September 2010
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“A print-based culture, as writer Neil Postman pointed out, demands rationality....”
– Chris Hedges: Retribution for a World Lost in Screens - Chris Hedges’ Columns - Truthdig
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Free Tech for Teachers: 3 Ways to Access Khan... →
thingsforteachers:
Khan Academy provides tutorial videos and math and science.
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Learning through Teaching: Lesson #1: Learn their... →
klwarner:
I began looking over and responding to my students’ journals today. One entry in one of my 8th grader’s journal looked something like this:
“Today my social studies teacher made me really mad. He said my name wrong, and when I corrected him, he said ‘It doesn’t matter. You expect me to know…
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The Me-Sized Universe
itsfullofstars:
An essay in the Ideas section of the Boston Globe this weekend, entitled The Me-Sized Universe, discusses how to bridge the gap between the scale of the universe and the scale within which humans exist. It’s an exploration of some fun facts about the cosmos that are within our grasp and that don’t threaten to overwhelm us too much.
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Top 15 Misconceptions about Evolution
Misconception #14: Organisms are Always Getting “Better”
While it is a fact that natural selection weeds out unhealthy genes from the gene pool, there are many cases where an imperfect organism has survived. Some examples of this are fungi, sharks, crayfish, and mosses – these have all remained essentially the same over a great period of time [millions of years]. These organisms...
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“ Via: Term Life Insurance”
– Police Brutality | TermLifeInsurance .org
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Defiant Critical Thinking →
My problem with how “reform” sometimes manifests itself.
Programs and teaching methods geared towards finding “right answers” for decontextualized test items do not promote critical thinking nor leave room for exploration of nuance, paradox, contradiction, multiplicity, shifting perspectives, and complexity —skills that are needed in the fast-paced, interconnected...
Wired.com: Japanese Spacecraft Deploys First-Ever... →
everythinginthesky:
The first solar sail ever to be used by a spacecraft has been deployed. Awesome.
My favourite part is with regards to how they deploy it:
The key difficulty with such a thin and large object is that it’s hard to deploy. “The things we’re watching for are all their dynamical behaviors that you ultimately can’t model and that might cause undue stress on the material,”...
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[How to foster a] ". . .Positive K-12 Classroom... →
Structuring Cooperative Group Work
Group work should be structured to promote positive interdependence, a situation where in order to be successful, the group must work as a team and complete the task with every member participating.
Social skills, such as taking turns, active listening, and sharing can be built into the task. Others such as compromise, agreeing to disagree, and encouraging...
Life Lessons from Judo →
“Do not place hope in finding a secret technique. Polish the mind through ceaseless training; that is the key to effective techniques.”
Kyuzo Mifune.
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“Our ancestors were eager to understand the world but had not quite stumbled upon...”
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Carl Sagan, from the introduction to the mass market edition of Cosmos
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“Here now is a list of New York Times infographics that lend themselves to...”
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“Here now is a list of New York Times infographics that lend themselves to learning in language and visual arts as well as entertainment, sports and leisure.”
Teaching With Infographics | Language Arts, Fine Arts and Entertainment - NYTimes.com
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Masculinity | Dr. Marc Lamont Hill →
“As you move … you must then also do something I think the the hip-hop generation has mastered. That is recognizing. And Identifying. And dealing with… the haters… .
The hater’s the one that sees your greatness. The hater’s the one that’s mad.
Addressing the Black Mental Health Crisis | Dr.... →
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