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The Branches of the Other 21st Century Skills | User Generated Education
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What Would Be a Radically Different Vision of School? | MindShift
Interesting read.
- “We need to begin to think about schools in a fundamentally different way,” Richardson said. In his vision of this third narrative, reformers would focus on creating an education system that supports inquiry-based, student-centered learning, where students are encouraged to find entry points into the mandated curriculum in ways that are meaningful to them.
- A successful student should be able to manage massive amounts of information, a crucial skill as life becomes more digital. Students should learn in ways that disregard traditional disciplines like English and math, instead focusing on real world problems that allow for crossover and interplay. The focus should be on providing student-centered experiences that bring out qualities in students that aren’t necessarily measurable. Students should learn to build and manipulate computers, not just use them. Perhaps most importantly students should be taught how to learn, especially since the content or specific skills needed in the future are as yet unknown.
- “Modern learning is about the ability to self-organize your education, to create meaning for things that have value in the world and not answer to this institution,”
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Think Pedagogy First, Technology Second
Always a great idea.
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The ten skills students really need when they graduate | Education | theguardian.com
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Duolingo | Learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and English for free
No excuse to not learn a world language.
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7 ways to prepare incoming teachers for blended learning | eSchool News | eSchool News
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The Other 21st Century Skills: Why Teach Them | User Generated Education
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Common Core & Ed Tech: Four great Math video sites
Great video math resources.
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Improve Your Writing With Expresso, The Style Checker
Interesting tool that analyzes your writing. Good first step for students in the editing processl
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
ED Tech Resources 02/25/2014
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