May 2012
118 posts
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“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
– Maya Angelou
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Astonishing X-Men Creators Dish on Marvel's... →
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Teaching the Creative Process →
We urge all those concerned about the creativity crunch to consider the following: Just as one masters knitting and carpentry by apprenticeship to previous masters, so one masters creative know-how by apprenticeship to demonstrably creative masters. Let’s re-humanize education by putting people and their thinking processes back into the center of every subject. Let’s test...
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IMAGINING WHAT COMES AFTER MUSEUMS →
It’s not irony, but it’s close. Contemporary art – created to challenge conventions and alter perspectives – is shared with the public via institutions largely unchanged in 540 years. Visitors to the 15th-century Capitoline Museums in Rome would be at home in today’s contemporary art museum and unlikely impressed by our innovations, like gift shops, audio tours and Wolfgang Puck snack bars.
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Teacher Development: Starter Kit for Teaching... →
coolcatteacher:
If you want to teach online, here’s a starter kit from Edutopia. My sister teachers remotely and it isn’t the cushy, relaxing job that many describe. It may have flexibility but it is very hard work with many of the same issues you have in a face to face classroom. Just be aware that if you don’t want to work, you shouldn’t teach: offline or face to face. Teaching, in my...
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“In a landmark 2009 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,...”
– Studies on Multitasking Highlight Value of Self-Control
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“Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that...”
– The Path With A Heart from ‘Don Juan a Yaqui Warrior’
Carlos Castaneda
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Education Bloggers on Facebook →
Discovered a group of 200+ education bloggers connecting and sharing their posts from various blogging platform in a Facebook group. Looks like a good resource to expand and broaden your PLN and education blogroll.
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#TeachFail 121
…when your listening to another teacher’s class tell you about their project and they ask you about some resources, so you send the whole class an email with links (cc:ed to the other teacher). Later their teacher emails you about how you shouldn’t interfere with their project.
Watchthedailywhat:
Job Interview of the Day: Hugh Jackman auditions for a teaching position at Harlem Village Academies – on the strength of classroom experience he acquired filming the X-Men movies.
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14-year-Old Girl Stages Photo Shoot Urging... →
feminishblog:
I am so happy that this amazing endeavor has gotten so much attention! Hurrah for those amazing SPARK activists. You make your fellow feminists proud! :-) xx
Got some great interviews on facilitation and group learning recorded. Now I just need to transcribe and get them posted.
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How Do You Create A Culture of Innovation? →
