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Nature-based literacy – building lifelong learning and connecting kids to nature
Nature-based literacy is combining reading with being outdoors, helping kids (and adults) develop a love for both, and nurturing a lifelong connection to nature and learning. Having been an environmental educator for more than 30 years and a librarian for … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting, Education, Environmental Education, Learning, Reading
Tagged books, education, Literacy, nature, Nature-based literacy, reading, Storytelling
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The Public School Challenge of Unschooling
I spent 24 years in various roles in public education. I believed in what I was doing. I learned about being a teacher by being a teacher, not going to “teacher school”. I learned it from mentors who saw in … Continue reading
Posted in Acting, Education, Learning, Opening
Tagged education, learning, Lucas Bessey, NCLB, No Child Left Behind Act, Unschooling, Video
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Honoring Different Ways of Knowing
We spend so much time in schools developing programs and tests that honor only a limited range of ways of knowing… Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant, reminds us through his experiences why it is so crucial for us to honor different … Continue reading
Posted in Brain_Research, Learning, Opening
Tagged Autism, education, Savant syndrome
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Did You Know? (Shift Happens) v5
I’ve shown several versions of the fabulous Did You Know? (Shift Happens) videos during the past few years in various workshops and professional development settings to get people thinking about transforming learning in this digital age. The original video, Did … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Technology
Tagged Chris Lehmann, education, Iowa, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, Shift Happens, Video
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Active Learning – Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner discusses how kids learn and what education should be like…including Multiple entry points Active learning Public display of learning What do you think?
Posted in Brain_Research, Education, Learning
Tagged education, Howard Gardner, multiple intelligences, schools
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The Power of One:One
There’s been a lot of buzz about 1:1 learning/classrooms/environments in education circles during the past few years (One-to-One K-12 Information Resources, Anytime-Anywhere Learning Foundation). The one laptop:one child or one learning device (of some technological kind) per child concept is … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting, Environmental Education, Learning, Reading
Tagged 1:1, adult, child, education, environmental education, learning, mentoring, reading
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Something to Think About: Labels and 21st Century Students
A colleague shared an email that was sent to her school faculty by a fellow educator today. The brief note indicated this was “something to think about”, and it contained two lists from a 1989 professional journal that described the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Technology
Tagged blended learning, education, expectations, gifted, labels, personal learning environment, schools
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Scholarships for Budding Ecologists
Do you have students or children of your own who have a penchant for helping the planet? Maybe you teach an environmental science or biology class and are looking for an incentive to get your students interested in taking initiative … Continue reading
Innovation in Education – #rscon10
This week as I traveled I listened to a story on NPR about the Concord Free Press living up to its name and actually giving away the books it publishes. The idea struck Hamilton Fitch of The Nation magazine as … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Opening
Tagged #rscon10, classroom20, concord free press, education, innovation, npr, reform
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