"Non-threatening seminar! You feel very comfortable and the staff is very kind and helpful. They never get frustrated with your lack of knowledge. I also enjoyed the hands-on."
By MindShift Tuesday, 3rd of April 2012 at 05:50:09 PM
Food for thought: “Every student starts school with unbounded imagination, curiosity and creativity – until he or she learns that knowing the right answer is far more important than asking a thoughtful question. So it isn’t so much ab…
By Seth Godin Tuesday, 3rd of April 2012 at 03:31:00 PM
The free ebook (free as in free to read and share) now has two new audio editions, a French edition, one for readers in Brazil and yes, a bumper sticker that summarizes the book in 12 square inches (what three…
By MindShift Tuesday, 3rd of April 2012 at 02:50:49 PM
Upside Down Academy By Chris Thompson It’s a typical school day in Oakland, Calif., and Aaliyah is about to show how to solve two-step equations. Circling the three numbers in the equation 4x + 10 = 30, she says, “So one, two, three? Is a hater. Th…
By CoolCatTeacher Tuesday, 3rd of April 2012 at 06:31:15 AM
Facebook Family Safety Center The Facebook family safety center has information on safety. I still feel it is very convoluted and very confusing but it does have some information for educators and parents on the s…
By Seth Godin Tuesday, 3rd of April 2012 at 05:00:00 AM
then you’ve handed control over your happiness to the gatekeepers, built a system that doesn’t scale and prevented yourself from the brave work that leads to a quantum leap. The industrial system (and the marketing regime) adore the mindset of…
By CoolCatTeacher Monday, 2nd of April 2012 at 09:31:00 PM
Location Based Safety Guide This is a resource for those discussing location based and geotagging security on our Digital Citizenship lessons. tags: digiteen …
By MindShift Monday, 2nd of April 2012 at 05:21:22 PM
More research that backs the idea of redefining failure as part and parcel of learning rather than something to deride. Source: Go Kids perform better in school if they know failure, and trying again, is part of the learning process, according to a new…
By MindShift Monday, 2nd of April 2012 at 04:09:23 PM
Globaloria By Jennifer Roland Identifying bones in a skeleton, learning how chemical elements react, understanding alternative energy uses. These lessons have jumped out of the textbook and into the hands of students who created video games that teach …
By CoolCatTeacher Monday, 2nd of April 2012 at 12:48:23 PM
Privacy is a freedom we give ourselves. It is spring break. Facebook is full of my friends saying where they are (with their whole families), and it looks like most of them are posting publicly. Someone could easily look at the Camilla, Georgia and pu…