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10 Things That Will Surprise You If You Put Kids In Charge | EdSurge News
- Surprise #10: Teaching and learning may be inversely correlated.
- Surprise #9: While there are real and serious learning disabilities, ADD and ADHD are mostly nonsense.
- Surprise #8: Most of our fears as parents and educators say more about us than our young heroes.
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Surprise #7: Video and computer simulations can be far more powerful than the written word.
- urprise #6: Most young people care more about belonging than learning.
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Surprise #5: Freely chosen covenants, contracts, consequences and celebrations are far more powerful than rules, grades and standardized tests.
- Surprise #4: The power of apprenticeships
- Surprise #3: In the 21st Century, 'Learning to Do' and 'Learning to Be' are ten times more important than 'Learning to Know.'
- Surprise #2: If you are a traditional educator, no matter how much you love children, your days are numbered and will be more stressful and less fun tomorrow than today.
- Surprise #1: The hero’s journey is powerful.
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» Mentoring Instead of Teaching: A Paradigm Shift
- Mentoring isn’t about instilling in students the 3R’s; it’s about instilling in students the 3Ps: passion, persistence, and power.
- As we redesign schools, we have a unique opportunity to find practices that work and use them. Mentoring is one of those practices.
- eachers give tests and assign homework. I want to be a mentor. I want to support students as they create the masterpieces that will be their lives. I can only do this if we make school less about the test and more about the mission–treating students like the unique individuals they are with gifts that will change the world.
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How a Classroom Game Becomes an Embedded Assessment | Edutopia
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Google Chrome Cheat Sheet - Shake Up Learning
- quick Google Chrome Cheat Sheet for those of you new to the browser, or looking to learn more about this powerful tool.
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Competency-based Teacher Infographic | e-Learning Infographics
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
#EdTech Resources 05/27/2014
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