriteThink

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From www.readwritethink.org - May 16, 8:23 AM
Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.
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Fluency activities for higher levels

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The 7 Characteristics of Teachers Who Use Technology Effectively ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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6 Great Tech Question Charts for The 21st Century Teacher and Student ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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Visitors and residents: Students' attitudes to academic use of social media

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From www.sciencedaily.com - May 1, 9:41 AM
Research has shown that university students behave very differently when using social media as part of their academic learning.
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Don't Confuse Technology With Teaching

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From chronicle.com - June 14, 9:05 PM
Though universities are rushing to embrace online courses, true education requires one mind engaging with another.
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Absolutely! It is easy to get wrapped up in all the new possibilities new tech open up, but....

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25 Ways to Develop 21st Century Thinkers

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How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms

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From www.pewinternet.org - May 30, 3:38 AM

A PEW survey of teachers shows that digital tools are widely used in their classrooms and professional lives. Yet, many of these middle and high school teachers are hampered by disparities in student access to digital technologies.

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Clouds in the head: New model of brain's thought processes

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From www.sciencedaily.com - May 29, 12:08 PM
A new model of the brain's thought processes explains the apparently chaotic activity patterns of individual neurons. They do not correspond to a simple stimulus/response linkage, but arise from the networking of different neural circuits.
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BooksShouldBeFree.com

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From www.booksshouldbefree.com - May 27, 7:33 AM
Thousands of free audio books that you can download in mp3, iPod and iTunes format for your portable audio player.
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English Language FAQ: Most common spelling mistakes in English?

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From www.englishlanguagefaqs.com - May 21, 10:42 AM
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Authentic Assessment Toolbox Home Page

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Analyzing Grammar Rants

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A Step by Step Tutorial on How to Flip your Classroom with TED Ed ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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Fluency activities for lower levels

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5 Excellent Web Tools to Teach Collaborative Writing ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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How we decode 'noisy' language in daily life: How people rationally interpret linguistic input

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From www.sciencedaily.com - May 1, 9:44 AM
Suppose you hear someone say, "The man gave the ice cream the child." Does that sentence seem plausible? Or do you assume it is missing a word?
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And so - how can we use this knowledge in the classroom? It seems pretty clear that this error-correction mechanism is partly responsible for L1 interference - the Ss are "correcting" with their native tongue.

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11 Spam Comments That Look Like Drunk Thesauruses (And Why)

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From mentalfloss.com - May 1, 1:51 PM
Nothing is certain but death, taxes, and spam comments on your blog.
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