Tech4Teachers
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Mindset website
Test your Mindset
Change your Mindset
Teaching Growth Mindset video
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Teaching and Learning TODAY - March 2011
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Something to think about:
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EduCon - January 2011
February - Just returned from a conference in Philadelphia called EduCon. EduCon was held at Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. SLA, one of Philadelphia’s newer high schools, in partnership with the Franklin Institute. SLA is an inquiry-driven, project-based high school focused on 21st-century learning. SLA provides a rigorous, college-preparatory curriculum with a focus on science, technology, mathematics and entrepreneurship. Students at SLA learn in a project-based environment where the core values of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation and reflection are emphasized in all classes.
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Motivation 3.0
What makes teachers successful in the classroom? What makes students curious, happy learners? In his new book, Drive, best-selling author Daniel Pink argues there’s a disconnect between what science tells us and what schools do. It’s time to fix it.Read the article:
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"Teachers no longer say, 'Settle down, class - it's time to learn.' They say, 'Get excited - it's time to learn!'"
Child-Development Findings Are Ready for School
(read article by downloading link below)
Schools can bridge the long-standing gulf between child psychology and classroom practice.
by Chris Colin
http://www.edutopia.org/child-psychology-research
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