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Imagine Learning. As educators and leaders, we need to re-think every aspect of our professional practice to consider ‘could we be doing this better?’ Here is a brain-dump of the 6 most powerful strategies that I have used or in which have participated. 1. Use a ‘hands-on’ approach that teaches team work I want the teachers for whom I am accountable to comprehensively embrace student centred, inquiry based learning. If as a school leader I expect staff to sit in a room listening to me talk for longer than 5 minutes (or saying anything at all), then I am assuming that the collective cost of the time of the number of attendees is best spent that way.

I doubt that I could say anything so powerful or clear that it would justify the cost. Think about it. 100 people for 60 mins = 100 hours x the cost per hour of each person. Instead, use the mode of PD as a means to shift staff practice by getting everyone to experience the methodology you are advocating. 2. 3. 40 Incredible Blogs That Are Changing Education. Does A College Degree Actually Help In A Recession? 3.09K Views 0 Likes Your parents always encouraged you to do well in school, so that you could go to a good college. Once there, they would encourage you to study hard so that you could get a good job. Or at least that was what was supposed to happen. But in the midst of a recession that's been going on for awhile, most news that we see says that jobs are being lost, not gained. 10 Degrees for the New Economy 4.30K Views 0 Likes The economy is tumultuous, and as people graduate from high school and seek a career path, there is concern about what career to pursue.

My Library. 6 Creative Education Blogs You Can Learn From. With over a hundred million active blogs out there and thousands more being created everyday, it is hard to know where to turn for the best information.

The enormous number of blogs available is fantastic for those with obscure passions (say… Hungover Owls or Godzilla Haiku), but for those of us with broader interests, there is SO much choice. As many of you already know, a great place to start your search for high quality, education blog content is the Edublog Awards. Listing the 2011 winners as well as all nominees, there is enough great content here to keep you going for a very long time.

In addition to that exhaustive list we have put together six of our favorite education blogs (some Edublog nominees and some not yet recognized) that hopefully you and your school can learn from. Heyjude Heyjude is the personal blog of Australian technology and library guru Judy O’Connel. Edudemic The Nerdy Teacher. Rubrics - Bloom's Digital Taxonomy. New Learning. About.