Randy Ziegenfuss's Public Library

How do we teach creativity? Not feeling creative? Here is a good list of resources focused on creativity and the teaching of this important skill.

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"This website is part of a three-year project inviting teachers from around the world to tell the stories of learning unfolding in their classrooms. These writings combine action research, assessment documentation, and personal reflection with a focus on thinking and learning."

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Fun typing game!

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The time has come to stop tinkering with an antiquated model. We are delayed in our thinking because those who were able to suffer through or even thrive in this dying high school model have grown up to be teachers and lawyers and businesspeople who now advocate for reforms through the prism of their experiences. But the vast majority do not have the same fond memories of those halcyon high school days. For these students, the "high school experience" has failed. It is not only an economic issue, but a moral one of providing the very best opportunities for our young at all socioeconomic levels to flourish in a rapidly changing world.

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"instructional resources for using Google Apps"

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This high school demonstrates the important role leadership plays in bringing about change.

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The World Wonders Project enables you to discover 132 historic sites from 18 countries, including Stonehenge, the archaeological areas of Pompeii and the ancient Kyoto temples. In addition to man-made sites, you can explore natural places: wander the sandy dunes of Australia’s Shark Bay or gaze up at the rock domes of Yosemite National Park in California, Lots of positive buzz on the internet about this new site!

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Many resources are being developed for the common core implementation. How does "digital" play into the picture. This paper.li daily may be worth subscribing to as your interest in common core develops.

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What is "edu reform"? Does our mindset include technology? Why or why not? Some very good point for social media in this article.

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Ideas for doing more with Diigo. Particularly useful set of ideas for education.

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Film Story is an interactive site where you can search for theatrical films by geographical location, history or science subject, historical era, and film type.

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"we came across several great resources that we will feature in a separate section and for today I have selected for you 3 awesome Twitter tools."

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"Jane McGonigal argues that games are not a waste of time. In fact, she argues, "we need to look at what games are doing for gamers, the skills that we’re developing, the relationships that we’re forming, the heroic qualities that we get to practice every time we play.""

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"As access to devices has spread, children in poorer families are spending considerably more time than children from more well-off families using their television and gadgets to watch shows and videos, play games and connect on social networking sites, studies show."

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"It's always dangerous to predict the future. But if history is any indication, judging from the accomplishment of NCLB and Race-to-the Top, I would say that five years from now, American education will still be said to be broken and obsolete. We will find out that the Common Core Standards, after billions of dollars, millions of hours of teacher time, and numerous PD sessions, alignment task forces, is not the cure to American's education ill. Worse yet, we will likely have most of nation's schools teaching to the common tests aligned with the Common Core. As a result, we will see a further narrowing of the curriculum and educational experiences. Whatever innovative teaching that has not been completely lost in the schools may finally be gone. And then we will have a nation of students, teachers, and schools who are compliant with the Common Core Standards, but we may not have much else left."

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Millions of people enjoy twitter for social or leisure purposes, but it can also add a little variety into your training. Here are two different possible ways to integerate twitter into your next learning event.

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What should classrooms be when we can connect with other teachers and learners around the world? What is the best role for teachers when knowledge is distributed widely in these networks? And, most importantly, how do we reframe our own personal learning experiences as educators and as people in light of these shifts?

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Evernote is an excellent tool for organization. This blog post shares some applications and good links to learn more about using Evernote for productivity.

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