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Research suggests that online learning has been shown to increase retention of information, and take less time, meaning the changes coronavirus have caused might be here to stay. Via Nik Peachey 
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"A selection of graphic novels that use the medium to teach how government works and how to change it, and how to make “good trouble."" Via John Evans
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This Iowa Future video highlights the drastic changes occurring in Iowa and the world, and shows that schools are struggling to keep up in today's dynamic new global environment. The video premiered at the School Administrators of Iowa Conference, Aug. 3, 2011.
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This is just one of the many ideas I share in my new course, "Developing the Innovator's Mindset Through Remote, Face-to-Face, and Blended Learning." You can learn more about the course here: https://george-couros-school.teachable.com/p/developing-the-innovator-s-mindset-through-remote-face-to-face-and-blended-learning Via Filomena Gomes
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Except in areas where Covid is surging, there are still no lines of patients in the hospital halls. Via Peter Mellow
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Review finds quality of evidence is poor and noise may lead to more disrupted sleep Via Peter Mellow
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The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies graduate program has switched up its plans this fall to allow students from its campuses in China and the United States to attend classes at the only Johns Hopkins site that is not online-only, in Italy. Some professors from China have also joined the Bologna campus to teach in person. Via Peter Mellow
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Twitter announced that it was reversing course on some of the extreme censorship that it imposed this week to stop the dissemination of news reports from
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Companies are turning to technology to keep track of their employees' productivity. But some experts are concerned, and say a simple weekly catch-up could do more good. Via NextLearning
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A new study indicates that student learn better from textbooks than from screens - but think the opposite is true.
Via Marianela Camacho Alfaro, Lynnette Van Dyke
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Creating a strong password is your first line of defense to help prevent identity theft. Learn how to create a strong password with these 5 tips from Better Money Habits.
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It’s pretty much inevitable that enrollment in U.S. higher education will be down for 10 consecutive years. The latest estimates from the National Student Clearinghouse show fall ’20 enrollments down 2.5% over last year. Via Edumorfosis
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Top Stories from around you and around the world. Compare how different news publishers frame the same news Via Nik Peachey
Nik Peachey's curator insight,
October 23, 2020 11:47 AM
This is an interesting site for comparing the bias in news articles. Just select an article and then see how different sources report it. Great for finding comparative texts for reading activities.
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The American Principles Project (APP), the Heartland Institute and Pioneer Institute, co-hosted a one-day conference at Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, in September 2013, to discuss the destructive implications of the Common Core Standards and the future of the education of America's youth.
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You can’t predict what life is going to throw at you. As a result, we have to be prepared tocompromise, as the path that we would like to take the most might be temporarilyunavailable. That’s why increasingly more young people choose to pursue their universitydegrees online rather than in a traditional way by physically attending… Via Yashy Tohsaku
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Lecturers are opening up about teaching, sharing ideas and taking student engagement seriously Via Peter Mellow
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The federal government's changes to tertiary funding will increase the cost of many degrees while other courses will be cheaper. Via Peter Mellow
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In this political economy, the experts on education are rarely experts in education, and that is just the way an increasing number of powerful people seem to like it. Books like these and the speeches and essays accompanying them eat up the landscape of popular discourse. With the microphone, these voices have the gravitas of maleness and whiteness and wealth. They are so loud they must be expert. They look like, walk like and talk like leaders. Via Nik Peachey
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Are You Ready to Trick-Or-Treat? A simple Halloween template that includes a drag a drop activity for the little ones: Carve a pumpkin! Your students can use one of the premade faces or mix and match eyes, noses and mouths. This illustrated free template has jack-o’-lanterns, candy corn, spiders and a witch cauldron with a potion ready to use! Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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This grammar app can fix all your typos, bad punctuation, sentence disasters, and more automatically
If you read through text composed by inferior writers, rife with spelling errors, grammar problems, fractured syntax and haphazard punctuation and you aren’t appalled, then you might be the target … Via Charles Tiayon
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A 106-year-old woman in India beat COVID-19 after a long battle. She was recently discharged from the hospital with a big smile on her face.
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Learn what happened today in history around the world including major events on crime, entertainment, and more.
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"Four years ago we published a collection of 40 intriguing photographs from the first four years of our popular weekly feature “What’s Going On in This Picture?” The slide show quickly became a go-to resource for teachers around the world, and it remains one of our most utilized teaching resources — ever.
Jim Lerman's insight:
Go to the source article for several good links. I have always found these (and other) pictures to be very useful in teaching writing, creativity, and critical thinking. Via Jim Lerman
Dennis Swender's curator insight,
January 13, 2021 2:53 PM
Additional photo opportunities for "Deep Thoughts" blog posts -- with no grading
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A look at the future of education.