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Pre-workshop assignment
When the Claude Moore Medical Education Building emerged from the construction rubble in 2010, it was apparent that the rules were changing.
Adjusting the Prescription | The University of Virginia Magazine
Principal 2.0 – Becoming the lead learner | Powerful Learning Practice
“The principalship is the kind of job where you’re expected to be all things to all people.”“… I think we (those inside the system) need to come to some agreement on what we believe and want – in thirty seconds be able to explain what schooling could / should look like. We then need to find ways to take this out to the larger community in a coordinated way. Here is one you might have some thoughts on – What is the new “product” we use to share our thinking.
David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts » Open Educator Manifesto
So, the biggest learning news coming from the Richardson household last week has, as is more often the case than not, little to do with the classroom and everything to do with doing. Two quick stories, both involving my 13-year old daughter Tess:
And What Do YOU Mean by Learning?
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Educational Leadership:Teaching for the 21st Century:What Would Socrates Say?
Peter W. Cookson Jr. Socrates believed that we learn best by asking essential questions and testing tentative answers against reason and fact in a continual and virtuous circle of honest debate.
One of my first conversations was with Clay Parker, president of the Chemical Management Division of BOC Edwards—a company that, among other things, makes machines and supplies chemicals for the manufacture of microelectronics devices. He's an engineer by training and the head of a technical business, so when I asked him about the skills he looks for when he hires young people, I was taken aback by his answer.
Educational Leadership:Expecting Excellence:Rigor Redefined
Comments4Kids
Comments4Kids is a way for students and teachers to find blogs to comment on and to get their own posts commented on. It all started when Carey Pohanka, Derek Smith, and I had a conversation on Twitter about how to get people to comment on student posts.
As the geeky father of a 9-year-old son and an 11-year-old daughter, one of my worst fears as they grow older is that they won't be Googled well.
Educational Leadership:Giving Students Ownership of Learning:Footprints in the Digital Age
I'm a teacher. A parent.