Just one of several amazing RSA animates that combines drawing, cartooning, animation, audio and more in to some remarkable video; students can make simple versions of these and tell incredibly powerful stories -- all they need is dry erase board, a tripod and patience
Author of Readicide - loads of great links and ideas
Raises some interesting questions; not sure I agree with all of the implications here -- still, excellent food for thought
Wormeli, master of differentiation, discusses how he'd set up a gradebook in a standards-based system. And it makes a lot of sense. (Yeah, he can sound a wee bit like he's got it all figured out -- and that's probably cause he does.... maybe... mostly.)
Discussing the qualities of effective grades; makes you think long and hard about how your gradebook functions
It puts things in a wheel instead of a pyramid -- the thinking is all there
David Warlick's sweet digital textbooks (of sorts) and home of Knitter Chat -- a tool supposed to look like twitter
Judy Enright's curated collection of tools and materials related to customized learning in Western Maine
Thomas Steele-Maley's home for students and thinking and learning at Maine's Wiscasset High School -- and it is awesome
Article and link to 60 minutes - Design thinking