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"Like many of you, there are certain educators that I find frequently impact my thinking and teach me new things through their published works. Here I offer 10 of my favourites ..." 
Natalie's curator insight,
April 1, 2015 7:57 PM
Our corporate accounts follow a lot of these people and this is just a great description from an educator on why they find value in their posts/tweets.
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"...While we are interested in how many answers individuals know, we are even more interested in how they behave when they don’t know—when they are confronted with life’s problems the answers to which are not immediately known ..."
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"It just might be that in a society where information is abundant, thinking habits are more important than knowledge. Somewhere beneath wisdom and above the “things” a student knows ..."
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"Thinking is troublesome. For one, it is an intimate act splicing time and space. It is done right here, but it spans moments in the pasts ..."
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"A conversation with Gareth Cook, editor of The Best American Infographics..."
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"Google, the humble search engine, has grown a lot over the years ..."
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"Instructional rigor is a concept we can agree is important, despite the debate about the use of the word itself. Rigor is “creating an environment in which each student is expected to learn at high levels; each student is supported so he or she can learn at high levels; and each student demonstrates learning at high levels (Blackburn, 2008) ..."
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"Moral panics over new technology are as old as recorded history. Socrates railed against writing ..."
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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 ..."
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"Reading, in terms of scale and diversity, is different than it used to be. Thinking, in terms of context and application, is also different.It makes sense that learning is also changing–becoming more entrepreneurial than directly didactic. That is, more learner-centered than teacher-controlled ..."
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"Eight solid, actionable tips for using tech in ways that actually improve the classroom ..."
Melissa Marshall's curator insight,
September 8, 2014 1:24 AM
This is a great article for keeping perspective in a tech-soaked classroom. 1. Put the learning goals ahead of the technology. 2. Opt for the open-ended. 3. Don’t let tech make learning easy. 4. Take feedback seriously. 5. Stay skeptical of individualised learning — for now. 6. Bring in student interests, authentically. 7. Start conversations. 8. Make it open, make it better.
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Wonderful, imaginative questions. Can you image the difference we could make if we really taught children to think with these questions. Good for adults too!