Is critical thinking a skill? Can one teach critical thinking?Stephen has delivered the course on Critical Literacies MOOC in the past. He says: reasoning skills do not change from discipline to discipline.
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There is a growing fissure between what education used to be in the 20th century and what it turns out to be in the 21st century. While what students learn has remained broadly the same but the ' how ' they learn it is changing rapidly as technology advances. 
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French philosopher Henri Bergson has a famous quote: "The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend." Bergson probably meant it metaphorically, but it seems to be literally true according to research by psychologist Martin Rolfs and colleagues.
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The websites below are not intended only for history teachers but for anyone interested in taking a journey back into history.Some of them provide document search that allows you to search into the most important historical documents from well known and trusted archives. You will also find timelines documenting the major historical events or if you like maps then you can track back the history on maps.
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Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction. Sponsored by the Verizon Foundation, the goal of the Verizon Thinkfinity program is to improve student achievement. The program offers thousands of free educational resources from trusted content partners.
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Surviving as a teacher isn’t easy. Between the sheer work load, diversity of tasks, brutal pace, and seemingly divergent initiatives pulling you in a thousand directions, education can break even the most noble spirits. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Below are ten tips to keep you ticking when things get tough.
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Over 75% of US students regularly choose not to buy the textbooks their professors require, a recent student survey has revealed. This is mainly because students find textbooks too expensive and are frustrated by the fact that often only a few chapters from the books are used. In total 2164 US students participated in the survey.
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Here’s something you don’t see every day. Facebook, Microsoft, Google, and other major tech companies have joined together. No, not to build a new phone or gadget. Instead, it’s far more important. They’ve partnered with non-profit organization Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) to build A Platform For Good. It’s a safe digital place for teens, parents, and teachers to learn about and share information about online safety.
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If you're feeling down about something, you'll want to take a look at these photos. This is what perseverance looks like.
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Creating infographics is a skill much needed in the 21st century classroom. They can serve a wide variety of learning objectives and they are not really hard to make. They are very useful in the sense that they can be used for illustrative purposes. For instance, teachers can use graphs, diagrams , and colorful templates to present information in such a way that catches students attention.
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Watching a movie at home isn’t quite the same experience as seeing it at a movie theater -- but why? Learn how changes in aspect ratio affect every film, and why your television might not be delivering the whole picture.
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With online learning media and education tech tools, learning experiences become more engaging and interactive than ever before–allowing students to be truly in control of how they send, receive and interpret information.
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The adaptive aspect of creativity isn’t limited to musicians and composers (or artists in any other media). It extends into the natural world as well. David Attenborough and others have claimed that birdcalls have evolved to fit the environment. In dense jungle foliage, a constant, repetitive, and brief signal with a narrow frequency works best.
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Nice little video describing the attributes of Inquiry Based learning
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Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet.
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Here are some extra awesome video resources where teachers can have free access to educational videos and lectures from renowned educators and thinkers from all around the globe.
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Advances in computerized tutoring are testing the faith that human contact makes for better learning.
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Click closer to scan this sketch and you just might learn something new. If anything, you’ll get a peek into the value of what a “graphic facilitator” can provide to a discussion. This was part of a twitter stream associated with Dell Innovation in Education Social Think Tank at MIT CSAIL.
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So you want a 1:1 classroom … or perhaps a BYOD classroom. Or maybe you just want a couple iPads for some project-based learning. That’s wonderful. But what if your school’s wi-fi isn’t up to snuff? What if the process of browsing the web feels like you’re back on your 14.4 baud modem hoping the AOL gods connect you to the web?
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September 15, 2012 12:15 AM
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Pinterest has a great community of teachers with some highly creative ideas for classroom management and displays. We picked out some of the most interesting pins and their pinners for you.
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September 14, 2012 6:28 PM
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Some kids (and adults!!) really struggle with the concept of fairness in the classroom and don’t understand that there are people around them that have different needs.
This poster is a great visual reminder that "Fairness is not about everybody getting the same thing, but ensuring everybody gets what they need to succeed."
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September 14, 2012 6:17 PM
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The ability to create and customize maps has become an important digital skill not only for students taking geography courses but also for everyone else engaged in any kind of learning. Students can use maps for a variety of purposes such as locating places, recording trips, making virtual trips, discovering information about other places and cultures, and even for sharing information about certain localities.
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September 14, 2012 6:03 PM
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For students, essays are a necessary evil of the experience of getting an education.
For teachers, helping students write their essays can be time consuming, and once the students go home, they may lack the support they have in your classroom.
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September 14, 2012 5:59 PM
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In preparing students for the world outside school, what skills are important to learn? This goes to the heart of the research addressed in the Deeper Learning Report released by the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science in Washington.
