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I often begin my workshop on personal learning networks (PLN) for educators by asking these questions: Who is in your learning network? Who do you learn from on a regular basis? Who do you turn to for your own professional development?
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Scientists are always uncovering new ways into how people learn best, and some of the most recent neuroscience research has shown connections between basic survival functions, social and emotional reactions to the world, and creative impulses. Students’ social and emotional reactions to learning are imperative to feeling motivated to learn and to their ability to creatively solve problems, according to Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, who wrote Musings on the Neurobiological and Evolutionary Origins of Creativity via a Developmental Analysis of One Child’s Poetry [PDF]. Her research tries to understand why emotions are so important to learning by examining what happens to brain functions. “Neuroimaging experiments show us that we use the very same neural systems to feel our bodies as to feel our relationships, our moral judgments, and our creative inspiration,” said Immordino-Yang, a professor at USC’s Rossier School of Education and an expert on the neuroscience of learning and creativity. Her whose work focuses on how neuroscience can help teachers understand the ways students learn best, and to that end, she’s created a free online curriculum for teachers.
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I was having a long conversation yesterday afternoon with someone who is just returning to work after five years away, raising children. She was pondering on how to 'get' Twitter, how to do somethi... Our reputation, our value within social learning spaces, is based upon our ability to do more than just churn information. We need to be able to find things out, but we need to be able to do things with that information, and we need to be able to change our stance and style according to the situation. ===> One size no longer fits all: we are in a constant state of flux and only the agile will thrive. <===
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. . Very long time ago already, in 2002 I created MAUSI, the mascotte of my working place. I did it for the pleasure of the kids who visited my courses together with their teacher(s). The idea came...
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We have begun the shift from success for some learners to success for all learners. This requires all teachers to be effective not just some. Our system focus this year is on good teaching. As le...
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A list of online resources used to compliment Google Docs workshop given by MaryFran Lynch.
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Take the quiz and challenge your friends and family to find out how well you connect with respect.
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A growing number of educators are using the microblogging platform Twitter as an easy, low-cost alternative to traditional trainings and conferences.
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Leadership Means Developing a Community of Purpose ©Irene Becker | Just Coach It-The 3Q Edge™ | QBlog Helping smart people & organizations communicate & LEAD forward smarter, faster &...
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In Teaching Students to Dig Deeper: The Common Core in Action Ben Johnson identifies the skills and qualities that students need, based on the Common ...
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How To Prepare Students For 21st Century Survival ===> As educators, we constantly strive to prepare our students for the ‘real world’ that exists around them. <=== We teach them how to read, write, and calculate. Then, of course, there are the less tangible skills we teach; such as how to work in a team, think critically, and be curious about the things they encounter each day.
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Going through a series of professional development meetings and conferences can be one of the most powerful ways to grow as a teacher. Here's our tips.
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Two academics discuss the pros and cons of using Twitter as a learning tool to encourage instinctive thinking in higher education At the end of 2011, a few geeks in Sweden set up the Swedish Twitter University, which brought lectures in a series of tweets to a class of around 500 followers. It may have been the first time Twitter was used to deliver higher education, and given recent debate about massive open online courses (MOOCs), it seems apt that we reflect on what Twitter might do to transform the classroom and open up a new space for public education?
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In Professional Learning in the Digital Age: The Educator's Guide to User-Generated Learning, Kristen Swanson shows educators how to enhance their pro...
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The National Archives Digital Classroom: Primary Sources, Activities and Training for Educators and Students.
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“No, tweeting isn’t for everyone, but here is another question: If used effectively, would it make someone a better educator? If the answer is yes, then what?” So I guess that I am asking you, what are the things outside of social media that make you a better teacher, learner, and/or leader? Why?
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30 Habits Of Highly Effective Teachers
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The Arizona K12 Center at Northern Arizona University has developed aTechnology Integration Matrix (TIM) designed to help K–12 teachers understand whether they are “doing it right” when it comes to integrating technology in the classroom. The matrix aligns five levels of technology integration—entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion and transformation—with five characteristics of meaningful learning—active, collaborative, constructive, authentic and goal directed. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells.Click Here to Access Free Matrix
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The pub argument is dead. Google killed it with a little help from your smartphone. A recent study suggests that our modern lifestyles are making us “less intelligent” than our ancestors, at least at a genetic level. This research echoes concerns Einstein had when he supposedly said, ===> “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” <=== Read more, very interesting...: http://theconversation.edu.au/education-in-the-information-age-is-technology-making-us-stupid-10844
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