Failing-it happens…just ask Twyla Tharp!
Image via Wikipedia 43 Folders, a blog about creativity and productivity, has a great video where the choreographer Twyla Tharp discusses intrinsic motivation-and how that keeps her going as a creative...
View ArticleTeaching K-3? Create Books Online & Webquests on Your Own Published Site!
Want to begin creating on-line books? There are some terrific examples worth checking out on these sites. Tikatok Big Universe Read Write Think Flipbook Creating webquests on your own published site...
View ArticleWant to “Virtually” Attend the Flat Classroom Workshop in Mumbai, India?
Image by Julie Lindsay via Flickr I thought some of you might be interested in finding out more about Flat Classrooms, or would like to join the Flat Classroom Ning in order to give your students an...
View ArticleHere’s an Easy and Fun Family Project, or School “Transition Activity”!
Image via CrunchBase I’m a little frustrated tonight-I wanted to embed a “movie” some of my students made at school with photos from my files, (but other than that- very little help from me) on this...
View ArticleIf the Problems Your School is Good at Solving, All Went Away, What Purpose...
Image via Wikipedia Will Richardson in his Weblogged Blog said this: ‘Came across this quote from Clay Shirky in a Tweet by Jay Rosen: “Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are...
View ArticleBack to Dance School: Ballet and Dance Websites
Image via Wikipedia American Ballet Theatre’s Online Dictionary/Glossary is the place to go to see a clickable alphabetical list of ballet terms and definitions, including video clips of professional...
View ArticleCan You Believe It? I Attended Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of...
Image via Wikipedia Ever heard of Harvard’s Project Zero? If you’re a teacher or parent of a school age student, you need to know about this! It’s simply the best professional development opportunity...
View ArticleInterested in 21st Century Educational Theory & Best Practices?
Interested in 21st Century Educational Theory & Best Practices? I’ve got a bunch of links for you today, but before you go there, check out the proof I just posted here online that’s it’s never too...
View ArticleThis Is a Prayer for the 9/11 Families and All of Us, Not a Blogpost.
Image via Wikipedia It’s the 9th anniversary of the the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the USA, and as I usually do on this sad day, I’m watching the History Channel, “The Day the Towers Fell”. It just...
View ArticleWhat’s Ethical and Excellent in 21st Century Education?
As the debate about school reform continues, it’s good to stop and think-what is the end result we want to to see in our children and others after 12-18 consecutive years of school-or more? To my mind,...
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