"Response: Ways to Cultivate 'Whole-Class Engagement'
By Larry Ferlazzo on April 4, 2014 9:49 PM
This week's "question-of-the-week" is:
"What can we do to get all students in class participating more all the time?""
"This Really Happy 13-Year-Old Hacks His Education, And Now I Regret I Didn't Do The Same With Mine
Joseph Lamour Joseph Lamour
Kids like Logan Laplante fascinate me. He gave this talk when he was 13. What was I doing at that age? I can tell you it wasn't making intelligent points about America's public schools...
At 2:59, he tells you what we all need to be happy. Then, at 6:45, he tells you all about what his education actually looks like. I think it looks pretty great ... and you just might agree."
50 Educational Podcasts You Should Check Out
"The Infinite Thinking Machine (ITM) is a high-energy Internet TV show that inspires creativity and innovation in education."
"Educational podcasts for teaching and learning
Welcome to educators, parents and carers everywhere. This is the first and best UK directory to locate quality podcasts from over 250 carefully selected podcast channels for educational use - ideal for teaching and learning activities with children, young people and educational professionals."
"This bi-weekly series takes a critical look at some of the
major and minor learning theories. In each episode we
will explore the historical background and basic tenets of
a unique theory of learning, and discuss the theory's
application and implications."
Einstein invites us to continue questioning. Why? This query provokes a
variety of impassioned responses:
Questions are a prerequisite to learning.
Questions are a window into creativity and insight.
Questions motivate fresh thinking.
Questions challenge outdated assumptions.
Questions lead us to the future.
A video course for grades K-12 teachers and school counselors. 42 video modules of varying lengths, course guide, online text and Web site.
Developing thinking dispositions—whether it is a disposition to strive for understanding, to figure out the complexities of fairness, to seek truth, or hunt for creative solutions—occurs within a cultural context. It is within cultural contexts that we develop our patterns of behavior and thinking that become our habits. Therefore, Visible Thinking uses an enculturative approach to develop students’ thinking, immersing students in a rich culture of thinking in schools and classrooms.
Hi Everyone! You are very welcome to come to the Research Seminars we hold on University of Worcester Island in Second Life once a month. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Worcester/145/188/25
The Seminars are led by a different person each month. Each person has carried out research into education in Second Life, the researchers come from a range of different backgrounds and include Educational Technologists, Lecturers, Librarians, Sim Managers and VW Technology Developers.
Project Based Learning
Example differentiated units of work.