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Kirsten Wilson's insight:
This covers a lot of things in education including maker-spaces. A great read as we move forward as progressive educators. 
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Until recently, many teachers only got one word of feedback a year: “satisfactory.” And with no feedback, no coaching, there’s just no way to improve. Bill Gates suggests that even great teachers can get better with smart feedback -- and lays out a program from his foundation to bring it to every classroom. Via Lisa Simmons
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This report introduces connected learning, a promising educational approach that uses digital media to engage students’ interests and instill deeper learning skills, such as communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. The report lists four elements constituting connected learning’s emphasis on bridging school, popular culture, home, and the community to create an environment in which students engage in and take responsibility for their learning. Via Nik Peachey
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Good report for that provides data for the "why" of digital learning and its benefits.
Gust MEES's curator insight,
November 8, 2017 10:04 AM
This report introduces connected learning, a promising educational approach that uses digital media to engage students’ interests and instill deeper learning skills, such as communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. The report lists four elements constituting connected learning’s emphasis on bridging school, popular culture, home, and the community to create an environment in which students engage in and take responsibility for their learning.
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https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Connected+Learning
Rubiel's curator insight,
November 20, 2017 11:27 AM
This repport connects learning and digital media to engage students’ interests and instill deeper learning skills, such as communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. The report lists four elements constituting connected learning’s emphasis on bridging school, popular culture, home, and the community to create an environment in which students engage in and take responsibility for their learning.
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Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck’s work on growth mindsets has dominated much of the attention around how students can influence their own learning. But there are other ways to help students tap into their own motivation, too.
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Great post on #mindset both for teachers and the students they facilitate learning. via @justintarte
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In our current system of education, the attribute largely associated with success has been cognitive ability, specifically in reading, math and science. Students are assessed to determine these ab...
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Examines the fallacy of testing data that lends itself to a fixed mindset versus a growth mindset.
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Visual Storytelling: Why Data Visualization is a Content Marketing Fairytale - Search Engine Journal
r To make your Content Marketing work stand out you need to combine visual elements through storytelling. Read to learn more on data visualization.
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Great application for Professional Development, Instructional Design and coaching students as they craft stories.
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Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Great article that really causes both Teachers and Students (in secondary and college circles) to reflect on how we and those around us utilize/ingest media.
Stacey Burns's curator insight,
May 28, 2014 4:42 AM
media Literacy fails, just an interesting read on media literacy
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Blog post about how educators can remain relevant in today's digital age.
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Great article to promote SM as a means for PD with staff and administration.
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Kirsten Wilson's insight:
This is on the verge of Genius Hour. Insight is exceptional... what is still to be understood is that content and skills can still be taught with even greater depth if components of traditional PBLs such as authentic audience, solving of problems realistically, and giving back are done not from a teacher giving a certain criteria w/in a PBL but giving no parameters and letting students' passions find the problem to resolve. Now Problem Based Learning becomes Passion Based Learning... content, skills and scope are still there but now it is truly student-driven.
Kirsten Wilson's curator insight,
February 26, 2014 12:34 AM
This is on the verge of Genius Hour. Insight is exceptional... what is still to be understood is that content and skills can still be taught with even greater depth if components of traditional PBLs such as authentic audience, solving of problems realistically, and giving back are done not from a teacher giving a certain criteria w/in a PBL but giving no parameters and letting students' passions find the problem to resolve. Now Problem Based Learning becomes Passion Based Learning... content, skills and scope are still there but now it is truly student-driven.
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What Happens When Students Use Technology Better Than Teachers?
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Good read...
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Microsoft's Super Bowl ad featured Scott Bedley's fifth-graders, but there's a lot of innovation in the classroom behind the commercial. Via Jon Samuelson
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Dr. Robert Marzano expresses concerns about the inaccurate association of his name with other classroom walkthrough and teacher observation systems.
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What do rap shows, barbershop banter and Sunday services have in common? As Christopher Emdin says, they all hold the secret magic to enthrall and teach at the same time — and it’s a skill we often don't teach to educators. The science advocate (and cofounder of Science Genius B.A.T.T.L.E.S. with the GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan) offers a vision to make the classroom come alive.
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
We are looking for ways to engage learners and breathe passion into instruction. This TEDtalk offers insight and pushes educators to examine their delivery. This along with the tenets of #tlap (Teach Like a Pirate by Dave Burgess) continue to help those of us called as instructional engineers to improve our craft.
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Melf's curator insight,
April 7, 2014 6:34 AM
Unevirsity thinking explained. Its quite intresting how they think. Even if this information isn't true its still intresting. You may recognize some traits about yourself in the video 
Tina Jameson's curator insight,
November 6, 2014 5:27 PM
Useful info-graphic on the research process.
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Does your school’s culture inhibit or encourage creativity in its students and employ... Via Stephanie Sandifer
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Describes components that facilitate a campus culture that facilitates creative environment for learning. Excellent for reflection on practices and standards for moving forward.
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Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Great ideas and creates an opportunity for the reflective educator to evaluate instructional practices.
Brad Merrick's curator insight,
March 25, 2014 7:09 AM
Great ways to turn student responses into positive experiences, even if they are not always correct. Reinforces the importance of context for effective learning to take place and the value of guiding them to understand the error and learn from it.
Teresa Barclay's curator insight,
March 26, 2014 5:37 PM
Has insights that could help anyone, especially me as I go through my own education journey
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The term professional development (PD) has taken on many incarnations during the time I've been involved in education. When I first starting teaching, professional development was constructed in a ve Via Stephanie Sandifer
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Thoughts to ponder from a seasoned edCamp veteran.
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How To Give Students Individual Attention In A Busy Classroom
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Excellent article that discusses the ways which integration of best practices yields the the greatest results for student success.
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Workshop Description Flipping the classroom is becoming more and more popular today. Students and their teachers appear to greatly benefit from the flipped classroom model. But what about flipping ...
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Taking the approach of gamification to PD.
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How to become a curation king / queen. Traditionally, a curator researches and puts together a collection which speaks to a narrative and / or serves a larger idea in art galleries and / or museums... Via Ally Greer
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
This is a great resource that explains the "why" of curation and the importance of why Teachers should curate as well as develop the skill of curation with their students, the managers of future digital content.
ozziegontang's curator insight,
March 14, 2014 6:39 PM
Helping Chairs help their members gather what they need to know.
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This is the second of forty mantras that I have developed and used over the last two decades in managing high performing teams. Let’s imagine I walk into a gym. I pay for three years up front - bec...
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Love the post and how PD when taken seriously depends not on the district, campus or leadership but on the teacher. Learning is a personal professional responsibility that those who have a growth mindset take seriously.
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"Educators facilitate others’ learning experiences, but their own learning experiences are far from over. Through podcasts, educators can learn even more about their field and the forces impacting it — especially education technology.
Apple’s iTunes store has an entire page devoted to edtech podcasts. Sorting out the best listens can be a daunting task, so to make things easier, we’ve compiled a list of our favorites you should check out today."
Via John Evans
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Another great resource for personal PD.
Matt Miller's curator insight,
February 28, 2014 9:41 AM
Podcasts are a great source of inspiration and information for me (http://ditchthattextbook.com/2013/12/19/learn-while-you-sweat-try-treadmill-pd/). These are some good ones. I haven't heard Wesley Fryer's, but I'm looking forward to it!
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"Innovation is not something that just happens. Or, rather it does given the right chemistry. Oftentimes this chemistry is referred to locally in schools as “climate,” but climate is only a small part of the formula. Where innovation comes from is an increasingly popular topic recently as new projects are increasingly visible, and due to digital reach, impactful across fields and industries. Right now, let’s stick to innovation in public education." Via EDTECH@UTRGV
Kirsten Wilson's insight:
Food for thought... good article to reflect and assess the barriers that may exist in a district.
Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D.'s curator insight,
February 18, 2014 12:58 PM
This article focuses on challenges of K-12, but there are some parallels. 
Ndumiso Lungelo Mungwe's curator insight,
May 23, 2025 4:59 PM
This shows that bringing innovation into education us challenging
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Dr. Robert Marzano explains why a common language/model of instruction is the foundation for improving teaching and learning.
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Brief blog entry on how our world is changing. Poses the question of how are we preparing our students for the future. Excellent for discussion and reflection regarding preparing students for the future.