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This same concept of rote learning and cramming the lessons taught by a teacher has been the age old solution to getting promoted to the next…
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John Seven: Emphasis on visual communication comes with a blind spot
Posted Monday, May 15, 2017 12:54 pm
By John Seven
NORTH ADAMS — A number of writers have lately taken to analyzing Neil Postman's 32-year-old book, "Amusing Ourselves To Death," in context its prophetic tone about the current state of our nation.…
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9 Brain Benefits of Unplugging—And How to Find Device-Free Time for Your Students
Eight hours. This is the amount of time most teens are spending on an electronic device every single day, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Between phones, laptops, TV, and tablets, this generation is more connected than ever before. While […]…
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Identifying Gifted ELL: Barriers & Strategies to Meeting Their Needs
Identification | Intermediate
Gifted students account for 4.5% of high school dropouts. Explore the difficulty in the identifying G/T ELL students and…
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A Lesson on the Potential of Twice Exceptional Learners from Sir Richard Branson
Billion-dollar business tycoon, Sir Richard Branson, is one of the most innovative entrepreneurial thinkers of our time.
As a life-long sufferer of dyslexia, he’s also a perfect example of the greatness our twice exceptional (2E) students can achieve. …
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Aperture On Sight: Teaching Visual Literacy Through Photography
Saturday, June 3
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Aperture Gallery and Bookstore
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY…
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5 technologies to avoid in the classroom-and what to use instead
The most popular article on eCampus News is a surprising one to the editors: “6 apps that block social media distractions.” This story, which seemed a bit counter-intuitive for us to write (being a tech-cheerleading publication in nature), has held…
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Abductive Reasoning – A Driving Force of Creativity in Learning
By Luise Schlindwein | Mar 09, 2017 |
Abductive reasoning, which emerges in order to resolve doubt, is a special form of creative reasoning that is often ignored and/or dismissed in the…
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Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton: Rescue the arts from the budget chopping block
By Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton
Updated 11:07 AM ET, Thu March 16, 2017
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Teaching Children to Code
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Chris Ward looks at how-to tools to help teach children one of the most essential skills of the modern age, how to code.
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By BRIAN MASTROIANNI CBS NEWS December 9, 2016, 8:42 AM
Babies' first words might depend on what they see
A new study looks at the role of visual cues in early language development.
A…
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A picture is worth a thousand words. Perhaps in the future, there will be enough of the autistic population or others with alternative learning abilities to support whole schools using visual learning strategies.
By Debra Hughes
Published December 02, 2016…
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President and CEO of Lynch Consulting Group, LLC.
The arts have always had a secondary place in K-12 learning. If you doubt that statement, think of the first programs to go whenever budget cuts are implemented – music, fine arts and even physical fitness which includes dance. I’ve yet to hear…
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How to Take Digital Citizenship Schoolwide During the 2016-17 School Year
By Julie Cremin and Kerry Gallagher Aug 3, 2016
Since our students are using technology to play, learn, and communicate while…
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