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The Wejr Board – Is a School Awards Ceremony the BEST We Can Do?
A great set of questions from @ChrisWejr on end-of-school-year awards ceremonies.
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“We try so hard to be perfect, to never make mistakes and to avoid failure at all costs. But mistakes happen — and when they do — how do we deal with being wrong? In this episode, TED speakers look at those difficult moments in our lives, and consider why sometimes we need to make mistakes and face them head-on.”
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What My Connected Students Taught Me about Motivation
“There are many books on the topic “learning in the 21st century,” and I think I have read most of them. The authors are educators and educational experts I know and admire. Many write about what students want and how students learn. What occurred to me was that there are no books about this topic written by students.”
So, what do you think happened next?!
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The Cognitive Bias Keeping Us from Innovating – Andy Zynga – Harvard Business Review
“Any five-year-old has no trouble turning an old blanket and a couple of chairs into an impenetrable fort. But as we get older, knowledge and experience increasingly displace imagination and our ability to see an object for anything other than its original purpose. This is called Functional Fixedness and while you probably won’t need to build a fort during your professional career, chances are you do suffer from it and it is impacting your work.”
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Technology for Learning vs.Technology for Education | Remake Learning
“How one young maker is taking her education into her own hands and gaining national attention. Check out Sylvia’s Super Awesome Maker Show.”
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Collegiate Summer “Reading” 2013 | Smore
(H/T Holly Chesser, @SAISNews)
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Thanks, Jason. I am trying to help folks find the signals in the noise. I don’t mean to overwhelm by any stretch. I’m realizing after some time that I am posting about 5-10% of what I read to the #MustRead list, so I am working to distill and discern.
Your must reads are always so full of ideas. It’s almost too much. Thanks for your work.