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Non-verbal learning software
February 28, 2013 
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If the Web is your textbook, Scrible offers new ways to mark it up
February 26, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from GigaOM: When web annotation startup Scrible launched two years ago, it knew the education market could be a big opportunity but cast its net to a wider consumer audience. Through its browser-based bookmarklet, users can highlight content on any web page, add notes and tags and then save the research online – and […]
Read moreFive Myths of Technology in Education
February 19, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from Sitka Art Blog: “Technology” is the educational term for Information and Communication Technology or ICT. Here are five myths about technology in education: Myth number one: Educational technology is always a good investment by schools; we owe it to our kids to have a lot of technology in the classroom. Reality: some technology […]
Read moreHow Many Teachers Use Technology in the Classroom? (Infographic)
February 19, 2013 0 Comments
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Read moreReconsidering Bloom’s Taxonomy (diagrams)
February 19, 2013 0 Comments
Found in article: “Reconsidering Bloom’s Taxonomy” from: Learning Solutions Magazine Bloom’s taxonomy staircase (Source: ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NEDC/isd/taxonomy.pdf) Found in article: “Reconsidering Bloom’s Taxonomy” from: Learning Solutions Magazine Figure 3: Taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: a revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (Source: Iowa State University Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching; http:// http://www.celt.iastate.edu/pdfs-docs/teaching/RevisedBloomsHandout.pdf) All […]
Read moreHow To Create a 'Personal Learning Environment' to Stay Relevant in 2013
January 5, 2013 1 Comment
Reblogged from online learning insights: “Our understanding of learning has expanded at a rate that has far outpaced our conceptions of teaching. A growing appreciation for the porous boundaries between the classroom and life experience…has created not only promising changes but also disruptive moments in teaching.” EDUCAUSE Review, 2012 This quote from Disrupting Ourselves: The […]
Read moreInnovation in Education: Teachers as Learners
January 2, 2013 1 Comment
Reblogged from Transforming International Education: Dr. Ralph Cordova is a teacher-leader and co-founder for CoLab – an organization that “catalyzes creativity by exploring, envisioning and enacting together to create bold and innovative solutions to everyday vexing educational problems in all subjects and all grades” (http://ourcolab.org/who-we-are/). Cordova was recently interviewed in an article from the Huffington Post, where he […]
Read moreTypes of thinking and geometry problems
November 25, 2008 1 Comment
I am glad to see studies about the matching of types of thinking and types of problems. I saw this one yesterday: “A new study in the journal Mind, Brain, and Education reveals that certain types of thinking are best suited to solving certain types of problems. Specifically, geometry problems are best solved by a […]
Read moreA syllabus for the 21st century – (01)
October 11, 2008 2 Comments
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. – Alvin Toffler I have been thinking about how education should look like in our 21st century. Here is a list of the types of learning I think are important. Notice that […]
Read moreMetacognition: reading and understanding difficult texts
September 19, 2008 3 Comments
Miss Dee documented the way she digests difficult passages in literature. Here is her flow step-by-step: “Step 1: Identify the genre and topic of the passage. Step 2: Look for Topic Sentences and supporting evidence and explanations. Step 3: Draw links -> look out for connectors Step 4: Use one-line summary for each paragraph to […]
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