E-singles -- stories somewhere between 5,000 and 30,000 words, usually nonfiction, and sold as inexpensive ebooks -- are the format for our time. Here's why.
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What will Personalized Learning look like in 2013? The main change that will happen in teaching and learning in 2013 will be about empowerment. Teachers and learners will be more empowered to take charge of their learning. We will see this through the evidence they share as they learn. Via Kathleen McClaskey, Barbara Bray, Official AndreasCY, Jimun Gimm 
Thomas salmon's curator insight,
May 6, 1:34 PM
Interesting, in other ways this could also be seen as framing learning as a constant performance of assessment. Where do you draw the line ? Delete the scoop?
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Robin Good: Must-read article on ClutterMuseum.com by Leslie M-B, exploring in depth the opportunity to have students master their selected topics by "curating" them, rather than by reading and memorizing facts about them.
"Critical and creative thinking should be prioritized over remembering content"
"That students should learn to think for themselves may seem like a no-brainer to many readers, but if you look at the textbook packages put out by publishers, you’ll find that the texts and accompanying materials (for both teachers and students) assume students are expected to read and retain content—and then be tested on it.
Instead, between middle school (if not earlier) and college graduation, students should practice—if not master—how to question, critique, research, and construct an argument like an historian."
This is indeed the critical point. Moving education from an effort to memorize things on which then to be tested, to a collaborative exercise in creating new knowledge and value by pulling and editing together individual pieces of content, resources and tools that allow the explanation/illustration of a topic from a specific viewpoint/for a specific need.
And I can't avoid to rejoice and second her next proposition: "What if we shifted the standards’ primary emphasis from content, and not to just the development of traditional skills—basic knowledge recall, document interpretation, research, and essay-writing—but to the cultivation of skills that challenge students to make unconventional connections, skills that are essential for thriving in the 21st century?"
What are these skills, you may ask. Here is a good reference where to look them up: http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_Framework_Definitions.pdf (put together by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills)
Recommended. Good stuff. 9/10
Full article: www.cluttermuseum.com/make-students-curators/
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February 10, 1:24 AM
student wikepedia has to be the future where instead of passively reading they actively research and contribute to their learning PLN... We have started but have so much more to go 
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February 14, 7:36 AM
Wonmderful article. Peter's response is deep! Read it! Delete the scoop?
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Tweet Student blogging is not a project, but a process. We are continuously striving to refine, improve and re-evaluate. One of my favorite writes, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano, explores how to help kids write in digital spaces. Features a checklist of factors that contribute to quality of writing.
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